Past simple vs past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Lesson goal

By the end of the lesson, you will understand the difference between Past Simple and Past Continuous

Can you find Past Simple & Past Continuous?

Twee vormen van 

verleden tijd:

- Past simple 

- Past continuous 

De past simple: gebruik 

PAST SIMPLE

Past simple / past continuous

Past simple and the past continuous

Past simple: Kortere activiteit (activiteit 2)

Past continuous: Langere activiteit (activiteit 1)

De kortere actie kan de langere onderbreken.

Past simple vs. past continuous

Past simple and past continuous:

Vaak gebruik je de past continuous en de past simple in één zin. De past continuous geeft dan aan dat iets in het verleden een tijd bezig was, toen iets anders gebeurde (past simple).

vb: I was watching a series when you texted me. 

Vorm van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
OF: ww + (e)d	ALTIJD in 3 stappen
bv: walk - walked, dance - danced	1. verleden tijd van to be ( was of were )
OF: eigen vorm	2. ww
teach - taught, drive - drove, pay - paid	3. ing
	He was danc ing , they were talk ing , I was sleep ing

Gebruik van de past simple & past continuous

Past simple	Past continuous
Een gebeurtenis in het verleden met een duidelijk begin en einde.	Een gebeurtenis in het verleden die enige tijd duurde (aan-het-doen)
Yesterday I cooked dinner for my family.	I was reading a book (when.......)
This morning I went to the dentist.	She was visiting her grandmother (when...)

Past simple

Past continuous

Past simple

Past continuous

Choose: is this the past continuous / past simple?

past simple

past continuous

Past Simple / Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

Past simple / Past Continuous
He .... (listen) to music when his mother ...(call) him

1. listened / was calling
2. were listening / called
3. is listening / calls
4. was listening / called

Past simple / Past continuous
I ....( break) my mirror while I ...( park) my car.

1. breaked / was parking
2. broke / was parking
3. broke / were parking
4. break / am parking.

past simple / past continuous
While I ...( study) my sister suddenly ( knock) on the door.

1. was studying / knocked
2. were studying / knocked
3. studied / knocked
4. studied / was knocking.

Past Simple <> Past Continuous
My friend ___ (to ring) me while I was watching TV.

1. were ringing
2. rang
3. rung
4. was ringing

past simple / past continuous

He ... (to do) the dishes while I was having a bath.

1. did
2. was doing
3. is doing
4. had been doing

Maak een zin met Past simple.
We ...(dance) all night yesterday.

Maak een zin met Past Continuous.
We ...(have) dinner last night.

Past simple / Past continuous
We ...(have) dinner when the doorbell ...(ring).

Past Simple / Past Continuous
David ___ (send) me an email five minutes ago.

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

Past Simple / Past Continuous
The internet ___ (not exist) in 1980.
GEEN AFKORTING

Give one sentence with a past simple & past continuous form

Past simple / Past continuous
I ... (cry) so much last Friday.

ik begrijp de past simple/past continuous nu

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Stilte opdracht

Looking back 

Fill out the worksheet 

In silence

Reading Practice 

Where?             Book -> unit 6.4 -> page 237 

What?                Do ex. 11 together   

                             Read the text 

                             Answer the questions

Google Classroom

Choose minimum 3 quizzes 

from every grammar topic

Individual work

Ex. 8, 9 (moet af) 

Klaar? -> ex. 3 and 4  

Practice 

Do 3 ex. Past simple / past continuous