Present Simple & Present Continuous & Past Simple

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Today's Lesson 4V

Grammar/Tenses

4V 

Today's Topics

Present Simple & Past Simple & Present Continuous Past Continuous

Today's Learning Objectives

- being able to recognize the keywords of the present, past simple & present and past continuous. 

- being able to put the correct tense in a sentence

- being able to recognize the tense of a sentence without a keyword

Why do you need to study
grammar 3x (rules)?

Example of misunderstanding/confusion due to incorrect grammar or interpunction. 

incorrect use of tense: 

Did he go to the circus?          (moment in the past/ completed)

Has he been to the circus?   (from a moment in the past till now)

incorrect interpunction:

• Let’s eat, uncle Sam.
• Let’s eat  uncle Sam. 

Mention at least 4 keywords of the present simple.

Mention at least 4 keywords of the present continuous.

Mention at least 4 keywords of the past simple.

Mention at least 4 keywords of the past continuous.

Which tenses do you use when you create one correct sentence in the past by combining two sentences linked with the words WHEN, WHILE and AND?

Which rule do you have to remember in the present simple?

How do you put a verb in the past simple?

Practice Time!

Put the right form of the verb in the sentence and choose between the Present & Past Simple 

and Present & Past Continuous

Piece of cake? 

My father usually __________ chocolate to take with him on an expedition.

1. choses
2. chose
3. chooses
4. choosed

Today he _________ for Tanzania because he would like to climb the Killimanjaro.

1. leave
2. leaves
3. is leaving
4. left

In 2019 my father ___________ to the top of the Killimanjaro with only a thin coat and a pair of sneakers

1. was climbing
2. was climbbing
3. climbed
4. has climbed

Today he ________ better!

1. know
2. knows
3. knew
4. is knowing

Exception to the rule!

verbs not used in the present continuous! 

• feeling: hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish.
  
• senses: appear, feel, hear, see, seem, smell, sound, taste.
  
• communication: agree, deny, disagree, mean, promise, satisfy, surprise.
  
• thinking: believe, imagine, know, mean, realize, recognize, remember, understand.

Due to the fact that water __________at minus 35 degrees, he won't make the same mistake twice.

1. is freezing
2. freezes
3. is frozen
4. is frozing

I _____________with you at this point at the moment.

1. am totally disagreeing
2. am totally disagree
3. totally disagree
4. was totally disagreeing

Be aware of the spelling!

Present Simple

to fly (she flies)

to stay (she stays)

to fix (she fixes) 

to kiss (she kisses)

to stop

Past simple

flew

stayed

fixed

kissed

stopped

Present

 continuous

is flying

is staying

is fixing

is kissing

is stopping

Tense

fly -> ies but stay

ss-sound

stop (preceded by vowel)

This little great tit normally __________ a hundred times to and fro its nets.

1. is flying
2. was flying
3. flies
4. flew

You still got any questions?  Don't hesitate to ask!

What do you take from this lesson?

Which tense was a bit of a problem today?

Present Simple

Past Simple

Present Continous

Past Continuous

None of them all!

Did you enhance Today's Learning Objectives?

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Next lesson: Homework

Start doing your homework in the lesson!

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Mix Present Simple/Past Simple/Present Continuous/apst Continuous

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Present Perfect and Past Perfect