past tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3-5

Learning goals

• The students know how to form the past tenses 
• The students know when you use the past tenses correctly

• Bonus goal - be able to answer direct questions about your book using the past tense
• When we talk about books or literature, we use the present tense unless there is a time shift in the world of the text, for example:

Example: “Evelyn then rips into the carefully wrapped package and finds the greatest gift she has ever received. Her eyes fill with tears as she gazes at the jewel, but Philip does not know that these tears are the results of more than surprised joy. Evelyn is suffering from guilt as she compares this present to the shoddy gift that she bought for her beau."

She________the book before she came to class

1. reads
2. read
3. has read

I couldn't go to school yesterday because I________.

1. have fever
2. was sick
3. am sick

Ms Verhoeven _______ for almost 6 years now.

1. heb been taught
2. is teaching
3. had taught

Past tense quiz time

Past simple:                               I did this

Past perfect:                              I had done this

Past continuous:                     I was doinging this

We _____ in Greece since last August. (to visit)

1. visit
2. visiting
3. had visit
4. visited

Look! Steve's mother ______ a Frappuccino. (to make)

1. makes
2. made
3. has been making

James didn't ____ his homework. (to do)

1. do
2. did
3. made

Henry was ____ walking in the woods . (to be)

1. been
2. went
3. fly
4. walking

Let's crank it up a notch

Write out the correct form of the verb in these past tense sentences

I _______ (eat) breakfast already.

The sun _____ (to be) barely visible today.

What ______ Jane do now?

She ______ working until you distracted her

She always ______ detention when she was at school.

I _____(play) in the park today, my owner threw a ball and I chased it! Woof woof!

They were __________ a song, but I don't remember it now

We ______ (to take) a nap so we would be wide awake for the party

We have to take the walk without Bob, he ________ (sprain) his ankle.