Tense Review

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

PRESENT: NOW 

Present Simple

Present Continuous

 eat+ing

• I usually _____ bread in the morning
  
• present simple - generally true - hobby 
  
  
• I am  _____  a delicious sandwich now
• Present Continuous - is happening now

Use of Simple Present

The Simple Present 

is used in quite a number of 

different situations

Signal words:

always, never, often, usually,

regularly, sometimes,

hardly ever, every day

Present Simple
'She usually _____ bread in the morning'

1.  What do you think the shit-rule is?
   
   
2. What are the words that show present simple?

Examples: - + ?

• + I eat bread
• - I don't eat bread
• Do you eat bread?

Write a question in the present simple
?

Write a negation in present simple.
-

Present Continuous

'The teacher is explaining grammar'

It is happening at this moment

Choose the correct tense:

Listen! The birds ___ a song!

1. sing
2. singing
3. are sing
4. are singing

Wait! Where do you see
present continuous?

1. I wait.
2. I was waiting
3. I am waiting
4. I waited

Signal words Present Continuous   (2)

Whenever you see these signal words 

use the Present Continuous

• now
• right now
• at the moment 
• tonight
• these days

• this week
• this month
• still
  
• Look!
• Listen!

Write a negative present continuous.
-

Write a question present continuous.
?

Put the signal words in the right boxes.

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Right now

Today

Never

This moment

Often

Every week

Past Simple

I _________ my homework last night.

Signal words:

yesterday, 2021, last week, ago, last

Past simple 
REGULAR

Past simple 

IRREGULAR

swim

walk

drive

cook

give

have

Present Perfect

'I have studied English for many years'

Signals words:

for / since / never

still true today

Test for points

4 questions

Every Monday, Sally _____ (study) English and Math at Scalda.

Sam _____(arrive) in Goes a week ago.

Shhhhh! Be quiet! John _____ (sleep) .

_____ he _________ tennis now?
No, he is studying grammar.

I _____(have, not) this much fun since I was a kid.

I _____(be) in the Netherlands for 5 years now.

Last week I __________(not understand) the grammar, but now I do.