V3 2.2

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• 2.2 - Past tenses 

You can describe past events using the past simple, past continuous and/ or the past perfect.

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• what you've learned for today
• what you remember from last year

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deelnemer

1. applicant
2. competitor
3. fan
4. supporter

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Opponent

1. tegenpartij
2. baan
3. tegenstander
4. speler

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rink

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in vorm blijven

Finish the irregular verbs like this
verb - past simple - past participle

zijn

bijten

uitbarsten

vangen

What do you remember from last year

Past tenses: choose the correct explanation:

I had already seen the film but decided to watch it again last night.

1. I watched the film last night for the first time.
2. Last night wasn't the first time that I had seen the film.

The boys were playing football while it was raining.

1. The boys were playing football until it started to rain.
2. The boys played football in the rain.

I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down.

1. Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail
2. I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down.

My aunt bought me a lovely gift after she had spent the summer holiday with us.

1. When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift.
2. While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought me a lovely gift.

Past simple

How to use it:

• Past tense of the verb: verb + ed (y --> ied/ f --> ved)
• Irregular verbs --> 2nd column

When to use it:

• Finished actions in the past

• I washed the dog yesterday.

Past continuous

How to use it:

• Past tense of "to be" + action verb+ing

When to use it:

• Action that were happening during a specific period in the past. Usually seen together with the past simple

• I was washing the dog yesterday when my friend called me.

Past perfect

How to use it:

• Past tense of "to have" + past participle
• verb+(e)d or 3rd column irregular verbs

When to use it:

• Action that had happened before another action happened.

• I had washed the dog yesterday before my friend visited me.

Past tenses

I washed the dog yesterday.

While I was washing the dog, my friend called me.

I had washed the dog before my friend visited me. 

Which tense is this sentence?

I had already heard this song.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous
3. Past perfect

Which tense?

She walked in the room while her friends were watching a movie.

1. Past simple
2. Past continuous
3. Past perfect

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