Past simple vs. past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

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The Past Simple

Bij regelmatige ww                     Bij onregelmatige ww

altijd het hele WW + ed

Je gebruikt de Past Simple als je zeker 

weet dat iets in het verleden gebeurd is

en nu afgelopen is.

2e rij (Past Simple)

Past Continuous

When something was going on for a period of time in the past.

We were playing football yesterday

was / were + ww + ing

Past Continuous

Past tense of the verb 'to be' and verb + ing

I was playing

You were playing

He was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing

Boris ... English

1. was learning
2. is learning
3. has learned
4. will learn

They ... swimming in the lake

1. are swimming
2. were swam
3. were swimming
4. have swum

Your father ... the car

1. will have been repairing
2. is repairing
3. repaired
4. was repairing

I ... a magazine

1. read
2. was reading
3. am reading
4. will read

You ... your bag

1. am packing
2. were packing
3. packed
4. will have packed

My friends ... the match on TV

1. have been watching
2. watched
3. were watching
4. are watching

Past continuous vs. Past simple

Je kunt de past continuous en de past simple in 1 zin gebruiken

• De activiteit die het langste duurt: past continuous
• De kortste activiteit: past simple.
• De kortere activiteit kan de langere activiteit onderbreken.

VB: He was doing his homework when he saw a rainbow.