F3 - unit 2 - Past Tenses (simple, continuous, present + past perfect)

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

PAST TENSES

Past Simple / Past Continuous / Present Perfect

 PAST PERFECT

Get a paper and pen

1. Past Simple 
2.  Past Continuous 
3.  Present Perfect
   
4.  Past Perfect

I .... (buy) this iPod last week.

1. buyed
2. have bought
3. was buying
4. bought

I think the wheel button ... (break).

1. broke
2. has broken
3. was breaking
4. has breaked

How ... it ... ? (happen)

1. has ... happened
2. was ... happening
3. did ... happen
4. did ... happened

Well, I ... (jog), when it suddenly .... (to make) a funny noise.

1. had jogged, made
2. was jogging, made
3. jogged, was making
4. has jogged, was making

Since then it ... (be) quiet.

1. has been
2. was being
3. is
4. was

You need a new one. I ordered some, but they ... (not arrive) yet.

1. not arrived
2. were not arriving
3. have not arrived
4. did not arrive

Present perfect continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

1. I have been there.
2. I had copied his answers.
3. I have been teaching for a long time.

Present Perfect Continuous

1. a year ago
2. yet
3. for ages

de present perfect continuous

1. maak je met -ed / 2nd row, voor een specifiek moment
2. maak je met have + -ing
3. maak je met have + -ed/3rd row, voor een specifiek moment
4. maak je met have + -ed /3rd row voor een periode van tijd

What do you know already?

Past Perfect

What is happening in this sentence?

When he arrived at the train station, the train had already left.

What 

happened

first?

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

I 

I saw him yesterday.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

He arrived at the train station.

I decided to walk home.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect 

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

had + ww+ed

(irr. verb = had + 3e vorm)

When he arrived at the train station the train had left.

I had lost my bike key so I decided to walk home.

The Past Perfect shows what happened first in the past.

Fill in the Past Perfect:
When I walked in, the meeting ___already___ (start).

Fill in the Past Perfect:
After he ______ (pass) his exam,
he threw a party.

Fill in the Past Perfect:
He was shocked because he ____ never ____ (see) anything like this.

Great! Now let's practise a bit with the Present Perfect and the Past Simple.

In every question, look carefully what happened first (past perfect) and what happened next (past simple).

When they _______ (finish) school, they _______ (go) to the mall.

1. had finished - went
2. finished - had gone

They ________ (show) me the pictures they ________ (take) during their holiday.

1. had shown - took
2. showed - had taken

The boy _______ (be) sorry for what he ______ (do).

1. had been - did
2. was - had done

Okay... Now, I'd like to introduce you to  Ben:

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Forming a sentence with 

the Past Perfect and Past Simple

- Ben bought flowers for Jen.

- Ben arrived at Jen's house.

What happened first?

Forming a sentece with 

the Past Perfect and Past Simple

- Ben bought flowers for Jen. (1)

- Ben arrived at Jen's house. (2)

What happened first? --> Past Perfect

Ben had bought flowers before he arrived at Jen's house. 

or

Before he arrived at Jen's house, Ben had bought flowers.

Now, write one sentence describing what happened using the Past Perfect and Past Simple:

Now, write one sentence describing what happened using the Past Perfect and Past Simple:

You're up for a challenge? How would you put these three sentences in one sentence?

Narrative tenses

• Past continuous
• Past simple
• Past perfect

Next lesson: Short Story

Do the Lesson Up using the

• past continuous
• past simple
• past perfect

I can now use the Past Perfect (together with the Past Simple).

1. Yes
2. No
3. Not sure yet..