Chapter 3 C: 15 & 19

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Past tenses

Past simple

past continuous

past perfect

past perfect continuous

Past Simple: wanneer?

Wordt gebruikt als iets in het verleden heeft plaats gevonden en is afgerond, het is echt voorbij. Vaak staat in de zin een tijdsbepaling die aangeeft dat het verleden tijd is

I went to Spain last year.

Yesterday I fell off my bike.

Past Simple: hoe?

bevestigend: ww  + ed (of 2e vorm)

He went to school this morning.

We talked to the teacher last week.

Vragend: did vooraan in de zin en het ww in de tegenwoordige tijd

Did he go to school this morning?

Did you talk to the teacher last week?

Ontkennend: Didn't voor het ww en het ww in de tegenwoordige tijd

He didn't go to school this morning.

We didn't talk to the teachers last week. 

Past Continuous: wanneer?

• Iets wat op een bepaald moment in het verleden aan de gang was (en van korte duur).
  At 11 o'clock I was still doing my homework.
• Iets was aan de gang en werd door iets anders onderbroken (past simple).
  Ted was talking when the teacher came in. 
• Als twee handelingen tegelijkertijd plaatsvinden. 
  My sister was watching TV and I was doing my homework.
  

Past Continuous: hoe?

bevestigend: was/were + ww + ing

He was swimming in the pool. 

We were driving in the car. 

Vragend: was/were vooraan in de zin en ww + ing

Was he swimming in the pool?

Were we driving in the car?

Ontkennend: was + not (wasn't) of were + not (weren't) + ww + ing

He wasn't swimming in the pool.

We weren't driving in the car.

Past Perfect: wanneer?

• Een handeling voor een andere handeling in het verleden.
  When I arrived, the bus had already left.
• Als iets op een bepaald moment in het verleden een tijdje duurde.
  When I went to Mariendael, I had done primary education for 8 years.
  
• Conditional sentences (if-zinnen)
  If she had left earlier, she might have been on time.
• Indirecte rede.
  "I did not go there." -  She said that she hadn't gone there.
  

Past perfect: hoe?

Bevestigend: had + ww + ed (of 3e vorm):

I had worked for 3 hours when you arrived

Vragend: had vooraan in de zin

Had I worked for 3 hours when you arrived?

Ontkennend: hadn't + ww + ed (of 3e vorm)

I hadn't worked for 3 hours when you arrived.

Past Perfect Continuous: wanneer?

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

• 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.
  

Past perfect continuous: hoe?

Bevestigend: had + been + ww + ing

I had been waiting for a long time when she decided to show up.

Vragend: had vooraan in de zin

Had I been waiting for a long time when she decided to show up?

Ontkennend: hadn't been + ww + ing

I hadn't been waiting for a long time when she decided to show up.

I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I ________
(write) for over two hours.

1. wrote
2. was writing
3. had written
4. had been writing

Please step out of the car, Mr. Jones. Do you realise you )______
(drive) at over 90mph?

1. drove
2. were driving
3. had driven
4. had been driving

I arrived over an hour late to the office and everyone was working. Actually, they _____(work) for over two hours on the new project and I felt really guilty.

1. have worked
2. had been working
3. had worked
4. were working

The kitchen was full of steam when we arrived. Joan was in the kitchen and she _____ (cook) a huge meal for everyone at the party.

1. cooked
2. had cooked
3. was cooking
4. had been cooking

It was a bit embarrassing to arrive at their house and find Mary looking so sad. I think she _____ (cry) before we got there.

1. cried
2. had cried
3. was crying
4. had been crying

Before we got home, they ______ (eat).

1. already ate
2. were already eating
3. had already eaten
4. had already been eating

When I ... (walk) down the road I ... (hear) footsteps.
(in je antwoord alleen een spatie )

We _____ (go) to the cinema last week.

When I ... (arrive) at school I ... (park) my bike.

A bird pooed on the window that _____ (clean) only a minute before.

When their mum _____ (get) home, the boys ______ (watch) TV for two hours.

I also saw a woman, she ... (walk) a dog.

Two months ago I ____ (meet) him for the last time.

The teacher (correct) the essays that his students (write).

Before we (take) Bob to the theatre, he (never see) a stage play before.

I _____ (never drive) since I got my drivers licence.

While I ______ (do) the dishes, my brother was working in the garden.

Now in your book

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use the language help 

1 fits the bill / is right up your alley

2 come in handy

3 ticks all the right boxes

4 pain in the neck

5 is a cut above / is a notch above

6 stand the test of time