Past simple vs past continuous vs present perfect

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Past Tenses

Past Simple

Past Perfect

Present Perfect

Past Simple

• * Iets is afgelopen
• signaalwoorden: yesterday, jaartallen, ...ago, last...
• (+) Hele werkwoord+ed / 2e vorm
• (-) Did not + hele werkwoord
• (?) Did + onderwerp + hele werkwoord
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• I played a football match yesterday.
• My sister didn't eat any dinner last night.
• Did you win your match the other day?

Past Simple (to be)

• (+) you/we/they = were
• I/he/she/it = was
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• (-) were not / was not
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• (?) Were / Was + onderwerp
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• I was at school yesterday evening.
• Were you already a hockey player in 2007?
• We weren't allowed to enter the building last night.

Past Continuous

• * Iets was bezig
• * Signaalwoorden: when, while, kloktijden
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• +) was/were + hele werkwoord + ing
• -) was/were + not + hele werkwoord + ing
• ?) Was/Were + pv + hele werkwoord + ing
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• At six o'clock yesterday evening I was playing videogames.
• We weren't reading the book because we were watching a film.
• Were they watching TV when the doorbell rang?

Present Perfect

• * iets is in het verleden begonnen en gaat nu nog door
• * Iets was in het verleden maar onbekend wanneer (geen tijdsindicatie)
• * Iets is net afgelopen
• Signaalwoorden: For, Yet, Never, Ever, Just, Already, Since
• (+) Have (I/you/we/they) of Has (He/she/it) + voltooid deelwoord
• (-) Have not / Has not + voltooid deelwoord
  
• (?) Have / Has + onderwerp + voltooid deelwoord
  
• Voltooid deelwoord (participle) = hele werkwoord+ed / 3e vorm
• I haven't won any games yet.
• Have you played that videogame already?
• Shirley has lost her keys so she can't get into her house.

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Exercise 2

Put the verb (werkwoord) in the correct form of the past tense.

Type the whole sentence.

Do not use ' (didn't, wasn't, etc.)

1. It (to rain) for three hours now.

2. Last night I (dream) about going to the Moon.

3. When I (see) Ginny yesterday, I (cross) the street to avoid her.

4. My dad (paint) the living room while my brother (do) the dishes.

5. Nora (never / to make) sushi before.

6. While the Smiths (look) for a new house, they (not find) many good ones.

7. Laura (send) us a postcard from her holiday in Italy yesterday.

8. As Claire (dust) the furniture, she (break) a vase.

9. My sister (never, be) to the circus before.

10. Pam and I (study) for the history exam all day yesterday.

11. The alarm clock (not, ring) yesterday morning so I (be) late for work.

12. Mr. Roberts (work) for the company for six years.

13. You (not, sleep) until I (to come) home.

14. When (they, visit) you last time?

15. Jennifer (write) an email when the power (go) off.