tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

tenses

present simple

present continuous

present perfect 

past simple

past continuous 

I ______jogging every Sunday.

1. go
2. am going
3. goes
4. going

The shops in the city centre ________ at 11 o'clock in the evening.

1. opens
2. are opening
3. open
4. not open

The present simple

We use the present simple with facts (fieten), habits (gewoontes) and routines (routines ).

Common expressions:

Always/ usually/ regularly/ often/ sometimes/ never/ every day, week, month, year .../ on Fridays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays ....

Every September, Helen ______ all the stuff she ______ for school from that website.

1. order / need
2. orders / need
3. order / needs
4. orders / needs

when to add 's' or 'es' ?

We add s/ es to the verb (het werkwoord) if the subject is singular (enkelvoud) : she/ he/ it (shit rule)

Add 'es' to verbs that end with "o, ss, x, ch, sh"

go=> goes/ do>does / push>pushes / brush> brushes/ watch>watches / fix=>fixes

Fred ______ on Fridays. He is in the office from Monday to Thursday.

1. isn't working
2. doesn't work
3. not works
4. doesn't works

Negative/ ontkennend

I/ we/ you/ they don't (do not) paly

She/ he/ it doesn't (does not) play 

do/does + not + het hele werkwoord/infinitief 

How often ____________________ to the park for a picnic?

1. do you go
2. go you
3. does you go
4. are you going

Wh-questions

Where do I/you/we/they live?

Where does she/he/it live?

Question word + do/does + subject + infinitive ?

X: What _______________ Dorothy do? Y: She’s a doctor.

1. does
2. do
3. is
4. doing

X: ___ __ late?
Y: No, you’re early!

1. I'm
2. I am
3. Am I
4. Am

My dad _______ the kitchen right now.

1. painting
2. paints
3. is painting
4. paint

Will you please be quiet? I ___________my homework.

1. I try to do
2. 'm trying to do
3. trying to do
4. doing

The present Continuous 

Form: is/am/are + verb-ing

Use: to talk about something that is happening at or around the time of speaking.

Signal words: at the moment/ now/ today/ this morning, afternoon/ at present/ these days

Liz and James _____ dinner at a restaurant on Saturdays, but they _____ at home this Saturday.

1. usually eat / are eating
2. never eat / are eating
3. are usually eating / eat
4. always eat / eat

What's that smell? It's coming from that kitchen. _____ something ______?

1. Does / burn
2. Is / burning

Why on earth _____ so fast? The train _____ at four o'clock and it is only one o'clock.

1. are you driving / has left
2. do you drive / has been leaving
3. do you drive / is leaving
4. are you driving / leaves

Steve ________ a birthday party on Saturday 2nd. Have you got an invitation yet?

1. will have
2. 's having
3. has
4. is going to have

Future arrangements 

We use the present continuous for future arrangements (when you have already arranged for something)

Create sentences using the following information. Your sentences must contain at least 7 words:
(Not) listen to music / at the moment
Read books / often
Do exercises / regularly?
the present continuous (future arrangements)

The present perfect

I _________ this car for three years.

1. am having
2. have
3. have had
4. has

The Present Perfect

form: has/ have + past participle (ed-regular verbs/ 3de rijtje-irregular verbs)

I've seen that film/face before. (but can't remember when!)

Negative: I haven't seen ...

Question: Have you seen ...? 

use

For something that started in the past and continued up to now. We often use 'since/for' to express this meaning. 

I've lived in Amsterdam for 10 years. [started living 10 years ago and I'm still living there]

I've lived in Amsterdam since 2013.

Since + a specific time: since September/ Sunday/ I moved here/ 2012

for+ a period of time: For five minutes/ a week/ a long time/ ages/ most of my life

I haven't had so much fun _____
I was in high school.

1. since
2. for
3. from
4. sense

Where have you been? I haven't seen you ____ ages

1. since
2. for

What _____ you _____ to my dress. It looks awful now.

1. are you doing
2. have you done
3. did you do
4. do you do

Use

Use the present perfect when something happened in the past and you can see the results now. 

Write two sentences using the present perfect. Use since/for

The past tenses

Past simple

past continuous

We really
________ the game last Sunday.

1. enjoyed
2. enjoy
3. have enjoyed
4. are enjoying

I
_______ a new baseball cap last week.

1. buy
2. buyed
3. bought
4. buying

The past simple

form: Subject + verb2 (v-ed for regular verbs/ 2de rijtje for irregular verbs)

I bought a car last week.

negative: I didn't buy a car last week

Question: Did you buy a car last week 

use & signal words

We use it for something that happened and finished in the past.

Signal words: yesterday/ --days ago / last week, Sunday, year ..../ the other day / in 2019

They ______ very well yesterday. Therefore, they ______ the match.

1. haven't played/ lost
2. played / lost
3. played/ have lost
4. didn't play/ lost

Lisa _________ the race when Ray ______

1. was watching / fell over
2. watched / fell over
3. watches / fell over
4. was watching /falled over

The Past Continuous 

form: was/were + verb-ing

Usage: to set the background scene when telling a story

On the day of the match, it was raining and the fans were getting wet.

To talk about what was happing at a specific time in the past:

A: What were you you doing at 7 o'clock yesterday evening? 

B: I was watching a fim.

past continuous with the past simple 

to describe something that was happening (long action) when something else happened (short action)

Long action: past continuous 

Short action: past simple

It ___________ when I ______ an accident.

1. rained / was having
2. rains / have
3. was raining / had
4. had rained/ was having

I _________ while I ________ a mountain.

1. fell down/ climbed
2. fell down/ was climbing
3. fall down/ climbed
4. falling down/ climbing

When the postman _______, I ________ a shower.

1. arrived/ was having
2. was arriving/ had
3. arrived/ have
4. arrive/ had

Further practice

irregular verb test