Past Continuous vs Past Simple

• Middelbare school

OBJECTIVES

• Make clear how the Past Simple and Past Continuous tense are formed 
• Make clear how the Past Simple and the Past Continuous are used (and often used together)

Put this sencence in the Past Simple:
When he was young he (to live) in Wolverhampton

Put the sentence in the Past Continuous
Yesterday at six, Pem (to eat) kale with meatballs and gravy.

What is important to know with regard to a Past SIMPLE?

What is important to know with regard to a Past CONTINUOUS?

Assignment

Watch the following fragment. What happened?

Past simple or Past continuous:
My sister (do) the dishes while I (watch) TV.

What happpened

Past Simple / Past Continuous / Present Perfect
What ___ Leo ___ (do) when you called him yesterday?

Past simple & past continuous
I .... (wait)for the bus when
it .......(start) to rain.

Past Simple and Past Continuous
Olga ___ (play) volleyball
when she was eight years old.

We ...(have) dinner when the doorbell (ring). (past continuous - past simple)

Past Simple or Past Continuous (GEEN afkorting)
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.

Maak past continuous of past simple::
Harry ........... (eat) a chocolate frog when the headmaster ............. (see) him.

Evaluation: What did you think of today's explanation and assignments? (multiple answers possible)

1. I know know when to use them and how they are used.
2. I think I know when to use them and how they are used
3. I have an idea when to use them and how they are used but I still need some help
4. I still have difficulty choosing. I need more practise