2.5 Past Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

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• respect one another. 
• raise your hand for questions.
• NO phones allowed in class
• Teacher speaks = Students are quiet (silent)

•  HANDS and EYES = 

(naar de docent kijken, niet praten en met lege handen!)

Learning Goal of today

• I know the use of past continuous tense 
• know the form of past continuous tense; that is was/ were/ + -ing.
• ask and answer questions in past continuous tense orally 

What are we going to do today?

Past Continuous

Past Continuous (TB p 87)

The past continuous

Ik was aan het sporten.

I was doing sports

We waren aan het zingen.

We were singing.

 

past continuous

GRAB your phone....

She ......................
hockey. (to play)

1. she were playing
2. she were plaing
3. she was playing
4. she was plaing

They ...............
in the pool. (to swim)

1. were swimming
2. were swiming
3. was swimming
4. was swiming

It ................
(to rain)

1. was rainning
2. was raining
3. were rainning
4. were raining

We ...................
to music. (to listen)

1. were listenning
2. was listenning
3. were listening
4. was listening

The mobile
................. (not to ring)

1. was not ringing
2. were not ringing
3. was ringing not
4. not was ringing

The students .............
(not to text)

1. wasn't texted
2. wasn't texting
3. weren't texted
4. weren't texting

Max ............... with two girls (to dance)

1. was danceing
2. were dancing
3. was to dance
4. was dancing

The cats ........ in the basket. (to sleep)

1. were sleeping
2. were sleepping
3. was sleeping
4. was sleepping

Past simple

Basisregel past simple:

1. hele ww + ed
2. SHIT + s

When I write a sentence with IRREGULAR VERBS in the simple past, I use the verb form in the....

1. 1st column of irregular verbs
2. 2nd column of irregular verbs
3. 3rd column of irregular verbs

Irregular verbs

To sleep - ….. - ......

1. sleeps
2. slept
3. slepd
4. sleeped

Irregular verbs

to break - …….

1. breaked
2. broke
3. broked
4. broken

Irregular verbs

to fly - …...

1. flied
2. flewed
3. flown
4. flew

Irregular verbs

to …….. - told- told

1. tol
2. tool
3. tel
4. tell

Irregular verbs:
send - ... - sent

1. send
2. sended
3. sent

Irregular verbs:
blow - ... - blown

1. blow
2. blew
3. blown

irregular verbs:
fall - fell -

1. felt
2. fallen
3. falled
4. failed

Irregular verbs:
think - thought - ...

1. thinked
2. thank
3. thought

Past simple & 

Past Continuous

When I was texting, the school bus ........... (to arrive)

1. was arriving
2. arrived
3. were arriving
4. arriveed

Cindy broke her leg when she
................. (to snowboard)

1. was snowboarding
2. were snowboarding
3. snowboarded
4. snowboardt

My dad ............. the ladder when he was painting the carport. (to fall off)

1. was falling off
2. were falling off
3. fell off
4. fallen off

While we were waiting , we ............. crossword puzzles. (to do)

1. was doing
2. were doing
3. did
4. done

Nick ........... sick when he ..............
in Texas. (to become) (to travel)

1. became sick / travelled
2. was becoming sick / was travelling
3. became sick/ was travelling
4. was becoming sick / travelled

What .............. when you ...................
about 9/11? (to do) (to hear)

1. were you doing / heard
2. did you do / were hearing
3. were you doing / were hearing
4. did you do / heard

My father ........ at 70 km/h when a policeman ......... him. (to drive) (to stop)

1. was driving / stopped
2. drove / was stopping
3. was driving/ was stopping
4. drove / stopped

He ............. to the radio while he ......... breakfast. (to listen) (to prepare)

1. was listening / prepared
2. listened /was preparing
3. was listening / was preparing
4. listened / prepared

past simple of 'buy'

1. buyed
2. bought

past simple of 'cost'

1. cost
2. costed

He worked very hard.

1. Past Simple
2. Past Continuous

I ...... ......... in a band last year.
(To sing)

1. am singing
2. sing
3. was singed
4. was singing

She .............. through the hallway, when the bell rang

1. runs
2. ran
3. was running
4. was ranning

Past simple or Past continuous?
You were paying attention during the teacher's explanation.

1. past simple
2. past continuous

I ........................... my homework upstairs.

1. did
2. have done
3. was doing
4. have been doing

regelmatig of onregelmatig

verleden tijd van to go

1. goed
2. went

verleden tijd van to do

1. doed
2. did

verleden tijd van to want

1. wanted
2. waught

verleden tijd van to work

1. worked
2. wark

verleden tijd van to see

1. seed
2. saw

voltooid deelwoord van to have

1. haved
2. had

voltooid deelwoord van to think

1. thinked
2. thought

Voltooid deelwoord van to say

1. sayed
2. said

voltooid deelwoord van to play

1. plaid
2. played

voltooid deelwoord van to find

1. finded
2. found

regelmatig of onregelmatig

Irregular verbs:
bite - bit - ...

1. bited
2. bit
3. bitten

Irregular verbs

to do - did- .......

1. did
2. didn't
3. done
4. doned

Irregular verbs:
read - read - ...

1. read
2. readed
3. rode

Irregular verbs

to choose - …….

1. chose
2. chosen
3. chose
4. choose

Irregular verbs

to …….. - met- met

1. met
2. mett
3. meet
4. meat

Exit Cards:

• What is the Form of Past continuous?
• When do we use past  continuous?