Past tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Grammar - Past Tenses

Past Simple & Continuous

Past simple

Aangeven dat iets in het verleden plaatsvond / gebeurde.

Werkwoord + ed of irregular (onregelmatig)

I walked for hours yesterday.

I made a shocking discovery.

Past continuous

Aangeven dat iets op een bepaald moment in het verleden aan de gang was.

Verleden tijd to be (was/were) + ing

He was looking down the hill.

They were searching all night long.

Past simple + continuous

Combinatie: geeft aan dat er iets gebeurde (simple) terwijl er iets anders aan de gang was (continuous).

He broke his leg when he was skiing. 

I was looking around when I saw him standing there.

Past simple or Past continuous?

I was having a shower.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous

Dus..... Maak maar af:
De past continuous duurt ......
en de past simple duurt.....

1. KORT LANG
2. LANG KORT

When I _______ at the party, everyone _______. (past simple/continuous)

1. arrived, was dancing
2. had arrived, was dancing
3. arrived, danced
4. had arrived, danced

Past simple of past continuous:

She ________ when the shark _______ her.

1. surfed; attacked
2. was surfing; attacked
3. surfed; was attacking
4. was surfing; was attacking

Past Simple vs Past Continuous:

Hoe zet je een werkwoord in de Past Simple vorm?

1. werkwoord + (e)d
2. werkwoord + ing
3. werkword + was/were +ing
4. werkwoord + t

Past simple or Past continuous?

She played the piano.

1. Present Simple
2. Past Simple

Past Simple / Past Continuous

She ... (feel) pretty sick yesterday

1. Past Continuous
2. Past Simple

past simple/past continuous

You ... (study) when she called.

1. Present Perfect
2. Past Simple
3. Past Continuous
4. Present simple

In een zin met de past continuous EN de past simple, onderbreekt de .............. de .................... .

1. past simple de past continuous
2. past continuous de past simple