Grammar music - present perfect - past simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Welcome!

- uitleg over eindopdracht

- grammar revision: verb tenses

- reading practice: gap texts

Present Perfect

1.Je ziet het gevolg van de actie:
The squirrel HAS EATEN a lego block.

Present Perfect

2 .De tijd van de actie is niet bekend / niet belangrijk
President Trump  HAS SENT several silly tweets.

Present Perfect

3 .De actie begint in verleden en loopt door:
I  HAVE HAD this mobile phone since I was a baby.

Present Perfect

4.De actie herhaalt zich:
I  HAVE often READ text messages with strange words.

Past Simple

You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished.
You add -ed or use 2^nd column of irregular verbs

Present Perfect
Past Perfect

Criminal record says I broke in twice.
I must ... ... it half a dozen times

1. had done
2. will do
3. have done
4. do

I must have done it HALF A DOZEN TIMES.
Half a dozen times geeft aan dat...

1. hij nog steeds inbreekt.
2. hij gestopt is met inbreken.
3. de actie (inbreken) vaak voor kwam
4. de actie nog moet gebeuren.

She 1... a fiddle in an Irish band , she 2...
in love with an Englishman 3 ... her on the neck
And then I 4 ... her by the hand and .

1. 1=plays 2= falls 3= kissed 4= take
2. 1= played 2= falls 3= kissed 4= taked
3. 1= plays 2= fell 3= kiss 4= takes
4. 1= played 2= fell 3= kissed 4= took

I just ... ... you yet.

1. have to meet
2. have met
3. haven't meet
4. haven't met

I just haven't met you YET.
yet geeft aan dat...

1. het nog niet gebeurd is .
2. hij graag wil dat het gebeurt.
3. de ontmoeting lang aan de gang was.
4. hij niet wil dat het gebeurt.

Last Friday night, yeah we 1... on table tops, and we 2... too many shots,
I think we 3... but I 4...,

1. 1= stood 2= drank 3=kissed 4= forgot
2. 1= danced 2= took 3= kissed 4= did not
3. 1 = stood 2= had 3= kissed 4= forgot
4. 1= danced 2=took 3= kissed 4= forgot

They ... ... paradise and put up a parking lot

1. have paved
2. have paid
3. have made
4. have peed on

They' ve paved paradise AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT
and put up a parking lot geeft aan dat

1. je het gevolg ziet van de actie.
2. de actie (paradijs bestraten) lang duurt.
3. de actie (bestraten) nog steeds door loopt.
4. er een voorwaarde was voor de actie

Write 1 line about something (like a hobby) you have done for some time. Use "FOR"

Write a sentence where you use the past simple and the present perfect. Use the word 'before'

'Cause I 1... you 2... trouble when
you 3... in.

1. 1= knew. 2= were 3= talked
2. 1= knew. 2= wear 3= walked
3. 1 = knew. 2= were 3 = walked
4. 1 = new 2 = were 3 = walked

I 1... fire to the rain
And I 2... us into the flames, 
Well, it 3... something died, 
'Cause I 4... that that was the last time,

1. 1 = set 2= through 3= felt 4= knew
2. 1= sat 2= threw 3= felt 4= knew
3. 1= set 2= threw 3= felt 4= new
4. 1= set 2= threw 3= felt 4= knew

You 1... my heart , we 2...
a summer fling.
And I 3 ... my heart it 4 ... just a
summer thing.

1. 1=stole 2= had 3= told 4= was
2. 1= hold 2= had 3= told 4= was
3. 1= stole 2= had 3= cold 4= was
4. 1= stolen 2= had 3= told 4= was

A year 1... since I 2 ... my note
- The Police

My wife 1... the scrambled eggs
The dog just 2... my leg. My teenage daughter 3... away, my fine young son 4... out gay. - The Police

I ... ... like a wrecking ball. I never ... so hard in love. All I ... was to break your walls

On the other side of a street I 1...
2... a girl that 3 ... liked you. I guess that's deja vu
But I 4...this can't be true 'cause you 5 ...to west L.A.

Write a sentence using simple past
(e.g. describe something you did/wore/had as a kid)

I lived in Italy

I have lived in Italy

Present Perfect

Past Simple

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Past simple

Present perfect

since

just

until now

already

ever

not yet

so far

lately

a day ago

in 2019

the other day

last week

yesterday

Reading skills

Gap Questions

Gap Questions

Structure of the text

Function of the paragraph

Relation between paragraphs or sentences

--> Look for main statements, functions, sentiments, signal words

Strategies

1. Read the context 
2. Try and fill the gap without reading the answer options
3. Choose the option that fits best with your own answer

Or:

1. Try to sort the options in different categories (emotions, words, connection) 
2. See if it fits with the broader idea of the text

My little patch of prairie

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What is the function of the first paragraph

Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph two

1. forgetting
2. refusing
3. pretending
4. failing

Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph five

1. Either that or
2. Even though
3. In other respects
4. Under the circumstances

How are the sixth and seventh paragraph connected?

Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph six

1. has been a lesson for me
2. has made me look a fool
3. makes me doubt even more
4. proves I do not have green fingers

Wat is de hoofdgedachte van de tekst?

Wrap up

Consider:

• Do you understand the mistakes you made?
• What is your strategy for answering gap questions?