6 tenses

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

The tenses

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Future

Sentences using the present Simple:

She goes to London every month

I try to do yoga every day

I never do the dishes

He works at the Jumbo

Sentences using the Present Perfect:

I have worked at the Jumbo for 2 years

She has been our teacher since August

She hasn't had her baby yet

They have been married for 25 years

Future: will

When do you use it?

You use it when ABBA (aanbieding, belofte, besluit, aankondiging).

You use it when you make a prediction without having evidence.

You use it when you make plans that can change .

Sentences using will

Perhaps it will rain tomorrow. 

I will call him tomorrow, promise. 

I will probably take the next train.

We will win the competition this year. 

I will go to South America next year. 

Future: Going to

When do you use it?

You use it when you make plans (which you wrote in your diary).

You use it when you make predictions and you have evidence.

Sentences using going to

She is going to visit her grandfather this week. 

She is going to the USA next week. She bought the tickets yesterday. 

Look, he is going to fall off his chair.

Future: present continuous

When do you use it?

If you have an appointment with a fixed time/ at a fixed place.

Future: present simple

When do you use it?

You use it when there is a fixed time scheme. 

Sentences using the present continuous

I am driving to the theater on Wednesday.

She is meeting him at 5pm.

Is Luke performing at the concert tonight?

Lisa is leaving in an hour. 

Sentences with the present simple

The train to London departs at two pm. 

Class ends at half past 3 pm.

The tourist office opens at 8am.

I ____________ (not talk) to Mr. Smith yet, but I __________ (talk) to him soon

1. HAVEN'T TALKED/ WILL TALK
2. DIDN'T TALK/ WILL TALK
3. WON'T TALK/ WILL TALK
4. HAVEN'T TALKED/ TALK

Listen! I believe Jack _________ (take) a shower.

1. TOOK
2. TAKES
3. IS TAKING
4. HAS TAKEN

Jack
_________ (speak) with Mary yesterday.

1. SPOKE
2. HAS SPOKEN
3. WILL SPEAK
4. SPEAKS

Do you hear the wind? It _________ very heavily tonight (BLOW)

1. BLOWS
2. IS BLOWING
3. HAS BLOWN
4. BLEW

When I _____ him last he _______ asleep in the chair. (SEE, SIT)

1. SEE/ SAT
2. HAVE SEEN/ WAS SITTING
3. SAW/ SAT
4. SAW/ WAS SITTING

How many plays ______ (Shakespeare, write) when he was 25 years old?

1. Shakespeare wrote
2. did Shakespeare write
3. is Shakespeare writing
4. does Shakespeare write

Princess Anne ________ (open) the new hospital in a few weeks. She published the paperwork today.

1. IS GOING TO OPEN
2. WILL OPEN
3. OPENS
4. IS OPENING

No, we _____
(NOT BE) here before.

1. NOT BEEN
2. HAVEN'T BEEN
3. WEREN'T
4. WASN'T

Some time ago Mr Pale ______(ASK) me to lend him some money.

1. has asked
2. asks
3. asked
4. have been asking

It usually
_________(not rain) very much in Texas.

1. not raining
2. didn't rain
3. hasn't been raining
4. doesn't rain

The bus ______ (leave) at 6am tomorrow morning.

1. is leaving
2. left
3. leaves
4. will leave

We must wake her. She
_____________
(SLEEP) for 15 hours.

1. has been sleeping
2. slept
3. is sleeping
4. was sleeping

I ________ (go) to bed now ! Good night.

1. am going
2. will go
3. go
4. am going to go

I ______ a great film yesterday.

1. have seen
2. saw
3. seen
4. did see

I ______ (fly) over Loch Ness last week. - _________ (you, see) the Loch Ness monster?

1. was flying/ you saw
2. was flying/ did you see
3. have been flying / you saw
4. flew/ did you see