3kb Past tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 3

Which verb tenses describe the past?

1. Past Simple
2. Present Simple
3. Future
4. Present Perfect

Past Simple

Regular verbs	Irregular verbs
verb + ed	do - did - done
Herkenningswoorden:	last week in 1857 this morning yesterday

Present Perfect

Regular verbs has/have + past participle	Irregular verbs has/have + past participle
has/have + verb+ ed	has/have + do-did- done
Herkenningswoorden:	since, for, always,ever, never, how long?, often, sometimes....

Exercise A

1. Take a piece of paper

2. Write at the top Past Simple

3. Make two columns

4. Name one column: regular verbs

5. Name the other column: irregular verbs

6. Watch the clip and write down the verbs used in the Past Simple in the correct column

7. Hand in the paper

To say that something happened in 2019 you use....... Past Simple or Present Perfect?

Herkenningswoorden
van de Present perfect zijn?

Exercise B

On the next slide you wil find 6 sentences.

Complete the sentences with the correct past tense of the verb in brackets:

-Past Simple or Present Perfect

1. I .......... (live) here for three months now.

2. In 2018 she .......... (live) in Spain.

3. We .......... (never buy) a new house.

4. This morning .......... (buy) a new house.

5. ........... (look) for a new house?

6. Yes, we ........... (look) for a new house last year.

lived

have lived

looked

Did you ever look

have never bought

never bought

bought

have you ever looked

I know how and when to use the
Past Simple

1. Yes
2. No
3. sometimes
4. I need more practise

I know how and when to use the
Present Perfect

1. Yes
2. No
3. sometimes
4. I need more practise

I don't understand

If you want more info about the Past Simple, Present Perfect or both look at the following slides.

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More info Present Perfect

On the next slide you will find a video about the Present Perfect

The video takes about 12 minutes.

The video is in Dutch.

More info Present Perfect

On the next slide you will find a video about the Past Simple.

The video takes about 8 minutes.

The video is in Dutch.

Past Simple - Present Perfect

On the next slide you will find a video about the Past Simple and the Present Perfect.

The video takes about 10 minutes.

The video is in Dutch.