Past Simple (VT)

Past Continous (VT met ing-vorm)

1. Vorm:

• ww +ed
• tweede vorm (bij onr. ww)

2. Gebruik:

• iets is in het verleden begonnen en afgelopen
• in alle zinnen met een tijdsbepaling, die verwijst naar het verleden.
• NB Kijk dus niet naar de Nederlandse vertaling! Kijk alleen of de actie in het verleden is gebeurd.

3. Signaalwoorden:

• yesterday
• this morning
• last year
• in 1980
• a second ago

4. Voorbeelden:

• Charles Dickens died in 1870.
• He saw her last week
• We first met a year ago.
• It happened a long time ago.
• The Titanic sank on her first voyage.

Positive ( infinitief+ed / behalve irregular verbs)

I                  worked

You            worked

He/she/it    worked

We              worked

You             worked

They           worked

Negative ( didn’t + infinitief)

I                  didn’t work      / did not work

You             didn’t work

He/she/it     didn’t work

We              didn’t work

You             didn’t work

They           didn’t work

Questions ( did + (pers voornaamwoord) + infinitief)

Did I work?

Did you work?

Did he/she/it work?

Did we work?

Did you work?

Did they work?

1. Vorm:

• was / were + ww+ing

2. Gebruik

• iets was in het verleden al een tijd aan de gang
• vaak in combinatie met past simple: lang durende actie (past cont.) wordt onderbroken door korte actie (past simple)
• beschrijving van een toestand

3. Signaalwoorden:

• als bij de past simple
• when, while
• as
  
  

4. Voorbeelden:

• Yesterday, he was shopping at the supermarket for two hours.
• He was cleaning (lang) the window, when the phone rang (kort).
• They were watching (lang) a late-night movie when we came (kort) home. 

Positive ( was/were + inf+ing)

I                  was working

You             were working

He/she/it     was working

We              were working

You             were working

They            were working

Negative ( was/were + not + infinitief+ing)

I                  wasn’t working   / was not working

You             weren’t working

He/she/it     wasn’t working

We              weren’t working

You             weren’t working

They            weren’t working

Questions ( Was/were + (pers vnwd) + inf+ing)

Was I working?

Were you working?

Was he/she/it working?

Were we working?

Were you working?

Were they working?