Mixed tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Welke tijden ken jij?

welke tijd :
do/does+onderwerp+hele werkwoord

welke tijd is: was/were+ww-ing

1. present perfect
2. present continuous
3. past simple
4. past simple continuous

The table below shows a chart of tenses in English.

 Past -                                                     Present -                                                                                          Future

Simple I wrote an email yesterday.        I write an email every day.                                 I will write an email tomorrow.

Continuous I was writing an email yesterday at 5 p.m.    I am writing an email right now.    I will be writing an email tomorrow at 5 p.m.

Perfect I had written an email before you arrived.          I have written an email.                 I will have written an email tomorrow by 5 p.m.

Perfect Continuous I had been writing emails for one hour when you arrived.  I have been writing emails for one hour.      I will have been writingemails for one hour tomorow by 5 p.m.

De FYNE JAS woorden horen bij welke tijd?

Nancy _______(milk) every day

1. drank
2. drinks
3. drunk
4. drink

Susan ____(sweep) the floor an hour ago

1. sweep
2. sweeped
3. swept
4. sweeps

Valerie ___(dream) about being a painter at the moment.

1. dreamt
2. dreams
3. was dreamt
4. is dreaming

What's wrong with Ron? He___(catch) a cold.

1. has caught
2. caught
3. catches
4. is catching

Your brothers ____(feed) the hens now

1. fed
2. are feeding
3. have fed
4. feeds

Ships ____(arrive) to the port yesterday

1. are arriving
2. have arrived
3. arrives
4. arrived

Children ____(make) a snowman

1. Haven't made
2. don't make
3. didn't make
4. are not making

The fortress ___(be) on the bank of the river

1. has been
2. was
3. is
4. are

I ___(ride) a bike when I was a child

1. am riding
2. have ridden
3. rode
4. ride

John usually ___the dog with the milk from his brother.

1. feed
2. feeds
3. has fed
4. is feeding

When I was a child ___butterflies

1. catcher
2. catch
3. caught
4. has caught

Lucy --- already --- this competition three times

1. has won
2. did win
3. does win
4. is winning

Regina --- from a tree three years ago

1. is falling
2. has fallen
3. fell
4. fall

I --- for several months.

1. haven't swum
2. don't swim
3. didn't swim
4. am not swimming

Holly's father --- and she wants to drive her toy car, too.

1. has driven
2. drives
3. drove
4. is driving

Richard --- shopping yesterday

1. is going
2. went
3. go
4. goes

Welke tijd(en) herken je en kan je toepassen?

Welke tijd(en) vind je lastig om te herkennen of toe te passen?