Past simple vs past continuous vs present perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Past Tenses

Past Simple

Past Perfect

Present Perfect

Past Simple

* Iets is afgelopen

* Er is een tijdsindicatie in de zin (yesterday, last week, etc.)

+) Hele werkwoord+ed / 2e vorm

-) Did not + hele werkwoord

?) Did + onderwerp + hele werkwoord

Past Simple (to be)

+) you/we/they = were

I/he/she/it = was

-) were not / was not

? Were / Was + onderwerp

Present Perfect

* iets is in het verleden begonnen en gaat nu nog door

* Iets was in het verleden maar onbekend wanneer (geen tijdsindicatie)

* Iets is net afgelopen

FYNE JAS

Present Perfect

+) Have (I/you/we/they) of Has (He/she/it) + voltooid deelwoord

-) Have not / Has not + voltooid deelwoord

?) Have / Has + onderwerp + voltooid deelwoord

Voltooid deelwoord (participle) = hele werkwoord+ed / 3e vorm

Past Perfect

* Iets gebeurde eerder in het verleden dan iets anders

+) had + voltooid deelwoord

-) had not + voltooid deelwoord

?) Had + onderwerp + voltooid deelwoord

Voltooid deelwoord = hele werkwoord+ed / 3e vorm

Exercise 1

Choose the correct option

Exercise 2

Put the verb (werkwoord) in the correct form of the past tense.

Type the whole sentence.

Do not use ' (didn't, wasn't, etc.)

1. By the time we (get) to the theatre, the play (already, start).

2. Last night I (dream) about going to the Moon.

3. When Ginny (see) me yesterday, I (cross) the street to avoid her.

4. My dad (finish) painting the living room before my brother (come) to help him.

5. Nora (never / to make) sushi before.

6. Before the Smiths (buy) their new house, they
(look) for a suitable one for a year.

7. Laura (send) us a postcard from her holiday in Italy yesterday.

8. As Claire (dust) the furniture, she (break) a vase.

9. My sister (never, be) to the circus before last week.

10. Pam and I (study) for the history exam yesterday.

11. The alarm clock (not, ring) yesterday morning so I (be) late for work.

12. Mr. Roberts (work) in the company for six years before it (go) bankrupt.

13. You (not, sleep) until I (to come) home.

14. When (they, visit) you last time?