4V unit 4

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• Leerjaar 4

4V unit 4

All tenses timeline

Let's practise!

Fill in the correct tense in the following sentences. 

We .... (watch) TV when it started to rain.

I ... (want) to visit you yesterday, but you were not at home.

Look! It ... (rain), so we can't go to the beach.

There are a lot of clouds! It ... (rain) soon.

The sun ... (rise) in the east.

Since 2011 they ... (visit) their son every year.

I ... (wait) for my girlfriend for two hours.

After Larry ... (see) the film on TV, he decided to buy the book.

Lesson objectives

• I know how to use the continuous tenses. 

Present continuous 

am/are/is + werkwoord + ing 

• als iets nu bezig of aan de gang is
  I am teaching a class at this moment.
  You are learning about the present continuous. 
• als iets in de toekomst gaat gebeuren en er zijn voorbereiding voor getroffen
  We are flying to Rome this Saturday. 
  They are gettting married in a month. 

Grammar: continuous forms 

Quick overview

• present continuous
• past continous
• present perfect continuous
• past perfect continuous

Present continuous 

am/are/is + werkwoord + ing 

• als je irritatie wilt uiten omdat iets altijd hetzelfde gaat
  They are always talking about him behind his back.
  You are constantly ignoring my calls. 
  
  Let op! Normaal gesproken gebruik je bij 'altijd' de simple present. Je gebruikt alleen de present continuous als er irritatie is!
  She always goes to work at 8 in the morning. 

Past continuous 

was/were + werkwoord + ing 

• als je wilt aangeven dat iets een tijdje in het verleden bezig was
  Last Saturday at 10 I was driving home. 
  What were you doing at eight last night? 
• als je wilt aangeven dat iets in het verleden bezig was en werd onderbroken door iets anders 
  I was walking home when you called me.
  They were having a party when their parents came home. 

Present perfect continuous 

have/has + been + werkwoord + ing 

• als iets in het verleden is begonnen en nog steeds bezig is en er is sprake van irritatie of de spreker vindt dat iets lang duurt. 
  He has been working there since he was a teen. 
  I have been waiting for you for over an hour!
  
• als iets net is afgelopen, maar er moet worden benadrukt dat het een tijdje bezig is geweest
  She has been crying; her eyes are all red.
  You've been working too much, you are too tired. 

Past perfect continuous 

had + been + werkwoord + ing 

• als iets in het verleden een tijd bezig is geweest en er is sprake van irritatie of de spreker vindt dat iets lang heeft geduurd. 
  He had been playing football for ten years before he quit.
  I had been waiting for you for hours! 

I ... an interesting novel right now.

1. am reading
2. was reading
3. have been reading
4. had been reading

Luke ... a book at three o'clock.

1. is reading
2. was reading
3. has been reading
4. had been reading

Mrs Brown ... in the garden when the murder happened.

1. isn't walking
2. wasn't walking
3. hasn't been walking
4. hadn't been walking

... before the taxi arrived?

1. Are you waiting
2. Were you waiting
3. Hve you been waiting
4. Had you been waiting

Look at him, he ... cartoons for hours.

1. is watching
2. was watching
3. has been watching
4. had been watching

Look! The police ... that criminal.

1. is stopping
2. was stopping
3. has been stopping
4. had been stopping

For weeks, we ... what to cook on Thanksgiving, and we still don't know.

1. are planning
2. were planning
3. have been planning
4. had been planning

It ... hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.

1. is raining
2. was raining
3. has been raining
4. had been raining

Genitive

You add -'s to singular (enkelvoud) things: 
my friend's car       that dog's toy      Jaimy's bike

You add '  to plural (meervoud) things: 
 my parents' house     those ladies' shoes      the students' books

You add -'s to plurals without an -s:  children's clothes 

4. Did you read ______ newspaper?

1. Yesterday
2. Yesterdays
3. Yesterdays'
4. Yesterday's

7. My ________ house is pretty far away.

1. grandparents's
2. grandparentss
3. grandparents'
4. grandparents