Past Tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo
• Leerjaar 1

The present perfect 

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vorm: have of has + werkwoord + ed 

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Past Simple/Perfect & Present Perfect

The present perfect 

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1. Als iets in het verleden is begonnen en nu nog steeds zo is. 

I have lived in Zwolle since 1998.


2. Iets is in het verleden begonnen en er is nu nog resultaat.

Mark has destroyed my garden.

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Regelmatig
WW + ed 

I have Walked
You have Danced
He has Played 

Onregelmatig

3e Rijtje 

I have Done
You have Seen
He has Had 

H2: p. 261

What is happening in this sentence?

When he arrived at the train station, the train had already left.

What happened

first?

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

I 

I saw him yesterday.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

He arrived to the train station.

I decided to walk home.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect 

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

had + ww+ed

(irr. verb = had + 3e vorm)

When he arrived to the train station the train had left.

I had lost my bike key so I decided to walk home.

The Past Perfect shows what happened first in the past.