tenses

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tenses

simple	continuous	perfect	future
present	present	present
past	past	past

present simple

do / does

feit:  The maximum speed on motorways in The Netherlands is 100kph.

gewoonte: He usually goes to work by bike.

volgens schema: The train leaves at 18.09 from platform 3.

usually, normally, often, sometimes etc. 

present continuous

am / is/ are + verb + -ing

aan de gang: Do not disturb dad; he is taking a nap.

tijdelijke situatie: Because our house is being renovated we are living in a caravan.

in ontwikkeling: The situation is becoming more dangerous every day.

The stranded tourists ... (stay) in hotels.

1. stay
2. are staying

The flight to New York..... (leave) from gate 4D.

1. leaves
2. is leaving

I usually ..... (take) the 5.03 train from platform 3 but today it ..... (leave) from platform 9.

1. take - leaves
2. take-is leaving
3. is taking- is leaving
4. is taking - leaves

present perfect

has / have + voltooid deelwoord

als iets in het verleden gebeurd is en het is nog niet voorbij: I have worked for Jumbo for a year.

als iets in het verleden gebeurd is en het resultaat is nog merkbaar of belangrijk: She has broken her ankle. She cannot walk without crutches

als iets net voorbij is: I have just heard it.

FYNE JAAS : for, yet, never, ever, just, always, already, since 

My friend ... (buy) a new house and he ...(move) in on Thursday.

1. has bought - moves
2. is buying - has moved
3. buys - is moving
4. has bought - is moving

... you ever ... (see) a cuter doll than this one?

1. do see
2. have seen
3. are seeing

past simple

     did

als iets in het verleden begonnen en gestopt is: I read that book. I worked as a shop assistant.

als het op een bepaald moment in het verleden is gebeurd: I read that book last year.

LADY: Last, Ago, Date/day, Yesterday, 

When, in... 

past continuos

was / were + verb + -ing

wanneer iets in het verleden langer heeft geduurd dan iets anders: When John came home his children were having a party.

wanneer iets in het verleden tijdelijk was: When my parents were on holiday my grandparents were looking after us.

past perfect

had + voltooid deelwoord

als iets eerder gebeurde in het verleden dan iets anders: 

After he had cut his finger, he called 112.

Before entering the cinema they had sanitized their hands.

His brother .... (lose) his keys when he ... ( ski).

1. lost - was skiing
2. had lost - skied
3. was losing - had skied
4. lost - skied

Kitty ... (build) a shed when it ... (start) to rain.

1. built - started
2. was building - started
3. built - had started
4. was building - had started

tense	active	passive
present simple	I make	it is made
present continuous	I am making	it is being made
present perfect	I have made	it has been made
past simple	I made	it was made
past continuous	I was making	it was being made
past perfect	I had made	it had been made

Fill in the  correct tense

Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) ... .... (make) clothes ever since she 2) ………….(be) a young girl. She 3) …………………………. (get) her first job in a clothes factory when she was sixteen. She 4) …………………… (sew) buttons onto a shirt one day when she 5)………………….. (have) a brilliant idea for a design. After she 6) …………………. (speak) to her bank manager, she got a loan and she 7) …………....…….(open) her own little workshop. Now she 8) …………………………. (make) lots of money. Next year she 9) ………………….. (open) a shop which will sell all her own designs. She 10) ………………… (sell) clothes to a lot of famous people, including film stars and singers, and she 11) …...................... (think) she 12)........ (be)  very rich soon.

1. has been making

2. was

3. got

4. was sewing

5. had

6. had spoken

7. opened

8. makes/ is making

9. is opening/ is going to open

10. has sold/ sells

11. thinks

12. will be