Mastering English Tenses: Past Continuous, Past Simple, and Present Perfect

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• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs
• Leerroute 3
• Leerroute 4

Herhaling: 

Past Continuous, Past Simple, and Present Perfect

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to...

=> identify and correctly use:

•  the past continuous;
•  the past simple;
• the present perfect.

Wat is het verschil?

I walked my dog yesterday.

I have never walked to school.

I was walking to a friend's house when it started to rain. 

Wat is het verschil?

• I walked my dog yesterday.

• I was walking to a friend's house when it started to rain.

• I have never walked to school. 

Wat is het verschil?

• I walked my dog yesterday.

• I was walking to a friend's house when it started to rain.

• I have never walked to school. 

Wat is het verschil?

• I walked my dog yesterday.

• I was walking to a friend's house when it started to rain. 
• Joey and Tim _______________ when it started to rain. 

• I have never walked to school.
• He _____ never walked to school.

Wat is het verschil?

• I walked my dog yesterday.

• I was walking to a friend's house when it started to rain. 
• Joey and Tim _______________ when it started to rain. 

• I have never walked to school.
• He _____ never walked to school.

= Past Simple 

= Present Perfect

= Past Continuous

Past Simple 

We ____ (to be) sick last week.

We _______ (to take) a train to Rotterdam yesterday.

Past Continuous

She ________ (study) when the phone rang.

We ________ (study) when the phone rang.

Present Perfect

I _________ friends with Tom and Simon for five years.

She __________ (to work) at the bakery since she was 16.

 Practice 

Complete the following sentences using the correct tense: 

past continuous, past simple, or present perfect. 

2. We ________ (visit) Paris last summer. 

3. I ________ (never/be) to Australia.

 Review

 Fill in the blanks with the correct tense: 

past continuous, past simple, or present perfect. 

1. They ________ (play) football yesterday. 

2. He ________ (live) here for ten years. 

3. We ________ (wait) for the bus when it arrived.

De Past Simple (ww + ed of 2e rij)
bv. to work = worked // to see = saw
signaalwoord = yesterday, last week, ...

Ik begrijp dit volledig.

Ik moet er nog aan werken.

Ik vind dit ingewikkeld.

Ik begrijp dit helemaal niet.

De Present Perfect (have of has + ww + ed // 3e rij)
bv. I have worked // I have seen
signaalwoord = yet, never, ever, for, since

Ik begrijp dit volledig.

Ik moet er nog aan werken.

Ik vind dit ingewikkeld.

Ik begrijp dit helemaal niet.

De Past Continuous
(was/were + ww + ing)
bv. I was working // They were talking

Ik begrijp dit volledig.

Ik moet er nog aan werken.

Ik vind dit ingewikkeld.

Ik begrijp dit helemaal niet.