Unit 1b: all the past tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4,5

Lesson 1b: Past tenses

Past simple

past continuous

past perfect

Past Simple: wanneer?

Als iets in het verleden heeft plaats gevonden en is afgerond.  Vaak staat in de zin een tijdsbepaling die aangeeft dat het verleden tijd is.

I went to Spain last year.

My parents met in 2001, fell in love, and got married.

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. 

signaalwoorden

past simple: last week, yesterday, this morning, 2017, a week ago, 10 years ago etc

Past Continuous: wanneer?

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

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 the Pax, 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.

What's the difference in meaning?

When Tom left school he learned to drive.

When Tom left school he was learning to drive

When Tom left school he had learned to drive

What's the difference in meaning?

When Tom left school he learned to drive.

eerst ging hij van school, daarna leerde hij rijden.

When Tom left school he was learning to drive.

hij was nog bezig met leren rijden toen hij van school ging.

When Tom left school he had learned to drive

hij had al leren rijden voor hij van school ging

A plumber _______(come) to our house yesterday.

He ______ (want) to repair our washing machine that _____ (break) a few days before.

Before he _____ (ring) at my door, he had been looking for a parking space for thirty minutes.

While the plumber ______ (repair) the washing machine, I ______ (watch) the news.

When I ... (walk) down the road I ... (hear) footsteps.

We _____ (go) to the cinema last week.

When she ... (walk) past me, she ... (look) at me.

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

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

There was a man who ... (smoke) a sigaret on the corner.

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

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).

The girls (laugh) at the pictures that they (take) the day before.

I ... (turn around) and I ... (look) into the distance.

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.

How confident are you on the past tenses?

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