Engels grammar

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Grammar 

four different types of past tenses

- past simple (I worked) 

- past continuous ( I was walking)

- past perfect (I had worked) 

- past perfect continuous ( I had been working) 

past simple 

- the past tense is formed by adding –ed: (called,liked,wanted)

-  verb irregulare 

- when do we use the past simple? 

- once in the past

- true for some time in the past

- WALDY 

past continous 

-  the past tense of the verb be (was/were) + verb + ing 

- happened before and after another action

- happened before and after a specific time

- continued for some time

-  happened again and again

past perfect 

- The past perfect is made from the verb had + the past participle of a verb. 

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- started in the past and continued up to a given time in the past

-  happened several times before a point in the past and continued after that point

- reporting our experience up to a point in the past

- happened in the past and is important at a later time in the past 

- FYNE JAS 

past perfect continuous 

- had been + verb + -ing 

-  something that began in the past, continued in the past, and also ended at a defined point in the past.

example:

He had been drinking milk out the carton when Mom walked into the kitchen.

game 

- groups of 4 

- 5 min 

fill in the blanks 

1. They always (enjoy) ... visiting their friends

2. I (watch)...that programme every week since it (start)..., but I missed the last episode.

3. When they (hear) ... the fire alarm, everybody (run) … out of the building.

4. He (work)... at McDonald's. He (work)... there since July.

5. He (throw).... rocks at her window for five minutes before she finally came out on the balcony and said, “Hey, Romeo.”

6. I wish I (don’t spend)... so much money last month.

answers

1. enjoyed

2. had been watching & started

3. heard & ran

4. was working & had been working

5. had been throwing

6. hadn’t spent

what did we learn? 

- 4 different types of past tenses 

- WALDY

- FYNEJAS 

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