Grammar recap: present tense, present continuous

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• Studiejaar 1

Grammar recap

present simple

present continuous

past simple

Present Simple:

When do you use the Present Simple?

1. When something happens always, sometimes, never or regularly.
2. When something is in progress now.
3. When something happened in the past.
4. When something started in the past and is still ongoing.

Fill in the present simple. She ............TV every night.

1. Watch
2. Watches

How do we call this rule?

Present Simple.
We ... to watch movies.

1. likes
2. liked
3. like

Present simple
They ...... (to visit) us every summer.

1. visit
2. visits

Present Simple:
He ... e-mails every day.

1. writes
2. wrote
3. write

Present simple
Class ....... (to start) in 10 minutes.

1. start
2. starts

Present simple: Fill in the gap.
His sister _______ Netflix.

1. play
2. plays

Find the present simple

1. He's cooking dinner.
2. The teacher is lying.
3. He made taco's on tuesday
4. I brush my teeth at 8AM, every morning.

Find the present continuous

1. He's cooking dinner.
2. The teacher was lying.
3. He made taco's on tuesday
4. I brush my teeth at 8AM, every morning.

Present Simple or Present continuous

She sings well.

She's singing well.

He plays football.

He's playing football.

Choose the Present Continuous.

Listen! The birds ___ a song!

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

Choose the Present Continuous.

When ___ for vacation?

1. are we leaving
2. are we leave
3. we leaving
4. we leave

Choose the Present Continuous.

We ___ to the pub right now.

1. go
2. are going
3. are go
4. going

present continuous
We ......... (watch) a film.

1. were watching
2. are watching
3. watch
4. watched

Choose the Present Continuous.

Look! The bird ___ !

1. dance
2. dancing
3. are dance
4. is dancing

Choose the Present Continuous:
We ___ English class right now.

1. have
2. are having
3. are have
4. are haveing

Choose the Present Continuous.

Our teacher ___ the grammar.

1. explains
2. is explain
3. explaining
4. is explaining

Choose the Present Continuous:
Look! The birds ___ away!

1. fly
2. flying
3. are fly
4. are flying

Grammar: Present Continuous
When do you use the Present Continuous?

1. Als iets in het verleden is gebeurd.
2. Als iets nu aan de gang is.
3. Als iets in de toekomst gaat gebeuren.
4. Als iets is gebeurd maar het is nog steeds belangrijk.

Past Simple: 

                                                                    Regular --> Verb + ed

                                                                               Irregular --> learn by heart

Past simple regular verbs

Past simple irregular verbs

swim

walk

drink

cook

give

have

see

catch

call

put

past simple of 'buy'

1. buyed
2. bought
3. boughted
4. buyd

past simple of 'become'

1. becamen
2. becomed
3. become
4. became

past simple of 'wash'

1. washed
2. washd

past simple of 'walk'

1. walked
2. walkd

past simple of 'awake'

1. awaken
2. awaked
3. awoke
4. awoken

past simple of 'break'

1. brake
2. breaken
3. broked
4. broke

past simple of 'be'

1. was/been
2. was/were
3. been/were

past simple of 'begin'

1. begin
2. begun
3. begon
4. began

past simple of 'break'

1. brake
2. breaken
3. broked
4. broke

past simple of 'work'

1. workd
2. worked

past simple of 'catch'

1. caught
2. catched
3. catch
4. caughted

past simple of 'draw'

1. draw
2. drawn
3. drew
4. drawed

past simple of 'cost'

1. cost
2. costed