mixed tenses 1: present simple / present continuous / past simple / past continuous / present perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

MIXED TENSES

- present simple

- present continuous

- past simple

- past continuous

- present perfect

PRESENT SIMPLE

FORMULE: ww (+S)

She always visits het grandmother on Sundays.

- regelmaat

-gewoonte

-feit

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

FORMULE: TO BE + WW + ING

Listen! Jimmy is playing guitar in his room!

- nu

PAST SIMPLE

FORMULE: WW (VERLEDEN TIJD / = ww + ed of 2e v.h. rijtje)

When she was young, she visited het grandmother on Sundays.

Her grandfather grew up in Amsterdam during the 1940s.

-verleden tijd / nu afgelopen / je weet wanneer

PAST CONTINUOUS

FORMULE: verleden tijd TO BE + WW + ING

Jimmy was playing his guitar, when teh phone rang.

-bezigheid in de verleden tijd

- 'aan het' / 'bezig met'

PRESENT PERFECT

FORMULE: HAS/HAVE + VOLTOOID DEELWOORD  (= ww+ed of 3e v.h. rijtje)

We have watched the James Bond movie many times.

Kerry has worked at this school since 2008.

- verleden tijd / afgelopen / je weet niet wanneer

-in verleden tijd begonnnen / nu nog steeds zo (of resultaat is merkbaar)

signaalwoorden

present simple: always / every / sometimes / often / regularly / ..

present continuous: (right) now / at the moment / Listen! / Look!

past simple: yesterday / last / ago / in 1492 / the other day / ...

past continuous: while / when / ...

present perfect: for / yet / never / ever / just / already / since

Which sentence is correct?

1. We are getting up late on Sundays.
2. We get up late on Sundays.

Which sentence is correct?

1. Look outside? Those kids are dancing in the playground.
2. Look outside! Those kids dance in the playground.

Which sentence is correct?

1. I have found a wallet full of money yesterday.
2. I found a wallet full of money yesterday.

Which sentence is correct?

1. What were you doing, when the accident occured?
2. What have you done, when the accident occured?

Which sentence is correct?

1. He studied Italian since 2019 and he loves it.
2. He has studied Italian since 2019 and he loves it.

Fill in the correct tense:
My parents _______ me on a language course last year. (send)

Fill in the correct tense:
He never _________ faster than the speed limit. (drive)

Fill in the correct tense:
Maarten van der Weijden ____________ in open water ever since he was a child (swim)

Fill in the correct tense:
We _____________ an excellent movie on Netflix, when our parents called us down for dinner. (watch)

Fill in the correct tense:
Where's Tommy? He _____________ his irregular verbs. (practise)

Fill in the correct tense:
Water __________ at 0 degrees Celcius. (freeze)

Fill in the correct tense:
Nobody _________ that mountain since 1978. (climb)

Fill in the correct tense:
I ____________ French when I was a child. (study)

Fill in the correct tense:
At the moment I _______________ an exercise on English tenses. (do)

Fill in the correct tense:
While John ____________, somebody stole his car. (sleep)

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