U1 History

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Unit 1: History

Past simple, past continuous, present perfect

Past Simple

Past simple!

Past Simple

 When do you use the Past Simple?

When something happened in the past, and finished. 

  How to make the Past Simple?

verb+ed / verb 2de rijtje

 How to recognise the Past Simple?

signal words: yesterday, last week, a few days ago

Past Continuous

When do you use the past continuous?

Something was going on in the past/ temporary situations.

How to make the Past Continuous?

was/were + verb + ing

How to recognise the Past Continuous?

signal words: when, while, at the same time, as

When I visited the prison, some prisoners ...
(beg) at the gates.

... you ...
(hear) what happened when the prison closed?

My uncle ...
(spend) a night in a prison cell when he was 16.

Present Perfect:

Wat is de regel van de present perfect?

1. ww+ - ed
2. shit = ww+-s
3. vorm van to be + ww+-ing
4. have/has + voltooid deelwoord (3e rijtje)

clear timeframe, important when it happened

PAST SIMPLE

Signal words

• For
• Yet
• Never
• Ever
• Just
• Already
• Since

FYNE JAS

I ... just ... (finish) my homework.

She ... (live) in New York for eight years.

They ... never ... (taste) Indian food before.

Used to

Hoe maak je deze vorm?

Used to + werkwoord

I used to be small.

She used to have braces.
We used to play football.

Articles

The	Gebruik je als je specifiek verwijst naar iets die al eerder is benoemd in een zin. Bijv: Can you pass me the salt?
A	Gebruik je voor woorden die beginnen met een medeklinker (B, C, D, G, F, K etc.) Uitzonderingen: e uro, E uropean, u niversity, u niform
An	Gebruik je bij woorden die met een klinker beginnen (A, E, I, O, U) Uitzondering -- h our,

No articles please!!

After some fixed expressions: at sea, at church, at school, at university, in prison, in hospital, at work, by car, on foot, etc.

He is at work. 

I go to school by car....

exception:  He is at the prison in London.

No articles please!

For continents, countries, place names, streets, lakes, buildings, organisations, specific jobs.

Nigeria is a country in Africa.

Lake Torrens is close to Adelaide.

some names contain an article: The Netherlands, the US, the UK

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