All verb tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

goal

- you recognize the different tenses

- you know when to use which tense

Take a look at the tenses timeline on the next page. How many of them have you learnt so far? So how many SHOULD you be able to use? 

How many of them do you feel comfortable using?

Onthoud: 

Simple tenses: 
Eenmalige gebeurtenissen, herhaalde gebeurtenissen of situaties

Continuous tenses: 
Gebeurtenissen  die gedurende kortere of langere tijd aan de gang zijn. 

You look really great! ............... a lot of exercise since the last time I saw you?

1. had you
2. did you have
3. have you had
4. are you having

A: What .......... when the accident occurred? B: I .............. to change a light bulb that had burnt out

1. were you doing / was trying
2. did you do / tried
3. were you doing / tried
4. did you do / was trying

I ...................... the same car for ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.

1. already have
2. have had
3. have
4. had

I can't play the match on Saturday. I ...................... to London in the morning.

1. am going to fly
2. fly
3. will fly
4. am flying

My dad's a mechanic. He ............... cars and buses.

1. fixed
2. fixes
3. is fixing
4. was fixing

Sam .............. in San Diego a week ago.

1. had arrived
2. was arriving
3. arrived
4. has arrived

Samantha ................... in Berlin for more than two years before she ............. to London

1. lived / moved
2. had lived / moved
3. lived / had moved
4. had lived / had moved

In fact, she ................ in Berlin when the Berlin wall came down

1. had lived
2. has lived
3. lived
4. was living

If Vera keeps drinking, she.................... her job

1. will eventually lose
2. is eventually going to lose
3. eventually loses
4. eventually lost

The Maya culture ..................... by the time Europeans first arrived in the New World

1. was virtually disappearing
2. virtually disappeared
3. has virtually disappeared
4. had virtually disappeared

Shhhh! Be quiet! The baby ....................... ! (and we do not wake sleeping babies)

1. is sleeping
2. was sleeping
3. sleeps
4. slept

It ............. all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach

1. rains
2. has rained
3. had rained
4. has been raining

I don't care if you ............ the bus this morning. You .............. late for work too many times. You are fired!

1. missed / have been
2. miss / were
3. miss / have been
4. missed / had been

When ...........................? Next week?

1. Do the First Aid training start?
2. Does the First Aid training start?
3. Is the First Aid training going to start?
4. Will the First Aid training start?

I ............. the same car for ten years before someone drove into it.

1. had had
2. have had
3. have
4. had

Look how dark it's getting, it .................. any minute now.

1. is raining
2. rains
3. is going to rain
4. will rain

My sister .................. in a few weeks.

1. is going to have
2. will have
3. has
4. is having

By the time he ...................... his mistake, he ............... his test

1. realised/ has already handed in
2. realised / already handed in
3. realised / had already handed in
4. had realised / had already handed in

Hoe goed snap je het?

1. Helemaal
2. Bijna helemaal, ik kom er wel uit
3. Iets beter, maar ik vind het nog steeds erg moeilijk
4. Ik snap er nog steeds niks van

Hoe goed ken je de onregelmatige werkwoorden denk je?

1. heel goed (85%-100%)
2. goed (65%-85%)
3. nog niet zo goed (40%-65%)
4. totaal niet goed (0%-40%)

I know the different tenses in English

YES

kinda..

nope

I need to study the irregular verbs

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