Review of verb tenses

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Verb Tenses

What are verb Tenses?

Verb tenses zijn werkwoord tijden zoals:

• Tegenwoordige tijd
• Verleden tijd 
• Zeggen wat nu gebeurd
  

Vandaag kijken we naar de present simple, past simple, present continuous en past continuous.

What do you remember?

"You want to be a social worker"
What tense has this sentence?

1. Present simple
2. Past simple
3. Present continuous
4. Past continuous

Can you remember when you use the present simple?

Present simple

We use the present simple when we talk about:

• Habits /gewoontes: You can recognize a habit when a signalword like "always, never, sometimes, often etc." is used. Je herkent een gewoonte aan een signaalwoord dat een bepaalde regelmaat uitdrukt zoals älways, never......

      I always walk to school. I never drink coffee.

• General speaking/algemene zin: no time indication. Geen tijdsaanduiding

       Emma cooks dinner.  Peter likes  to ski in Austria.

• Facts/feiten: Things that are always true. Dingen die altijd waar zijn

       Snow is cold.  You have two hands.

What is the SHIT rule?

SHIT rule

He/She/it get -S behind the verb

He plays football, She kisses him, It tries to escape.

Rest of the personal pronouns get infinitive/ rest van de persoonlijke voornaamwoorden krijgen hele werkwoord/stam:

I cook                              we cook                              I have                         we have

you cook                        you cook                            you have                   you have

he/she /it cooks         they cook                           he/she/it has          they have

"I wanted to be a pilot when I was young".
What tense has this sentence?

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past simple
4. Past continuous

Are the verbs regular or irregular?

Zijn de werkwoorden regelmatig of onregelmatig?

Regular

Irregular

Baked

left

flew

put

studied

played

Past tense

Regular: + ED

walk -> walked

Try -> tried

play -> played

Irregular: own form!

Remember the list???

When do we use the past tense?

When?

When something happened in the past and is now finnished.

Always a time indication!

Als iets in het verleden gebeurd is en nu helemaal klaar is.

Altijd een tijdsaanduiding.

"I am following the lesson right now."
What tense has this sentence?

1. Present simple
2. Past simple
3. Present Continuous
4. Past continuous

When do we use the -ING form?

The -ING form

We use the -ING form when we want to say what is happening right now or real soon. We gebruiken de -ING vorm als we zeggen wat nu gebeurd of binnekort.

am/are/is + verb + ing

I am teaching

you are learning

What is Harry doing
right now?

"He was listening to the radio this morning"
What tense has this sentence?

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Past simple
4. Past continuous

Remember how we made the present continuous? How do you think the past continuous is made?

Past Continuous

We use the past continuous when someone was in the middle of an action at a certain moment in the past. We gebruiken de past continuous als iemand bezig was met een bepaalde actie op een bepaald moment in het verleden.

Sue was swimming this morning.

They were swimming this morning.

Was/were +  verb + ing

What were the
knights doing?

State verbs

Sommige werkwoorden beschrijven een "staat" en niet een actie. Deze hebben geen 

-ing form!!