H4 P2 W4 tenses overview

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Get out your laptop

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

informal letter

Writing an informal letter/email may sound like a game without rules, but it’s not. When you write to a friend, a family member, a colleague or an acquaintance, it doesn’t mean there are no conventions or do’s and don’ts. The only thing is that there are fewer than in a formal letter/email. 

What to keep in mind during writing:

• language

• spelling

• punctuation

• grammar

Grammar

- tenses overview

Goal: I can recognise and use the different tenses

Present simple

gewoonte, regelmaat, feiten

verb (+s)

Past simple

in het verleden en afgerond

verb + ed (OF 2nd row irregular verbs)

Present continuous

op dit moment bezig

am/is/are + verb + ing

Past continuous

in het verleden, afgerond en duurde een langere tijd

was/were + verb + ing

present perfect

begonnen in het verleden, is nu nog steeds bezig

has/have + verb + ed/row 3 irregular verbs

past perfect

twee gebeurtenissen in het verleden, een gebeurde eerder dan de andere

had + verb + ed/row 3 irregular verbs

Which tense?

He is walking to the supermarket.

1. present simple
2. present continuous
3. past simple
4. past continuous

Which tense?

I have lived in this house for 8 years.

1. past simple
2. present continuous
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

Which tense?

Didn't you see that film last night?

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

Wait a minute, I _____ this box for you.

1. carry
2. carried
3. will carry
4. am carrying

Look! It ______ , so we can't
______ to the beach.

1. is raining, be going
2. is raining, go
3. rains, be going
4. rains, go

We … TV when it started to rain.

1. watched
2. are watching
3. were watching
4. have watched

I ______ already ______ 10 apples today!

1. have eaten
2. had eaten
3. did eat
4. was eating

She ___________ for her friend for hours last night.

1. waits
2. is waiting
3. waited
4. was waiting

_____ you _____ this is the correct number?

1. are ... sure
2. are ....being sure
3. were ... sure
4. were ... being sure

Would you be quiet, I ____ my book.

1. read (present)
2. am reading
3. read (past)
4. was reading

I ______ a beautiful dress yesterday.

1. buy
2. am buying
3. bought
4. was buying

Watch out! That car ________ towards you!

1. comes
2. is coming
3. came
4. was coming

We ______ a stroll along the beach last week.

1. take
2. are taking
3. took
4. were taking

He ____ never on time for anything.

1. is
2. is being
3. was
4. was being