Intro past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Intro past continuous

The goal: At the end of the lesson you will have an idea of how to use the Past Continuous tense.

Agenda

Homework check

Recap "to be" in the past simple

New Grammar: Past Continuous

Practice

Homework check

exercises 3,4, and 5 on pages 3 and 4

past simple of to be

I	was
you	were
he	was
she	was
it	was
we	were
you	were
they	were

Past simple van 'to be'

+	-	?
I was there	I wasn't there	Was I there?
You were there	You weren't there.	Were you there?
He/she/it was there	He/She/It wasn't there.	Was he/she/it there?
We/You/They were there	We/You/They weren't there.	Were we/you/they there?

Past Continuous - form

Subject

+

was/were

 +

verb + ing

Past continuous form

subject + was/were + verb-ing

(onderwerp + was/were +werkwoord-ing)

Past continuous: Form

Bevestigend: subject + was/were + verb-ing

(onderwerp + was/were +ww-ing)

I was walking

Ontkennend: Subject + was/were + not + verb-ing

I wasn't (was not) walking 

Vragend: Was / were + subject + verb-ing?

Were they walking?

Past continuous: use

We gebruiken de past continuous voor handelingen of gebeurtenissen die in het verleden voor een bepaalde tijd gaande waren.

They were studying yesterday morning

Past continuous and past simple

Past Continuous and Past Simple

Past Continuous and Past Simple

Past Continuous = al aan de gang ( lang)

Past Simple = iets gebeurde (kort)

Practice

Do exercises 6 on page 5 and 7-10 on pages 9 and 10

What you don't finish is homework for Friday

Listening practice test

• Come in and sit at a table with a test booklet.
• Take out a pen and write your name and your test version on your paper.
• Open your test booklet to page 5, we will do the "videodeel"
• Wait for the practice test to start.
• Do not open your Ipad 

At the end

When you are finished marking our last answer, put your paper inside the booklet and close it. I will come and collect these.

You may practice listening (with headphones) on the website I sent you for homework, or practice reading on ReadTheory.