[Wk5] The 4 basic tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

To start

1. Go sit in your assigned seat
2. Take out your notebook and a pen
3. Be ready to begin when the timer ends

Today

• The 4 basic tenses
• Time to practice
• Answer check

Goal

• You have a clear overview of the 4 basic tenses
• (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous)
• You understand the 4 basic tenses

The 4 basic tenses

• Open your notebook in the back.
• Write along in your notebook.

Present simple and

continuous check

The Pyrenees ___ on the border between France and Spain.

1. lie
2. lies
3. are lying

This bag ___ to me.

1. doesn't belongs
2. doesn't belong
3. isn't belonging

We sometimes ___ F1 on TV.

1. watch
2. watches
3. are watching

It's Sunday and I'm bored. It ___ heavily right now.

1. rain
2. rains
3. is raining

This film is great - I ___ it.

1. really like
2. am really like
3. am really liking

Past simple and

continuous check

____ the train stopped, all the passengers got off.

1. When
2. While
3. As

I didn't interrupt Casey because he ___ to Webb.

1. spoke
2. was speaking
3. were speaking

Casey's friend never ___ by train again.

1. didn't travel
2. traveled
3. was traveling

What ___ when you heard the news?

1. did you done
2. was you doing
3. were you doing

Get to work

• Do the exercises on the worksheet
• You may work together
• You may listen to music
• When the timer runs out we will go through the answers
• Finished? Study the irregular verbs or other grammar (units 3 and 4)

Let me give you the answers

Next lesson

We will recap the grammar