Tenses review

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

review: tenses

Welke tijd gebruik je wanneer, en hoe weet je dat? 

review: present simple

• feiten en gewoontes
• signaalwoorden: always, never, usually, often, every Tuesday
• he/she/it: plak -s erachter

I always cycle to school.

My dad works on Tuesdays. 

They never eat spaghetti.

review: present continuous

• vindt NU plaats
• signaalwoorden: at the moment, currently, as we speak, right now, "Look!", ....
• vorm van "to be" + ww-ing

I am watching TV.                                       She is listening right now. 

                                 They are eating breakfast. 

review: past simple

• verleden tijd, afgelopen
• signaalwoorden: yesterday, last week, last year, three days ago, a long time ago, in 1989, etc.
• plak -ed achter de stam (regelmatige ww)
• 2e rijtje (onregelmatige ww)

I ate pizza last Friday.          I was a student in 2015.

review: past continuous

• was in het verleden gaande                   was / were + ww-ing
• signaalwoorden: while, when, as, ...
• zie je vaak samen met de past simple, of als twee dingen tegelijk 'aan de gang' waren. 

When I was watching TV, the doorbell rang.

While I was reading a book, she was doing the dishes. 

review: present perfect

• in het verleden begonnen en nu nog gaande
• of: effect nu nog merkbaar 
• ook: ervaringen in het algemeen (I've been to Croatia)
• signaalwoorden: for, since, yet
  
• have / has + voltooid deelwoord

We've been friends since 2004.         I've hurt my leg so badly!

review: future 

Je kan op diverse manieren over iets praten dat in de toekomst gaat gebeuren:

• Tomorrow, I am seeing my therapist / or: I will see my therapist
• Next week, we will go to Paris  /  or: we are going to Paris.
• The bus leaves in 30 minutes. (or: will leave in 30 minutes)

Leave me alone! I .......................... (try) to concentrate!

1. try
2. am trying

My uncle ............................. (work, never) on Wednesdays.

1. never works
2. is never working

We .......... (be) friends for 10 years, but now we don't see each other anymore.

1. 've been
2. were

I .......... (lose) my keys! Now I can't get in!

1. 've lost
2. lost

This weekend, I .......... (go) to my grandparents.

1. will go
2. am going
3. gone
4. A and B are correct

Linda has lived in different countries so she _______________ (speak) many languages.

While my dad ______________ (read) a book, my mother _________________ (do) the dishes.

Oh no.... I ___________________ (lose) my keys again! Now I won't be able to enter the house.

Look! Susan ___________________ (swim) in the pool.

We ___________________ (be) friends for 10 years. She's the best.

I ______________ (go) to school yesterday.

While I ______________ (do) my homework, a bird ____________ (fly) against my bedroom window.

What tenses do you need to practice on?