Mixed past tenses and irregular verbs

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

Past tenses

past simple, past continuous, past perfect

Past tenses

Past simple

past continuous

past perfect

Past perfect for the earlier of two past actions

We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events. The past perfect shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action.

- He couldn't make a sandwich because he'd forgotten to buy bread.

- The hotel was full, so I was glad that we'd booked in advance.

- My new job wasn't exactly what I’d expected.

Past perfect after before

We can also use before + past perfect to show that an action was not done or was incomplete when the past simple action happened.

He couldn't make a sandwich because he'd forgotten to buy bread.

The hotel was full, so I was glad that we'd booked in advance.

My new job wasn't exactly what I’d expected.

They left before I'd spoken to them.

Sadly, the author died before he'd finished the series.

I failed my test because I ............... for it at all.

1. studied
2. have studied
3. hadn't studied
4. hadn't been studying

I was really tired because I ........ well lately.

1. hadn't been sleeping
2. didn't sleep
3. was sleeping
4. slept

Past Perfect / Past Simple / Past Continuous?


I ... (enjoy) the sun last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. have enjoyed
3. had enjoyed
4. had been enjoying

Vul de juiste past tenses in:
After Fred ___ (spend) his holiday in Italy, he ___ (want) to learn Italian.

Vul de juiste past tenses in:
She ___ (watch) Netflix after the children ___ (go) to bed.

Vul de juiste past tenses in:
When she saw there ___ (be) an accident, she ___ (call) the police.

Vul de juiste past tenses in:
I ___ (be) very tired because I ___ (study) too much.

IRREGULAR VERBS

Write down the missing form of the irregular verb.

Example:

to be - was/were - ..... - zijn

 

been 

to break - broke - ..... - breken

to catch - caught - caught - .....

to lie - ..... - lain - liggen

to build - ..... - built - bouwen

to teach -

1. taught - teached - leren
2. taught - taught - iemand iets leren
3. thought - thought - leren
4. teached - teached - iemand iets leren

to show -

1. shown - shown - laten zien
2. showed - shown - laten zien

vluchten

1. to flee - fled - fled
2. to fly - fled - fled
3. to flee - fleed - fled
4. to fly - fleed - fled

ontmoeten

1. to met - met - met
2. to meet - meeted - met
3. to meet - met - meeted
4. to meet - met - met