Grammar round 2- Mixed tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today 

What tenses are there? 

Mixed tenses exercises

But first 

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Which tenses are there 

Write down an example sentence of each of these tenses: 

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

4. present perfect continuous   5. past simple   6. past continuous   7. past perfect   8. past perfect continuous 

9. future will   10. future going to 

What is the difference between the
present simple and present continuous

Choose: present simple or continuous
When children become teenagers, they ---- more time with their friends (spend)

Choose present simple or present continuous:
Rick admires those girls who ---- red dresses. (wear)

Present simple or present continous:
I don't know what or who she ---- at. I don't think there is anything funny. (laugh)

What is the difference between the past simple and the past continuous?

Choose past simple or past continuous:
. I __________ (see) Sue in town yesterday but she __________ (look)
the other way.

How fast __________ (you / drive) when the accident __________ (happen)?

What __________ (you/do) this time yesterday?
I was asleep

What is the difference between the present perfect and the past simple?

Which one of the following is NOT a signal word for the past simple?

1. Yesterday
2. In 1998
3. During the Dark Ages
4. Already

Which signal words show you you have to use the present perfect?

I ---- (see) her in the morning but I ---- (not see) her since.

My uncle George ---- (never see) the sea in his life. I ---- (hear) him making plans to go sailing last week, though.

The students ---- (do) a lot of homework so far. I think it's time they ---- (take) a break.

Engineers ---- (work) to save the Tower of Pisa, but they ---- (not be able to) do anything significant yet.

What relative pronouns do you still remember?

Fill in the correct relative pronoun:
My sister, …………………… was at the bank when it happened, can't stop talking about it.

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. whom

Fill in the correct relative pronoun:
This is the bank …………………… was robbed yesterday

1. who
2. whom
3. that
4. which

Fill in the correct relative pronoun:
He wore a mask …………………… made him look like Mickey Mouse.

He stopped at the traffic lights in front of the bank, …………………… were not working.

The man …………………… drove the car was very nervous. And that's how they were caught.

Up next: 

Complete the exercise in the hand-out 

for each answer write down: which tense you are using and why

How well do you feel you understand the grammar points we discussed today?

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How well did you score on the hand-out exercise?

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