Recap tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome!

Road map

• Test dates
• Black Story
• BBC One Minute World News
• Recap Present Simple, Continuous, Present Perfect, and Present Perfect Continuous  (1.1H A, B, C, D)
• Do ex. 1.1H, E, F, G, H.  on Learnbeat

Tests Alquin & GRO 

GRO:  7 December 2021, Chapter 1 Grammatical Tenses

Alquin:  17 December 2021, Keywords of the four texts (see SOM and word's list)

Black Story

A fortune-teller tells a man that a white dove will kill him. A short while later, the man dies. 

What happened? 

Ask yes/no questions (closed questions) to find out!

A few days after visiting the fortune-teller, the man was operated on by a surgeon called Dr Dove. The operation did not go according to plan and the man died. 

Guiding questions 

1. Where was the variant of the coronavirus first discovered?

2. How many people were killed during their crossing of the Channel

3. What was unveiled in a lavish ceremony?

www.bbc.com

Present Simple 

No, nothing good starts in a getaway car

(Getaway Car- Taylor Swift)

I nod more vigorously than I expected to. My heart speeds up like I'm doing something illicit. 

(Everything Everything - Nicola Yoon)

Present Simple 

• iets wat vaak gebeurt (regelmaat) / gewoonte
• algemene regels (water boils at 100 degrees Celcius)
• permanente situaties 
• signaalwoorden: always, never, usually, often, every week/month/year etc.

Present Continous 

I'm sittin' here in the boring room

It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon

I'm wasting my time

I got nothin' to do

I'm hangin' around

I'm waitin' for you

But nothing ever happens and I wonder

Lemon Tree - Fool's Garden

Present Continous 

• tijdelijke situaties  
• irritatie / ergernis (always, forever, continually, constantly etc.zijn signaalwoorden, dus let op!)

                    

Present Perfect 

De Present Perfect bestaat uit 

have/has + voltooid deelwoord (werkwoord+ed of 3e rijtje onregelmatige werkwoorden).

Present Perfect - use

• it's the result that counts! 
• there is always a link with the present
• something has started in the past and continues up until the now.
• signal words for the present perfect: for, yet, ever, never, just, since, so far, lately, all day/week etc, how long

Perfect Continuous

has/have + been + ww-ing 

Perfect Continuous - Use 

I have been holding on to pieces, swimming in the deep end         - Tom Grennan (2021)

1. temporary actions and situations (with emphasis on the time that has passed). 

compare:   The man has been standing on the corner all day.

                        For 900 years, the castle has stood on the hill. 

Perfect Continuous - Use 

2.  continuous change/continuous actions and situations that last until the present and/or beyond. 

e.g. Scientists believe that the universe has been expanding steadily since the beginning of time. 

Online explanations: EngelsAcademie.nl on YouTube

HOMEWORK

30 Nov. 2021

Finish 1.1H E, F, G, H and the pertaining tenses on Learnbeat.