Solutions Intermediate Unit 1 Lesson A + B

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Lesson 1B Past tenses

- Open your book on page 8

This Unit is about Generations. As a starter you are going to make a family tree. 

Lesson 1B: past tenses 

What will you learn? 

How to use the past simple, past continuous and thepast perfect to talk about the past.

WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE (verb + ed / irregular verb)

• FOR A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ONE AFTER ANOTHER -> VB. When I opened the door, I felt the rain, so I fetched my umbrella.

• FOR A SHORT EVENT THAT INTERRUPTED A LONGER EVENT -> I was taking a shower when my mum shouted: "dinner is ready!"

We use the past perfect (had + verb + ed / irregular verb 3rd row):

When something happened before something else happened in the past. Vb. I had already eaten, so I refused the slice of pizza he offered me. 

Dat wat het eerst gebeurde => past perfect

Dat wat daarna gebeurde => past simple

Kijk naar deze zinnen en bepaal wat er eerst en wat er het laatst gebeurde:

After he had spent his holidays in Scotland, he went back there every year. 

Sue was very happy. She had never been to a party before.

The teacher had already begun the lesson when Tom finally came in. 

Unit 1 Lesson 1B

Open your book on page 10 and read the text and do exercise 3

 On your own:  exercises  4, 5 and  6 

What's your question about the grammar???