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Past Simple vs Past Continuous

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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?

                                                                                                                                                     

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