Grammar tenses !!

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2-4

Welcome

Grammar Tenses

Goals

at the end of this class you can: 

- recognize past and present tenses

- distinguish between simple, perfect and continuous tenses 

Welke hulpwerkwoord heb je nodig bij een vraag in de tegenwoordige tijd?

1. to have
2. did
3. to do
4. to make

Simple

Perfect

Continuous

Irregular verbs

The rule is: 

There are no rules

Present Simple

When	Something that happens: * regularly / frequently * always / never * schedule
How	I/you/we/they walk he/she/it walk s
Signal words	always, never, often, sometimes, on Tuesday, every month
Example	He always walk s to school.

The Shit-rule:

I                           try                to win the game

you                     write            comics

He/ Jack            loves             his family

She/ Susan       likes              tattoos

It/ water            boils              at 100 degrees Celsius

we                       listen            to our teacher

you                     watch           tv

they                    dislike          pets

present simple

Which is the present simple

1. I play the guitar
2. I am playing the guitar
3. I drive Formula One cars
4. I am driving a Formula One car

Look! They .............(leave) the house.

1. present simple
2. present continuous

Present simple or continuous?
I ..... a book every day.

1. read
2. reads
3. am reading
4. are reading

Present Continuous

Present continuous

Subject +	Form of to be +	Verb + ing
I	Am/’m	Watching	TV.
You/we/they	Are/’re	Watching	TV.
He/she/it	Is/’s	Watching	TV.

Present Continuous

When	When something happens now . Something that happens for a while .
How	I am walk ing he/she/it is walk ing you/we/they are walk ing
Signal words	now, at the moment, !
Example	The police are investigat ing the murder.

Present Perfect

/ FYNHAASJE 

He never washes the dishes.
is a:

1. present simple
2. present perfect
3. present continuous
4. past simple

Liam has never failed a class.
is a:

1. present simple
2. present perfect
3. present continuous
4. past simple

past tenses

Past Simple

What	Past simple
When	Om aan te geven dat iets in het verleden is gebeurd.
How	Met - ed OF een onregelmatige vorm .
Signal words	Yesterday, last week, last month, two days ago, four days ago, months ago, etc.
Examples	He walked her home last night. I talked to him yesterday. She swam a lot in her spare time during the holidays. Our math teacher taught us a lot last year

Present simple

Present continuous

Past simple

am / are / is
ww + -ing

Ww + -ed

SHIT rule

Past Continuous

Past Continuous

was / were + hele werkwoord + -ing

verleden tijd van to be

bv. to do,

      to look

bv. doing

       looking

Past Continuous

- when something was happening for a while in the past

He was living abroad at the time. 

- when something that happened in the past is interrupted: 

We were watching TV, when the door bell rang

the interruption is past simple tense

Past Simple / Past Continuous

Past Simple & Past Continuous

 I _________________________ (read) the newspaper, when all of a sudden my cat ___________________ (jump) onto my lap. 

Past Simple & Past Continuous

 I WAS READING (read) the newspaper, when all of a sudden my cat JUMPED (jump) onto my lap. 

Past Continuous & Past Continuous

While we ______________________ (walk) the dog, the neighbours _______________ (wash) their car. 

Past Continuous & Past Continuous

While we WERE WALKING (walk) the dog, the neighbours WERE WASHING (wash) their car. 

exercises

Which sentence uses a correct mixed tense?

1. She is going to the beach tomorrow.
2. They have finished their homework yesterday.
3. I have been studying for my exam all week.
4. I will went to the movies last night.

Which sentence uses mixed tenses correctly?

1. She be studying when he called.
2. She is studying when he called.
3. She had been studying when he called.
4. She was studying when he called.

Which sentence does not use mixed tenses correctly?

1. I have finished my homework by then.
2. I will finish my homework by then.
3. I had finished my homework by then.
4. I will have finished my homework by then.

What is the correct mixed tenses form of this sentence? 'He had already left before I arrived.'

1. He had already left before I arrived.
2. He already had left before I arrived.
3. He has already left before I arrived.
4. He already left before I arrived.