Grammar Slides - Tenses

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

the SIMPLE PRESENT

• Facts, routines & habits

I    you   we   you   they

he   she   it

--> base verb

--> base verb +s

TIMELINE

Practice

SIMPLE PRESENT 

• Choose 3 actions.                   fact       routine       habit 
• Turn them into 3 sentences using the Simple Present.

always, never, rarely, sometimes, often, every, whenever ...

SIGNAL WORDS

the PRESENT PERFECT

1. a finished past action without WHEN
    
2.  a continuing action that started in the past (and maybe is still continuing)

I   you  we

   you  they

he  she  it

--> HAVE

--> HAS

TIMELINE

Practice

PRESENT PERFECT 

• REGULAR VERBS

• IRREGULAR VERBS  

walked   talked   worked   

remembered   lied   danced

--> verb +ED

IMPORTANT

Irregular Verbs

PRESENT PERFECT 

--> need to practice

(see examples below)

the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

• Action that is happening now.

I    you   we   you   they

he   she   it

--> are  VERB + ing

--> is VERB + ing

TIMELINE

Practice

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE