Grammar tenses M4

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

Grammar Tenses

Simple

Perfect

Continuous

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 Perfect

He never washes the dishes.
What kind of tense is this?

1. present simple
2. present perfect
3. present continuous
4. past simple

Liam has never failed a class.
What kind of tense is this?

1. present simple
2. present perfect
3. present continuous
4. past simple

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 is happening 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 tenses

past tenses

Past Simple

What	Past simple
When	Om aan te geven dat iets in het verleden is gebeurd (en afgelopen.
How	Met - ed OF een onregelmatige vorm (=2e rijtje) .
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 English teacher taught us a lot last year

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 was interrupted: 

We were watching TV, when the door bell rang

the interruption is past simple tense

exercises

continuous

Welke tijd vind je het moeilijkst?