Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense
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Past Continuous Tense

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Table of Contents:
*  Lesson Aims
* Past Continuous Form
* Usage
* Spelling Rules
* Differentiation Past Simple - Past Continuous
* Past Continuous Exercises
* Video explanation (in Dutch)

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Lesson Aims:
* To use the past continuous tense in both a grammatical and communicative manner. 
* To differentiate between the past simple and past continuous tenses.

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Past Continuous Form:
Subject + to be (past tense)+ V + -ing

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Usage:

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

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Examples:

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Spelling Rules:
Spelling rules for Past Continuous Tense:
Verbs ending with -e: Ex: make - making / drive - driving
Verbs ending with -ee: Ex: agree - agreeing / see - seeing
Verbs ending with a consonant preceded by a vowel: Ex: hit - hitting / let - letting / put - putting
Two-syllable verbs: the last consonant is doubled when the last syllable is stressed:
Ex: forget - forgetting / prefer - preferring / upset - upsetting 
Verbs ending with -ie: Ex: lie - lying / tie - tying
Verbs ending with -c: Ex: picnic - picnicking 
Verbs ending with -y: Ex: carry - carrying / hurry - hurrying / enjoy - enjoying 
Exceptions!: age - ageing -aging / dye - dyeing / enter - entering 


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Differentiation Past Simple - Past Continuous:

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Past Continuous Exercises:

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Julia (to sleep) at three o'clock.
A
has been sleeping
B
slept
C
was sleeping
D
has slept

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Mrs. Brown (not/ to walk) in the garden when the murder happened.
A
walked not
B
had not been walking
C
has not walked
D
was not walking

Slide 13 - Quizvraag

When you arrived at the party, John and Ann( to sing)?
A
singing
B
sang
C
were .... singing
D
had .... already sung

Slide 14 - Quizvraag

When I saw you and Lucy last night, what .... you (to carry)?
A
were .... carrying
B
did ... carry
C
have .... carried
D
was .... carrying

Slide 15 - Quizvraag

The protestors (to storm) the US Capital when VP Mike (to speak) to Congress.
A
is storming ... spoke
B
were storming ...was speaking
C
stormed ...was speaking
D
had stormed ... spoke

Slide 16 - Quizvraag

Write down the correct form.

David (to read) in his room when the murder happened.

Slide 17 - Open vraag

Donald Trump (to sit) in the bunker at the White House when the protestors (to attack) the US Capital police officers.

Slide 18 - Open vraag

During the Olympics, the African marathon runners (to run) at a good pace from start to finish.

Slide 19 - Open vraag

During vacation, the family members (to picnic) close to the beach.

Slide 20 - Open vraag

James (to drive) home from work during a thunderstorm when a tree was struck by lightning and fell on the road.

Slide 21 - Open vraag

Slide 22 - Video

Slide 23 - Tekstslide