3V Period 3 Past Tenses

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3V Period 3 Past Tenses

- Past Simple, Present Perfect, Past Perfect

Lesson 1: 

Past Simple vs Present Perfect

Then: exercises

Read the story. Answer the questions

Before Miss Salehar moved to the Netherlands she lived in Slovenia and Belgium. In Belgium she was a nanny to three boys. Even after leaving, she has kept in contact with them. For the past 2 years she has been living in Eindhoven. Before she got a job as a teacher she worked at Pullman hotel in Eindhoven but since the fall of 2020 she has been an English teacher at a Dutch high school. She has enjoyed working here for the past 3 years. During her breaks she likes to travel. She has visited many places around Europe in the past few years, however, she has never been to South America. It has been on her bucket list! 

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• Look at the verbs.
  What do you notice about them?
  (FORM...) 
• Why do some verbs have:
  HAVE + VERB (has enjoyed) and some are just VERBS (worked). What is the difference?

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Miss Salehar has lived in the Netherlands since 2016.

For the past 2 years she has been living in Eindhoven.

She has visited many places around Europe,however, she has never been to South America.

It has been on her bucket list.  

Miss Salehar was born and went to school in Slovenia. Before she moved to the Netherlands she lived in Slovenia and Belgium. In Belgium she was a nanny to three boys. In February she visited her parents.

PRESENT PERFECT

When did these events happen? 

Are these events completed?   

PAST SIMPLE

When did these events happen? 

Are these events completed?

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Miss Salehar has lived in the Netherlands since 2016.

For the past 2 years she has been living in Eindhoven.

She has visited many places around Europe,however, she has never been to South America.

It has been on her bucket list.  

Miss Salehar was born and went to school in Slovenia. Before she moved to the Netherlands she lived in Slovenia and Belgium. In Belgium she was a nanny to three boys. In February she visited her parents.

PRESENT PERFECT

When did these events happen? -> past

Are they completed? -> NO  

NO PAST , CONNECTION  between now and past

PAST SIMPLE

When did these events happen? -> past. 

Are they completed? -> YES 

1. PAST SIMPLE 

Talking about the past...

If you want to say something that happened

5 minutes ago, yesterday, 5 years ago, in 1994, a Century ago...

you use PAST SIMPLE tense

=BEVESTIGENDE ZIN:

- The lesson started 5 minutes ago.

- The students went home early yesterday.

- PSV won the match last night.

VRAGENDE EN ONTKENNENDE:

 Did the lesson start 5 minutes ago?

 The students didn't go home early yesterday.

When did PSV win the match?

2. PRESENT PERFECT

1. started in the past and still continues

- Miss Salehar has lived in the Netherlands for 6 years.

- My parents have owned this house since 2001.

2. happened in the past - emphasises the result NOW

- I have done my homework already, so I can relax now.

3. happened in the past  - exact moment is not known or not important

- Jane has been to Spain before. 

key words: 

FYNE JAS: since, yet, for __ years, already, never, ever, just

PAST SIMPLE vs PRESENT PERFECT

1. They __________ (learn) all the new words. They needn't worry about the test today.

2. Three people __________ (visit) him in hospital last Friday.

3. Martin _______ (cycle) for 50 miles on scenic routes three weeks ago.

4. We (try/never)______________  chicken Tandoori before.

5. _____________ you _________ (find) a job yet?

6. Emily and Molly _______________ (know) each other for more than 10 years now.

7. First he _____________ (listen) to the announcement, then he __________ (go) to a café for a drink.

8. She  _____________ (be) late four times this week. She needs to stay after school. 

9. What's that lovely smell in here? - Jasmin ___________ (bake) a yummy cake.

10. The Titanic ________ (hit) an iceberg in 1912 and sank within three hours.

Lesson 2: 

Past Simple vs Continuous

Past Simple & Past Perfect

1. Past Simple and Continuous

2.Past Continuous

CONTINUOUS ->

Emphasizes that something was happening for a LONGER time.

I was washing my dishes when my son just stood up and left. 

PAST CONTINUOUS

1. When one action interrupted another.

I was walking to school when I suddenly saw an accident.

2. When we want to specify an event was taking longer

At 11 p.m. last night I was doing my homework.

3. When we are describing an event that happened in the past

When I walked into the classroom Sam was eating his sandwich, Janne and Bas were exchanging notes, Loes and Jan were making a tiktok and

only Kris and Emma were studying irregular verbs....

4. two events happening at the same time (+ for longer)

The whole class was daydreaming about their lunch 

while  Miss Salehar was explaining Past Continuous.

Past Continuous FORM

1. Bij HE/SHE/IT/I=> WAS + verb-ing

I was walking down the street. 

John was skipping English.

2. Bij THEY/WE/YOU => WERE + verb-ing

We were writing a lot the last lesson.

The students were clapping after the drama performance.

negative sentences or questions

1. negative sentences
I wasn't walking down the street.

We weren't writing a lot last time.

2. questions

Was I walking down the street?

Were we writing a lot last time?

Put the verbs into the correct tense 

(simple past or past continuous).

Example: When I (do) was doing the washing-up, I (break) broke a plate.

1. While Tom (play) _______the piano, his mother (do) _______the washing-up.

2. I (have) _______ dinner when I suddenly (hear) ________ a loud bang.

3. When my father (work) __________ in the garden, an old friend __________(pass) by to see him.

4. She (go) __________________ to school, (take) ______________ out her textbook and (begin) __________ to learn.

Past Simple/Continuous?

1. When Jane (do) ______________ a language course in Ireland, she (visit) ___________ Blarney Castle.

2. When I (be) ______________________ on my way home, I (see) _______________________ an accident.

3. I (not / understand) ___________________ what they (talk) ________________________ about.

4. ________ our dog _________ (come) back inside when it (start) __________________ to rain?

5. I ________________ (not-sleep) at 11 p.m.

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_progressive.htm

3. PAST PERFECT

1. When we want to say something happened even BEFORE the event that also happened in the past.

- After Sofie had finished her work, she went to lunch.

• first she finished her work, THEN she went to lunch. 

- I washed the floor when the painter had gone.

• first the painter left, THEN she washed the floor. 

PAST PERFECT

FORM:

- After Sofie had finished her work, she went to lunch.

- I washed the floor when the painter had gone.

• FIRST EVENT: PAST PERFECT (HAD + 3e rijtje!!)
• SECOND EVENT: PAST SIMPLE (2e rijtje)

Past simple vs Past Perfect

1. After they _______ (see) the Tower, they ______ (go) to Westminster Abbey.

2. He ________(ask) me which animals I _______(see) in Africa.

3. After Columbus ______ (discover) America, he _______(return) to Spain.

4. Before they ________(move) to Liverpool, they _______(sell) everything.

5. After he ________(work) very hard, he _________(fall) ill.

Regular vs Irregular verbs

REGULAR (regelmatige)	IRREGULAR (onregel...)
Kiss -> kiss ed -> kiss ed	Be -> Was/Were -> Been
Change -> Change d -> Change d	Think -> thought -> thought
Stop -> stop ped -> Stop ped	Go -> Went -> Gone
Study -> Stud ied -> Stud ied	Write -> Wrote -> Written

Irregular verbs learn by heart (TEAMS)