Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

By Sharane de Bruin

Multiple Choice

Zet het werkwoord in de verleden tijd: I ...(go)... home early yesterday.

• go

• gone

• went

Multiple Choice

Zet het werkwoord in de verleden tijd: ...(see)... him yesterday evening?

• See you

• Saw you

• Did you see

• Did you saw

Multiple Choice

Zet het werkwoord in de verleden tijd: Pete ...(fly)... to Spain.

• didn't fly

• didn't flew

• fly not

• flew not

Multiple Choice

Zet het werkwoord in de verleden tijd: We ...(try)... to help him.

• tryed

• trying

• tried

Past Simple Tense

We use the Past Simple Tense when we talk about thing that happened in the past and it is important to know when it happened.

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Last night, I watched an NBA game.

I played FIFA 22 for the first time yesterday. ​

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Signal Words:

Yesterday, last night, three hours ago, when I was young, in 1991​

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Past Simple Tense

Affirmative: verb-ed

I watched an NBA game yesterday.​

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Negative: didn't + verb

​I didn't watch a football game yesterday.

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Question: Did + subject + verb

​Did you watch anything on TV yesterday?

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Multiple Choice

was krijg je bij de persooonsvormen

• I (ik) & he / she / it (hij / zij / het)

• you (jij/jullie) & we (wij) & they (zij meervoud)

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were krijg je bij de persooonsvormen

• I (ik) & he / she / it (hij / zij / het)

• you (jij/jullie) & we (wij) & they (zij meervoud)

Multiple Choice

The kids were doing the dishes.

Is this sentence correct?

• correct

• wrong

Multiple Choice

The students was changing tires during class.

Is this sentence correct?

• correct

• wrong

Multiple Choice

The boy was walking the dog.

Is this sentence correct?

• correct

• wrong

Past Continuous

We use the Past Continuous when we talk about things that we were doing in the past or things that were going on in the past. ​

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I was cleaning my room.

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or when we talk about two things that happened at the same time.​

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My brother was making his homework while my mother was cooking. ​

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Past Continuous

Affirmative: was/were + verb-ing

The teacher was explaining the grammar.​

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​Negative: wasn't/weren't + verb-ing

The students weren't paying attention.​

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Question: Was/Were + subject + verb-ing ​

Were you listening to the grammar explanation?​

Subject | Subject

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Multiple Choice

Maak de zin compleet met de juiste vormen van de werkwoorden:

May ______ her homework; she ______ maths when I came.

• finished - was studying

• was finishing - was studying

• was finishing - studied

Multiple Choice

Maak de zin compleet met de juiste vormen van de werkwoorden:

The rain ____ while I _____ home from school.

• started - was walking

• was starting - walked

• was starting - was walking

Multiple Choice

... ago, in ... en last month zijn signaalwoorden voor de past simple.

• juist
• onjuist

Multiple Choice

Maak de zin compleet met de juiste vormen van de werkwoorden:

I ____ an injured elephant while I _____ the zoo.

• saw - was visiting

• saw - visited

• was seeing - was visiting

Multiple Choice

Wat is het dikgedrukte? I was practicing the guitar, when he came home.

• Past Simple
• Past Continuous

Multiple Choice

Wat is het dikgedrukte? She broke her arm, when she was painting the room

• Past Simple
• Past Continuous

Past Tense

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

​We use the Past Simple and Past Continuous together in 1 sentence when something was going on in the past but it got interrupted.

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The woman was walking the dog when it started to rain. ​

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