Lesson 36: past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome!

Take a seat, grab your stuff and wait till we get started

Today

Past continuous

- Homework check 

- Look back

- Explanation

- Practice 

- Work on your bookreport? 

Goal

At the end of the lesson you can use the past continuous to talk about two things that happened in the past

Look back

What did we practice last lesson? 

Did you do the homework? 

Check your answers 

What started first? 

Write down for each sentence which of the actions started first

- I was listening to music when my mom knocked on my door

- I stepped into poop when I was walking my dog

- I was paying attention when my friend started to distract me

Past continuous 

Als er twee dingen in het verleden zijn gebeurd, één ding begon eerst en het ander komt er tussendoor

Past continuous 

"I was walking to school when I saw my friend"

persoonsvorm + was/were + ww-ing

I/he/she/it = was

you/we/they = were

Past continuous 

"I was playing football when I twisted my ankle"

"I was playing a game when my mom said it was time for dinner"

"we heard someone call for help when we were outside"

"you were working when you got that call"

"she stole candy when she was out shopping"

"they went shopping when they were on vacation"

Past continuous 

Gebruik past continuous ook in de volgende situaties:

- een actie vond plaats voor en na een specifieke tijd

- ging een tijd lang door in het verleden

- laat zien dat iets veranderd/verbeterd

- gebeurde heel vaak in het verleden

Past continuous 

vul het missende woord in met het werkwoord tussen haakjes

1. Jaimy ________ when she heard a weird noise (to hear)

2. We _______ when we saw a shark (to swim)

3. I ate a lot of pizza when we ________ my birthday (to celebrate)

4. He made a mistake when he ________ the test (to grade)

5. you _______ your homework when I got home (to do)

Get to work

Work on the worksheet

Work for yourself! 

Help? --> raise your hand

Time? --> about 15 minutes

Done? --> check your answers

Done checking? --> work on your bookreport 

How did it go? 

on a scale from 1 to 10, how difficult was the past continuous? 

Is it more difficult than the past simple? 

Look forward

Next week

- New theme

- More grammar

- HAND IN YOUR BOOK REPORT THE 20TH

Bye!

Have a nice day!