Week 7: It's Getting Tense

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Week 7

It's Getting
Tense

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Objectives

⭐️ Grammar

⭐️ Practise Writing

⭐️ Exam Preparation

Goals

🎯 Grammar : Tenses

🎯 Finishing your Assignments

Today

Reflect

Answer question in Teams.

I finished my homework (column)

Statement:

Of course!

Kind of...

No.

What do you want to learn, improve or change?

Set a personal goal for 'English' this week.

This Lesson

⭐️ Quizlet

⭐️ Grammar Explanation: Tenses

⭐️ Catching up

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Types of tenses

Past

Present

Future

Simple

Continuous

Perfect

Perfect

Continuous

Types of tenses

Simple

Continuous

Perfect

Perfect

Continuous

ww + ?

to be + ww-ing

to have + voltooid deelwoord

to have + been + ww-ing

	Past	Present	Future
Simple	I walked	I walk He walks	I will walk
Continuous	I was walking They were walking	I am walking He is walking They are walking	I will be walking
Perfect	I had walked	I have walked He has walked	I will have walked
Perfect Continuous	I had been walking	I have been walking He has been walking	I will have been walking

• repeated/regular action in the present
• general validity
• actions happening one after the other
• confirmed future actions (time table, schedule)

always, every …, never, normally, often, seldom, sometimes, usually

• action currently taking place
• action limited to a particular timeframe
• already planned or agreed-upon future action

at the moment, just, just now, Listen!, Look!, now, right now

• a single or repeated action in the past
• actions happening one after the other in the past
• a new action that interrupts an action that was already taking place

yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday

• emphasis on the process of an action taking place in the past
• multiple actions taking place at the same time
• an action that was taking place when interrupted by a new action

while, as long as

• the result is emphasised
• action that lasts to the present moment
• action that has just been completed
• completed action with influence on the present
• an action that has never/once/more than once taken place up to the time of speaking

already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now

• the action is emphasised (not the result)
• action that has lasted until the present time
• completed action with influence on the present

all day, for 4 years, since 1993, how long?, the whole week

• action taking place before a certain time in the past
• sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive
• emphasises only the fact that something took place before a certain point in the past

already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day

• action before a certain point in the past
• sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple
• emphasises the action or length of the action

for, since, the whole day, all day

• events in the future that cannot be influenced
• spontaneous decision
• suppositions about the future

in a year, next …, tomorrow,

first conditional sentences (If you ask her, she will help you.),

supposition: I think, probably, perhaps

• action that will be taking place at a certain point in the future
• certain or obvious events

in one year, next week, tomorrow

• action that will have been completed by a future time

by Monday, in a week

• action that will have been completed by a future time
• emphasises the length of the action
  

for …, the last couple of hours, all day long

Get 'em in order!

In groups:

- Piece of paper (or use PowerPoint/ InDesign/ Word)

- Create a timeline

Past

Present

FUTURE

Finish your previous assignments!

- Letters

- Column

Finished?

Practise your Tenses on Taalblokken 

(Building Blocks)

Assignment Briefing

Finish your Assignments

Assignment Briefing

If you are done early with all the assignments, upload a funny picture or video (via Teams)

Did you achieve all of our class goals?

Goals

🎯 Find a documentary

🎯 Form an opinion

🎯 Summarising

Yes 👍

Almost 😅

No 👎

Give yourself a compliment 💚

and some good advice.. 💪

Any feedback? Questions?