Week 2 Grammar: past simple / present perfect / present perfect continuous + nouns / articles

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Explain the joke! 

Language video:

Descriptivism 

vs. 

Prescriptivism

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Descriptivism?

Presciptivism?

Today's lesson goals:

You can:

• apply the past simple, present perfect, and present perfect continuous

Grammar groups:

1. Form groups of four
2.  Read the theory on page 67
3.  Do exercise 15 A + B (page 66) together: 10-15 mins max
4. Check your answers with your teacher

Answers 15A - how do you form the:

Past Simple: verb+ed or an irregular verb. Questions: did +verb stem. Negations: did+not/n’t + verb stem

Present Perfect: have/has + past participle or have/has + irregular past part.

Questions: you change the order of the subject and the auxiliary.

Negations: you put 'not/n't' between the auxiliary and the main verb.

Present Perfect Continuous: have/has + been + verb stem+ -ing.

Questions: you change the order of the subject and the auxiliary.

Negations: you put 'not/n't' between the first and the second auxiliary.

Answers 15A - when do you use the:

Past Simple: You use the past simple to describe an event that took place in the past. There is no connection with the present. Usually there is an adverb of past time in the sentence.

Present Perfect: You use the present perfect to describe an event that started ‘somewhere’ in the past and has continued up to this moment or there is still a connection with the present. Usually there is an adverb of time that emphasises the length

of time that something has been going on.

Present Perfect Continuous: You use the present perfect continuous when you want to stress the fact that something has taken quite a length of time or has been going on for some time.

Key 15B

 1 didn’t stop, was

 2 picked

 3 has started

 4 has been competing

 5 has run, has been running

Welcome V4

Get ready for English class

Today:

- Presentations

- Grammar 

- Holmwoods

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What do you remember
from the last lesson?

Today's lesson goals:

You can:

• form the irregular verbs in the past simple and present perfect.
• make plurals and use articles.

Have pen and paper ready!

IRREGULAR VERBS WHEEL

1. infinitive (hele ww)
2. past simple / simple past
3. past participle (= voltooid deelwoord)

If the plural of man is always men, why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

What do you remember about the grammar of nouns and articles?

Grammar groups:

1. Form groups of four.
2.  Read the theory on page 89: nouns and articles
3.  Do exercise 41 A + B (page 88-90) together, max 15-20 min
4. Check your answers with your teacher

41A Key:

1 uncountable

 2 singular

 3 countable singular

 4 countable plural

 5 a drop of water

 6 drops of water

 7 -es

 8 irregular

9 a

10 an

11 an uncountable

12 The

13 one person at a time

14 definite article

15 modes of transport

Welcome V4

Get ready for English class

Nouns and articles:

an apple 

a banana

Queen of England. The rich

I love rice. Could you pass me the rice?

The autumn of 2021. I love autumn.

The British Museum, tea and toast

Let's go to school, in winter by bus

Homework check

41B Key:

 1 - 

 2 the

 3 fish

 4 salmon

 5 - 

 6 mosquitoes (mosquitos is also correct)

7 a

8 the

9 - 

10 - 

11 the

12 story

Review

She apologised herself for her mistake.

She apologised for her mistake.

• She apologised for her mistake.

We saw two bears and two deers in the garden.

We saw two bears and two deer in the garden.

• We saw two bears and two deer in the garden.

I have never eaten an apple.

I never ate an apple.

• I have never eaten an apple.

My favourite season is spring.

My favourite season is the spring.

• My favourite season is spring.

She went to the school by bus.

She went to school by bus.

• She went to school by bus.

Writing:

Do you still need some practice with today's tenses?

> Do exercise 16 A, p. 68

Are you confident about the tenses discussed so far?

> Do exercise 17, p. 68-69

Write a draft in your book and then the final one on paper.

Writing assignment:

Hand in your writing 

(exercise 16 or 17, page 68-9) on a separate piece of paper!

Writing assignment:

1 Exchange your writing with a neighbour.

2 Check the tenses: 

p. s. / p. p. / p.p. continuous

3 Provide feedback.