19 February 4v Continuous tenses

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Continuous Tenses

Make a grid in your notebook. Fill it in with the following slides.

 Present Continuous Past Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

When to use it

(Usually used with....)

How to make it    

Present Continuous

nu op dit moment aan de gang

- am/are/is + ww + ing

Sssst! Be quiet, my little sister is napping. 

Jane is reading in the garden

Past Continuous

iets heeft in het verleden een tijdje voortgeduurd.

- was/were + ww + ing

Bij twee gebeurtenissen in het verleden krijgt de langste gebeurtenis de continuous vorm! (Gebruik met Past Simple)

I was sleeping when you texted me.

Present Perfect Continuous

Iets is in het verleden gebeurd/begonnen en je wil vooral de tijdsduur benadrukken/ bij recently, lately 

- have/has + been + ww + ing

I have been writing 12 emails this morning. 

I have been waiting here for an hour.

Past Perfect Continuous

Nadruk ligt op tijdsduur en het is in het verleden gebeurd.

- had + been + ww + ing

I had been waiting when my mom finally came home.

We had been trying to open the door for hours when she finally found the key.

Finally you're here! I ... (wait) a long time for you.

I ... (wait) for 4 hours when the teacher finally arrived.

James ... (sleep) when Suzie came in.

I ... (wash) my car when Mary visited me.

What ... (do) right now?

Be quiet! Can't you see that I ... (study)?

I ... (walk) the dog while my dad was cooking dinner.

I ... (get) sick a lot lately.

I ... (wait) for him for an hour already this morning.

I ... (study) Italian lately.

When do you use the present continuous and how do you make it?

When do you use the past continuous and how do you make it?

When do you use the present perfect continuous and how do you make it?

When do you use the past perfect continuous and how do you make it?