2021 H4 The Past Tense: Most Frequently Used Forms

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

The Troubles

12 February

1.  Reflection on prep assignment: the past tense
2. Look back at yesterday's class
3. The past tense: instruction 
4. Practice with the past tense
5. Reading practice
6. End

Today's Assignment

•  What are the past simple and the present perfect? 
• How do you create these forms? 
• What signals do you often see in a sentence when you apply the past simple or present perfect? 
• Why do Dutch people find this difficult? What will you do about that?

What's the issue here?

"And let me tell you something

I've had enough of Irish Americans

Who __________ back to their country in 20 or 30 years

Come up to me, and talk about the resistance"

Wat zegt Bono hier in het Nederlands? 

I've had enough of Irish Americans
Who __________ back to their country in 20 or 30 years...

What's the issue here?

"And let me tell you something

I've had enough of Irish Americans

Who have not been back to their country in 20 or 30 years.

Come up to me, and talk about the resistance"

Past Simple

Present Perfect

The Past Tense: Most Frequently Used Forms

How I create it: 

How I create it: 

What I use it for: 

What I use it for: 

Sign of the times: 

Sign of the times: 

ww+ed

2nd row irregular verbs

have/has + ww+ed

have/has + 3rd row irregular verbs

did (not) + ww?

iets is gebeurt in het verleden

iets is gestart in het verleden

yesterday

ever since

ago

never

always

last (year)

in 1916

how long

already

The Past Tense: Frequently Used Forms

Situation	Form	Signs
Iets is in het verleden gebeurt .	- wwed/2nd row - did (not) ww ?	yesterday, ago, when (I was young), in 1916, last (month), back in the days, earlier, during
Iets is in het verleden gestart .	- have/has + wwed/3rd row	always, never, ever, since, for (8 years), recently, yet, already, just

Kerri _______________ (not - live) in Derry all her live, but for most of it she did.

I _______________ (grow) up in Derry when I was young.

The Troubles _______________ (have) a great impact ever since.

Write your own sentences using the past simple and the present perfect (both at least 2 times). Write about Bloody Sunday.

https://tinyurl.com/3sb9zhsm

Practice: Using the Past Tense (Ms Teams) 

Howya? | Understanding the main idea of a text fast

What do you still know about finding the main information in a text?

Howya – An Irishman’s Diary on greetings

In his Irish Journal, Heinrich Böll reported a brief exchange between a man and woman across a street: “‘Howya, Paddy?’, and the old man shouted back: ‘I’m all right – with the help of God and His most blessed Mother.’” The friendly greeting, “Howya?” is rarely intended to be an inquiry about someone’s health or spirituality but more of passing the time of day. Students of responses to the question are often bemused by smart-alec replies. 

Here are quirky replies to the “Howya”, eavesdropped and purloined from different regions of the country: “Am hangin’ together like a pair of trousers.”, “No worse than usual, thanks.”, “Me bones are freezing but sure every day is better than the next.”, “If I’d a tail, I’d wag it.” 

Waar gaat dit artikel over? (Geen antwoord in een zin.)

Howya – An Irishman’s Diary on greetings

In his Irish Journal, Heinrich Böll reported a brief exchange between a man and woman across a street: “‘Howya, Paddy?’, and the old man shouted back: ‘I’m all right – with the help of God and His most blessed Mother.’” The friendly greeting, “Howya?” is rarely intended to be an inquiry about someone’s health or spirituality but more of passing the time of day. Students of responses to the question are often bemused by smart-alec replies. 

Here are quirky replies to the “Howya”, eavesdropped and purloined from different regions of the country: “Am hangin’ together like a pair of trousers.”, “No worse than usual, thanks.”, “Me bones are freezing but sure every day is better than the next.”, “If I’d a tail, I’d wag it.” 

Reading Assignment

1. Ga naar het kanaal van de Reading Test. 

2. Kies 2 teksten op niveau.

                   'Ik vind Engels lezen nog erg moeilijk.' 

                   'Ik vind lezen soms nog lastig, maar het gaat goed komen.' 

                   'Ik vind Engels lezen makkelijk' 

3. Gebruik de tactiek 'keywords' of 'main idea'. Schrijf dit op met de titels van de teksten (moet je later invoeren). 

4. Maak de vragen en markeer bij de uitwerking de zin die zegt hoe je het antwoord had kunnen vinden. 

How helpful was the instruction of the past tense?

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