Grammar Theme 8_V1B

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Adverbs of frequency

* always

* never

* usually

* often

*rarely

*sometimes

Position in the sentence

1. in front of the main verb

She always works on Saturdays.

She can always help you.

2. after a form of to be (am/is/are/was/were)

Translate:
Mijn team is gewoonlijk de winnaar.

Ik bezoek vaak mijn familie in Schotland.

Mijn buurman heeft zelden wedstrijden op zaterdag.

Noah en zijn vrienden spelen soms computerspelletjes online.

Wij zijn nooit te laat voor onze trein.

James leest gewoonlijk stripboeken in bed.

Onze hond is altijd blij ons weer te zien.

Past simple

The Past Simple is used to indicate that something happened in the past. 

Most of the time there are time indicators in the sentence:

yesterday, last week, in 2012, two days ago.

Past simple

Regular verbs:

You turn the verb into the past simple by adding - ed to the infinitive.

*I work every day.

* He worked yesterday.

Past Simple

When the verb ends in a consonant + -y, the -y changes in -ied.

Laura (to try) to call him this morning.

Laura tried to call him this morning.

Past Simple

With some short verbs with a short vowel (a,e,i,o,u)

like stop and grab, the consonant is doubled.

stop - stopped

grab-grabbed

Past Simple

Irregular verbs

These verbs have their own form.

You have to learn them by heart.

Past Simple

1. To be - was/were

(I was, he/she/it -> was

I, you, we, you, they -> were)

2. to buy - bought

3. to do - did

4. to go -went

5. to have - had

Last year my neighbour (go) ... to the North Cape by boat.

My cousin Dominic (visit) ... the pyramids of Egypt three months ago.

We just (buy) ...our plane tickets to New York online.

Jayden and I (watch) ... the Formula 1 race live on tv.

At that time she (be) ... the first female bull rider in the US.

They (stop) ... water skiing because it was too cold.

Yesterday I (play) ... basketball with some friends after school.

My aunt and uncle (travel) ... through America last summer.

We (do) ... all the usual touristy stuff during our trip to Rome.

My mum (fry) ... some eggs when I came home from the match.

Adverbs of time and place

Adverbs of time and place are usually placed at the end of the sentence.

Place always comes before time.

*We're going to France this summer.

Adverbs of time can be placed at the beginning of the sentence if you want to stress them.

*This year we're going to stay at home.

Homework

Please do exercise 27

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