Grammar: tenses

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Grammar: tenses

TENSES

- present simple

- present continuous

- past simple

-  present perfect

Present simple

Present continuous

Past Simple

regular verb = ww +-ed

things you do often or never

is/am/are + verb + -ing

something in the past

What you are doing right now

in the present moment

always, every, never

Now, right now, at this moment

Last week, yesterday, in 2017

An action that started in the past and has stopped.

1. past simple
2. past continuous

Brendon ........ (repair) his motorbike when his mother ..... (call) for dinner.

1. was repairing / called
2. repaired / was calling

When her dad ....... (come) in, Jaimy ........ (eat) crisps.

1. came/ was eating
2. was coming/ate

signaalwoorden

past simple:    yesterday / last / ago / in 1492 / the other day / ...

present perfect:   for / yet / never / ever / just / already / since

present simple: always / every / sometimes / often / regularly / ..

present continuous: (right) now / at the moment / Listen! / Look!

Which sentence is correct?

1. We are getting up late on Sundays.
2. We get up late on Sundays.

Which sentence is correct?

1. Look outside! Those kids are dancing in the playground.
2. Look outside! Those kids dance in the playground.

Which sentence is correct?

1. I have found a wallet full of money yesterday.
2. I found a wallet full of money yesterday.

Which sentence is correct?

1. He studied Italian since 2019 and he loves it.
2. He has studied Italian since 2019 and he loves it.

Maarten van der Weijden ____________ in open water ever since he was a child (swim)

1. swam
2. has swum

They _________ that mountain in 1978. (climb)

1. climbed
2. have climbed

Water __________ at 0 degrees Celcius. (freeze)

1. freezes
2. is freezing

Past Perfect

How?           had + past participle

The film had already started when we entered the cinema.

He had checked everything before he went to bed.

something happened in the past 

before 

something else happened in the past.

 

At the moment I _______________ an exercise on English tenses. (do)

1. do
2. am doing

Past Perfect 

had + past participle (voltooid deelwoord)

• vaak samen met past simple
• geeft aan dat iets in het verleden gebeurde voor iets anders
• vaak in de zin: after- before- when- as soon as

I had always walked home until I bought my first car.

I had been stuck in the lift for hours when a fireman finally came and rescued me.

I... (eat) my breakfast before I ... (go) to school yesterday.

1. had eated - went
2. eated - had gone
3. had eaten - went
4. ate - had gone

I ... (finish) my report when she ... (walk) into the office.

1. finished - walked
2. had finished - walked
3. finished- had walked
4. finish - walks

The boy ... (run) away after he ... (break) the window.

1. runned - broke
2. ran- broke
3. had run - broke
4. ran - had broken

Before he ... (move) to London he ... (live) in Paris.

1. had moved - lived
2. moved - had lived