v2 tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4,5

Tenses

Revision of all the tenses

Today

Chapter 6 - All the tenses

Name as many different tenses as you can think of. (E.g. present simple)

Make a sentence using the present continuous ("to be + verb + ing").

Make a sentence using the past perfect (=have/has + past participle).

Make a sentence using the future.

When do you use the present continuous?

When do you use the present perfect?

Tenses

Simple present              altijd, nooit of regelmatig           I often watch TV
Present continuous    nu bezig of aan de gang              He’s watching TV
Simple past                     een moment in het verleden     We got home at ten
Past continuous           toen aan de gang                            She was reading when I saw her
Present perfect            toen tot en met nu                          They have lived here for six years
Pres. Perfect cont.      toen tot en met nu + nadruk       I’ve been waiting for one hour
Past perfect                   toen tot en met toen                      We had lived there for five years in 2000
Future                               van plan zijn                                       We’re eating out this evening
Future                               van plan zijn                                       We’re going to eat out this evening
Future                               toekomst                                             We will/shall arrive there at 8

Let's give it a try!

Write down the correct form of the verb in brackets. If there's more than one, separate them with a comma, like this:

have been, worked

1. My family _________(buy) some land in southern France recently.

1. They _________ (build) a summer house there at the moment.

2. Jonathon ____ (watch) the news on TV every day and it ____ (help) him with his English.

3. My car _____ (break) down when I _____ (drive) home from work.

3. I would fix it if I ____ (know) what was wrong. But I didn’t so I ____ (have) to take it to the garage.

4. When he ___ (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old.

5. He ____ (live) here since he was 12 years old.

Time to work

What:

Exercise 28 - 31 on page 124-127

How:

Individually

Time:

20 minutes

Done:

Study the words of Chapter 6