TBL Past Simple/ Past Continuous/ Present Perfect

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Good morning!
Advanced grammar today, yay!

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Learning goals
  • You'll know how to explain the past tenses;
  • You know the signal words to the present perfect, past simple and past continuous;
  • You'll know how to make a question using the past simple, present perfect and past continuous;
  • You'll know how to make a sentence negative, using the past simple, present perfect and past continuous.

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Get a paper and pen to take notes
  1. Past Simple 
  2.  Past Continuous 
  3.  Present Perfect

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Past Simple: keywords
In Dutch keywords are called 
'signaalwoorden'  

These words help you to see if something happened in the past:
  • yesterday
  • last week
  • ten minutes ago
  • in 2007
  • etc.

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HOME Assignment
Create a story ( 200 words), use 7 pictures with the signal words. You need to include:
  •  3 x Past Simple  
  •  2 x Present Perfect
  •  2 x Present Perfect  Continuous

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Past continuous signal words
While
When
+
Specific dates and times in the past:
- Last… (week, year, month, etc.)
- In 1984, 2015 ….. etc.
- Yesterday…. etc.

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Tenses review - past continuous
Past Continuous (was/were + verb + ing) - 
  • to emphasize duration (2 actions going on for a longer time; 1 longer action when a shorter action - Past Simple - interrupted);
  • to signal irritation
  •  to indicate smth. was already  going on when smth. else interrupted;




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Present Perfect - signal words
There are often clues or signal words  such as:

  • For                             F
  • Yet                             Y
  • Never                        N
  • Ever                           E
  • Just                            J
  • Already                     A
  • Since                         S

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I .... (buy) this fancy bike last week.
A
buyed
B
have bought
C
was buying
D
bought

Slide 15 - Quiz

I think my bicycle chain ... (break).
A
broke
B
has broken
C
was breaking
D
has breaked

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How ... it ... ? (happen)
A
has ... happened
B
was ... happening
C
did ... happen
D
did ... happened

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Well, I ... (cycle), when it suddenly .... (to make) a funny noise.
A
had cycled, made
B
was cycling, made
C
cycled, was making
D
has cycled, was making

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Since then it ... (be) fragile.
A
has been
B
was being
C
is
D
was

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You need a new one. I ordered some, but they ... (not arrive) yet.
A
not arrived
B
were not arriving
C
have not arrived
D
did not arrive

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past simple - e.g: 'walked'
past continuous - e.g: 'was walking'
present perfect - e.g: 'has walked'
important when it happened
time indication in the sentence
going on for a while in the past
(was / were) + verb+ing
finished + not important when
began in past and going on
finished and result in present
something  happened just now

Slide 21 - Drag question

past simple
past continuous
present perfect
past continous & past simple
He went to school by bike yesterday.
My family has lived in Veenendaal since 2010.
The kids were making a racket.
I have often been to France.
They were both wearing a sweater when I saw them.
My sister and I walked 20 kms this weekend.

Slide 22 - Drag question

Which tense is used to talk about an action that happened at a specific time in the past?
A
Past continuous
B
Past simple
C
Future simple
D
Present perfect

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Which tense is used to talk about an action that started in the past and continued for a period of time?
A
Future continuous
B
Past simple
C
Present perfect
D
Past continuous

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Which tense is used to talk about an action that happened at an unspecified time before now?
A
Future perfect
B
Present perfect
C
Past simple
D
Past continuous

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Which tense is used to talk about a completed action that has a result in the present?
A
Present perfect
B
Past simple
C
Past perfect
D
Future simple

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Which tense is used to talk about an action that will happen in the future and continue for a period of time?
A
Past simple
B
Past continuous
C
Present perfect
D
Future continuous

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What have you learned?
  • You'll know how to explain the past tenses;
  • You know the signal words to the present perfect, past simple and past continuous;
  • You'll know how to make a question using the past simple, present perfect and past continuous;
  • You'll know how to make a sentence negative, using the past simple, present perfect and past continuous;
  • You'll know the sentences from the Stone;

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