H4 past tenses

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H4 past tenses

By the end of this lesson you'll be able to use these past tenses correctly 

What are past tenses?

What are past tenses?

verleden tijd -> any and all forms of verbs to point to something that happened in the past

Past simple, past continuous, present perfect

Past Simple - verb+ed

The Past Simple Tense is used to refer to actions that were completed in a time period before the present time. In the Simple Past the process of performing the action is not important. What matters is that the action was completed in the past. The action may have been in the recent past or a long time ago

I walked home yesterday 

he played football last weekend

I went to Spain last year 

Did you go to Spain last year?

Past Continuous - was/were + verb+ ing

The past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and were still going on when another event happened

I was walking in the park when my mum called me 

The children were doing their homework when I got home

Last week, as I was driving to work, my favourite song came on the radio

Present perfect -has/have+verb+ed/3rd row

The present perfect tense is an English verb tense used for past actions that are related to or continue into the present, such as ongoing actions or changes over time.

I have gone fishing since I was a child.

He has broken his leg 

I have played football for three years

Robert has lost his keys

We ........(sing), when Patrick arrived

1. sung
2. have sung
3. were singing

Filou ........ (live) in Hilversum all her life

1. have lived
2. Has lived
3. were living
4. lived

A long time ago, I .......(visit) my grandmother

1. visited
2. have visited
3. was visiting
4. were visiting

I .....(travel) to Africa, when Julie tried to call me

1. traveled
2. have travelled
3. was travelling
4. were travelling

When I ........(wake) up this morning, it was snowing

1. waked
2. have woke
3. was waking
4. woke

...... you ...... all the way to school yesterday?

1. have walked
2. has walked
3. were walking
4. did walk

She ......(work) in the bank for five years

1. was working
2. has worked
3. were working
4. worked

We ........(clean) the house all morning

1. was cleaning
2. have cleaned
3. were cleaning
4. cleaned

Let's write!

Write about 200 about something fun you did last weekend ( it doesn't have to be true)

Use the past simple, past continuous and present perfect and highlight them

Finished? Send it to me as a text in teams