Grammar tenses

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

Summary of the Grammar Tenses 1

Goals

at the end of this module you can: 

- recognize and correctly apply the past, present and future tenses that we have covered in class

at the end of this class you can: 

- recognize past and present tenses

- distinguish between simple, perfect and continuous tenses 

Irregular verbs

The rule is: 

There are no rules

so learn them by heart:

p.221/222/223

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 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 Simple <> Present Continuous

________ at the moment?

1. Is Jeffrey working
2. Does Jeffrey work

Present simple & Present continuous is:

1. Verleden tijd
2. Tegenwoordig tijd
3. Toekomst

Present Simple <> Present Continuous

He ________ is bed every day.

1. makes
2. is making

Present Perfect

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 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 Perfect / Past Simple / Past Continuous

I ... (not - play) for three weeks now.

1. Present Perfect
2. Past Simple

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:
He ___ the city while they ____ ____ out.

1. explores, were dining
2. explored, was dining
3. explore, were dining
4. explored, were dining

Past Simple / Past Continuous

She ... (feel) pretty sick yesterday

1. Past Continuous
2. Past Simple

Past Simple / Past Continuous

You ... (study) when she called.

1. Past Continuous were studying
2. Past Simple studied

Past Perfect

Hoe maak je de past perfect?

past perfect = had + voltooid deelwoord

Past Perfect

Past perfect

Past perfect

PAST PERFECT:
Welke zin gebruikt de Past Perfect?

1. I watched my brother leave the store.
2. I was watching tv when he left the store.
3. I have just watched him leaving the store
4. I had watched him leaving the store when I spoke to you.

Past perfect is?

1. eerder dan iets anders in de verleden tijd
2. tegenwoordige tijd
3. verleden tijd, nu nog invloed
4. verleden tijd