Past simple vs Present perfect vs past perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Past simple vs Present perfect vs past perfect

Goals 

• To remember what each tense looks like and when it is used. 
• To apply the correct tense to the sentence. 

Past simple

Present perfect

Past perfect

regelmatige ww = +ed, onregelmatige ww = eigen vorm 

has/ have + voltooid deelwoord (past participle)

had + voltooid deelwoord (past participle)

Het begon en eindigde in het verleden.

Verwijst naar een eerder incident in het verleden, zodat je weet welke eerst was

Geeft een verbinding aan tussen het verleden en het nu, het kan ook nog bezig zijn

Signal words for the Past simple

Is not a signal word of the Past simple

These days

yet

two days ago

yesterday

in 1997

last month

tomorrow

often

recently

since

Use either the past simple, present perfect or past perfect to complete the following sentences. 

Hint: Sometimes you will need more than one tense in a sentence.

_________ you ever _________ (try) sushi before you went to Japan?

1. Have .........tried
2. Did .............tried
3. Had .............tried

I _________ (forget) to lock the door yesterday morning

1. have fogotten
2. forget
3. forgot
4. had forgotten

She _________ (write) several books before she _________ (turn) thirty.

1. has written, turned
2. wrote, had turned
3. had written, has turned
4. had written, turned

_________ she _________ (study) French for long, or did she just begin recently?

1. Did ... study
2. Has ...studied
3. Had .....studied
4. Have....studied

The children _________ (find) a lost puppy on their way home from school yesterday.

1. had found
2. have found
3. did find
4. found

_________ you _________ (ever/wonder) what life would be like if you _________ (not/make) that decision years ago?

1. Have .. ever wondered, didn't make
2. Have .....ever wondered, hadn't made
3. Did .....ever wonder, didn't make
4. Have .. ever wondered, haven't made

She _________ (break) her leg last year and _________ (not fully recover) yet.

When we _________ (get) to the museum, it _________ (already/close), so we couldn’t go in.

Continue with...

U4:L2 Ex. 8, 9 & 10

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