Grammar Recap Tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Tenses recap

TW 1

Reminder

All students need to have read 10 book

 (written 10 book reports)

7 days before their own oral exam date.

HD.

Tenses

mix

alle tijden door elkaar

past simple

present simple

present continuous

present perfect continuous

present perfect

Tenses

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past

perfect

(continuous)

Present Simple & Continuous

Present Simple = feiten & gewoontes (never, seldom always)
- (hele werkwoord & he/she/it +s)
- "I walk"  &  "He walks"
Present Continuous = nu aan de gang  /  in nabije toekomst /anders dan voortaan
- (am / is / are + werkwoord + ing) 
- "I am walking"  &   "He is walking"   &   "We are walking"

Past Simple & Continuous

Past Simple = Verleden gebeurd, moment is bekend
- (werkwoord + ed   /   2e rijtje onregelmatig)
- "I walked"   &   "He walked"

Past Continuous = in het verleden langere tijd bezig
- (was / were + werkwoord + ing)
- "I was walking"   &   "We were walking"

Present & Past Perfect

Present Perfect = In verleden begonnen tot nu toe. Tijd onbekend. Denk aan een periode/optel som
- (have / has + werkwoord + ed   /    3e rijtje onregelmatig)
- "I have walked"   &   "He has walked"
Past Perfect = Actie in het verleden voor een andere actie
- (had + werkwoord + ed   /  3e rijtje onregelmatig)
- "I had walked"   &   "He had walked"

Future: Will & Going to

Will = Besluiten, Beslissingen, Voorspellingen zonder bewijs
- (will + hele werkwoord)
- "I will walk"   &   "He will walk"

Going to = toekomstige afsrpaken, voorspellingen met bewijs
- (am / is / are + going to + werkwoord)
- "I am going to walk"   &   "He is going to walk"

1. I ____ (see) a great film yesterday.

1. am seeing
2. saw
3. have seen
4. have saw

2. After he ____ (finish) his work, he went home.

1. was finishing
2. finished
3. has finished
4. had finished

3. Why do you have flour all over you?
Oh, I ______ (baking) a cake.

1. baked
2. have baked
3. had baked
4. have been baking

4. My dad _____ (cook) dinner when my brother came home.

1. cooked
2. is cooking
3. was cooking
4. has cooked

5. I ____ (not finish) my report because my computer stopped working.

1. finished not
2. didn't finished
3. didn't finish
4. haven't finished

6. Where _____ (you, spend) your holiday last month?

1. did you spend
2. did you spent
3. have you spend
4. have you spent

7. Hurry up! The symphony ____ (begin, already)!

1. has already began
2. has already begun
3. had already began
4. had already begun

8. Don't worry so much! I ____ (help) you out, I promise.

1. am going to help
2. am helping
3. will help
4. help

9. They ____ (live) in a small apartment now because they haven't found an affordable house yet.

1. live
2. have lived
3. are living
4. were living

10. Not much _____ (happen) when I got to the meeting.

1. happens
2. has happened
3. was happening
4. is happening

1. The sun ____ (shine) when I left home this morning.

2. I ___ (show) you my new playstation next week, I promise.

3. The sun ____ (shine) all day yesterday.

4. My parents ____ (buy) a second house in France recently.

5. My uncle ____ (sleep) when the fire broke out.

6. That guy was sentenced for 5 years in prison because he ____ (robbed) a bank.

7. When I first met him, he ____ (study) architecture.

8. It's a beautiful drive. I'm sure you ____ (enjoy) the landscape.

9. Jonathan ___ (watch) the news every day when he gets home from work.

10. My car ____ (break) down when I was driving home yesterday.

11. Things I wish I_____(know) before I (take)___ the decision to leave.

Name the tenses

1 Using warm colours like yellow or soft orange in a room has a profound effect on people’s moods.

2 Throughout his working life, he had tried to examine the healing properties of lavender.

3 She was drinking a calming herbal tea after the pop quiz.

4 Bad habits have always been notoriously difficult to break.

5 Fresh air and physical exercise worked wonders for many  tired office workers.

6 Some therapists are still discussing the long-term effects of fitness classes.

Go to Malmberg Unit 6.4 and finish exercise 29 and 

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