Vul de zinnen aan en leer het verschil tussen de past simple (onvoltooid verleden tijd) en de past progressive (verleden tijd, duurvorm). Herken wanneer een korte handeling een langere onderbreekt en wanneer iets op de achtergrond gebeurt. Geschikt voor iedereen die Engels leert.
She ___ (cook) dinner when I called.
was cooking (Past Progressive: een lange actie die werd onderbroken door een korte actie (called))
I ___ (call) her while she was cooking.
called (Past Simple: de korte actie die de langere actie onderbrak)
They ___ (watch) TV when the lights went out.
were watching (Past Progressive: achtergrond voor de korte actie)
The lights ___ (go) out suddenly.
went (Past Simple: korte en plotselinge actie)
While we ___ (walk) home, it started to rain.
were walking (Past Progressive: actie op de achtergrond)
It ___ (start) to rain while we were walking.
started (Past Simple)
He ___ (read) a book all evening yesterday.
was reading (Past Progressive: actie die lang duurde)
Last night I ___ (finish) my homework at 9.
finished (Past Simple: actie die op een bepaald moment is voltooid)
What ___ you ___ (do) at 8 o'clock last night?
were / doing (Past Progressive: actie die op een bepaald tijdstip bezig was)
When the phone rang, she ___ (sleep).
was sleeping (Past Progressive: achtergrond toen de korte actie plaatsvond)
The phone ___ (ring) while she was sleeping.
rang (Past Simple)
We ___ (play) football when it began to snow.
were playing (Past Progressive)
I ___ (see) him yesterday at the mall.
saw (Past Simple: feit dat in het verleden is voltooid)
While the teacher ___ (explain), the students listened.
was explaining (Past Progressive: doorlopende actie op de achtergrond)
The students ___ (listen) carefully.
listened (Past Simple)
At 7 a.m. yesterday I ___ (drive) to work.
was driving (Past Progressive: actie die op een bepaald tijdstip bezig was)
She ___ (wash) the dishes when the guests arrived.
was washing (Past Progressive)
The guests ___ (arrive) early.
arrived (Past Simple)
He ___ (not / listen) when I spoke to him.
was not listening (Past Progressive in de ontkenning)
I ___ (not / hear) the alarm this morning.
did not hear (Past Simple in de ontkenning)
While they ___ (travel), they met an old friend.
were travelling (Past Progressive)
They ___ (meet) an old friend during the trip.
met (Past Simple)
The baby ___ (cry) all night long.
was crying (Past Progressive: actie die lang duurde)
Yesterday she ___ (visit) her grandmother.
visited (Past Simple)
What ___ you ___ (wear) when I saw you?
were / wearing (Past Progressive)
I ___ (lose) my keys last week.
lost (Past Simple)
The sun ___ (shine) while we were at the beach.
was shining (Past Progressive: achtergrond)
We ___ (build) a sandcastle on the beach.
built (Past Simple)
He fell while he ___ (run) in the park.
was running (Past Progressive: actie die werd onderbroken)
He ___ (fall) and hurt his knee.
fell (Past Simple)
While I ___ (study), my brother played music.
was studying (Past Progressive: twee parallelle acties)
My brother ___ (play) music while I was studying.
was playing (Past Progressive: parallelle doorlopende actie)
She ___ (write) emails all morning.
was writing (Past Progressive)
At noon yesterday we ___ (have) lunch.
were having (Past Progressive: actie die op een bepaald tijdstip bezig was)
I ___ (open) the door and went outside.
opened (Past Simple: reeks korte acties)
When we arrived, they ___ (wait) for us.
were waiting (Past Progressive: actie die al bezig was)
It ___ (rain) when I left the house.
was raining (Past Progressive: situatie op de achtergrond)
I ___ (forget) to lock the door yesterday.
forgot (Past Simple)