Grammar: Review of the Tenses - Unit 1

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

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10 minutes quiet reading

GRAMMAR

Grammar - Mixed Tenses

Goals

By the end of the lesson you will have refreshed your memory of the Present simple, the Present Continuous, Present perfect and the Present perfect continuous tenses. 

You will be able to identify these tenses and say why it is being used. 

Homework was!!!!

For Tuesday: 

Page 12

Review of the tenses 

EXERCISE ONE ONLY 

Bring an English "reading book" to the lesson as we will start with 10 minutes quiet reading.

	Past	Present	Future
Simple	I walked
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect continuous			I will have been walking

Past perfect continuous:

Past perfect continuous: Used for an action that was happening over a period of time before another action in the past.

They had been studying for years when they took the exam.

Present perfect continuous

for actions that started in the past and continue up until now.

Sam's been studying Greek since last June

Future Perfect Continuous

to talk about how long things have been happening by a certain time in the future.

Next month he will have been working at the school for 25  years

10 minutes quiet reading

Grammar Exercises p12

Exercise 1 was H/W....How did it go? 

  HOMEWORK ex   2 together* for c-d-e and g think carefully about the order of the actions/events. For example c 1: As I left the house it started raining. 

When I left the house it was already raining

I left the house

I left the house

rain started

it was raining

GRAMMAR..... continued

Now finish exercises 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,  during the lesson

Finish for homework if necessary (we can check answers on Thursday 19/11)

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ANSWERS: 

EX 6

A. 5 (taking part in)

b. 8 (seems to be)

c.3 (holding/attending)

d.2 (possesses)

e. 6 (believes)

f. 7 (considering)

EX 6

g.9 (considering)

h 4. (interests)

i.1 (meeting)

j.10 (observe)

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Review of the Tenses

2 minutes to refresh your memory

Can you explain when to use the following tenses? 

Present Simple

Present continuous 

Past simple

Past continuous 

Present perfect

Past perfect