H2C Les 19-03

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

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Revision: grammar chapter 6

Today's goals

Revision: grammar chapter 6

• Present simple, past simple, present continuous, past continuous

How to form these tenses

How to form the present simple:

he/she/it: infinitive + -s

• reads, calls, feels

all the other persons (I, you, we, they): just the infinitive

• read, call, feel

BUT

• cry - cries
• wash - washes; kiss - kisses; watch - watches; fix - fixes

How to form the past simple:

Regular verbs: verb +  -(e)d

• waited, liked, changed

Irregular verbs: verb form changes

• go - went; think - thought; take - took 

How to form the present continuous:

am/are/is + infinitive + ing

• I am swimming
• You are swimming
• He/She/It is swimming
• We are swimming
• You are swimming
• They are swimming

How to form the past continuous:

was/were + infinitive + ing

• I was swimming
• You were swimming
• He/She/It was swimming
• We were swimming
• You were swimming
• They were swimming

When to use these tenses

Present simple

• Used for habits, facts and opinions
• Signal words: always, never, every ..., nowadays, seldom, sometimes, usually, regularly

Examples:

• They go to France every year.
• He is 22 years old.
• Katy hates spiders. She always cries when she sees one.

Present continuous

• Used when something is happening right now
• Signal words: now, right now, at the moment, 'listen', 'look'

Examples:

• I am listening to their new album right now.
• Look! He is driving way too fast!

Past simple

• Used when something happened (and finished) in the past
• Signal words: last, ago, then, yesterday/this morning, dates in the past

Examples:

• We slept at a farm last week.
• He became a father in 2016.

Past continuous

• Used when something happened in the past and lasted a longer period (usually combined with the past simple)

Example:

• We were driving in our car when we saw a strange light.

Listen! They ... that song again.

1. play
2. played
3. are playing
4. were playing

I ... coffee every day.

1. drink
2. drank
3. am drinking
4. was drinking

We ... football when my mum walked by.

1. play
2. played
3. are playing
4. were playing

Their new album ... yesterday.

1. comes out
2. came out
3. is coming out
4. was coming out

Forming questions & negatives

Present simple: do/does (not) + infinitive

• Does he eat breakfast every morning?
• I don't like spiders.

Past simple: did (not) + infinitive

• Did they watch that new movie last week?
• She did not go to the gym this morning.

Forming questions & negatives

Present continuous: am/are/is (not) + infinitive + ing

• Are you playing a video game right now?
• I am not doing anything at the moment.

Past continuous: was/were (not) + infinitive + ing

• Were you studying when I called you?
• I wasn't lying when I said that I was scared.

He ... potatoes.

1. doesn't like
2. didn't like
3. isn't liking
4. wasn't liking

They ... to school last Friday.

1. don't go
2. didn't go
3. aren't going
4. weren't going

... you ... her right now?

1. Do ... call
2. Did ... call
3. Are ... calling
4. Were ... calling

... you ... video games when your parents got home?

1. Do ... play
2. Did ... play
3. Are ... playing
4. Were ... playing

Questions?

Do you understand the differences between the four tenses?

And do you understand how they are formed?

Thanks for your attention;

Enjoy the rest of your day!