Past tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Grammar

Past Simple, Present perfect

Past Continuous

I know how to use the Past Simple and the Past Perfect

1. Yes
2. No
3. Most of the time
4. A little

Which sentence has only the Past Simple?

1. I haven't had this much fun in ages!
2. I thought it was a great idea.
3. I was trying to call her when I fell
4. They had had that car for ten years before it broke down

Which one is the Present Perfect?

1. Aïsha has helped me before.
2. We hadn't been to a beach before we went to Hawaii
3. Jake tried his best but failed.
4. We had a dinner party yesterday.

Which one is correct?

1. They changed a lot throughout the years.
2. What is the best thing you ever done?
3. They haven't been friends for long.
4. He didn't ate that much food.

When do we use the Past Simple and when do we use the Present Perfect?

Which is correct?

1. I have never been to a beach before I went to Hawaii
2. We have been working very hard since we got the news.
3. I have had some difficulty with maths.
4. I had never seen that film before I wactched it yesterday.

Make 2 sentences PS & 2 PP

Make 2 sentences with the Past Perfect! --> Had worked

Past Continuous

When/why do we use it and how do we make this tense?

Observe:
1)We were eating dinner when grandma called mum.

2)We were talking about our favourite film.

Which is/are incorrect?

1. I was writing while she came in.
2. They were working while the others were talking.
3. When the bird hit the window, while they were talking.
4. When I arrived, they were already reading.

______ they ________ (work), the others came in

1. While, work
2. When, working
3. When, worked
4. While, working

Make 2 sentences with Past Continuous. One negative, one question

When do we use the Past Continuous and how do we make it?

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I understand when and how to use the PS, PP and the PC

1. Yes
2. No
3. Most of the time
4. A little

Time to work

Practice makes perfect

Unit 2 

ex. 6, 14 & 15