mixed tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

MIXED TENSES

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT

PAST PERFECT

Present Simple <> Present Continuous
You ........... (not / listen) to me! It's so annoying!

1. are not listening
2. don't listen
3. aren't listening
4. do not listen

Present Simple <> Present Continuous
You usually _________ (arrive) late.

1. arrive
2. are arriving

My grandfather _________ beautiful poems. (write)

1. writes
2. has written
3. wrote
4. is writing

Change in context :
- My grandfather writes beautiful poems. -> habit/fact
- My grandfather has written beautiful poems. -> focus on result 
My grandfather wrote beautiful poems. -> he doesn't do that anymore 
My grandfather is writing beautiful poems -> it's happening now

Michael Connelly's a famous author. He _______________ 25 crime novels so far. (write)

1. writes
2. has written
3. wrote
4. is writing

By the time I left school, however, I ______________ a lot and was the second tallest girl in my class. (grow)

1. grew
2. was growing
3. grow
4. had grown

Henry ________ to London last Friday. (fly)

Conny ____________ a bath, when the doorbell __________ (take, ring), so she had to get dressed very quickly.

So far, I ____________ on holiday to Germany three times. (be)

After the baseball player _______ a homerun, the crowd went mad with joy! (hit)

Look! Jim and Kerry _____________ on the lake! (kitesurf)

I ______________ you at the restaurant at 8 o'clock yesterday evening. (see)

Suzanne usually_________ from 19:00 until 21:00 in the evening. (study)

When I ______________ in my car yesterday, the car in front of me broke down. (drive)

I _____________ as a teacher at this school since 1994. (work)

On her trip to France last summer Angela _______ snails for the first time in her life. (eat)

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