Grammar past simple, past continuous & present perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 4

Theme 1 - grammar

goals:

1. You know the differences between the following three tenses:

past simple, past continuous, present perfect

2. You can use these tenses correctly  

Time for a 

Recap:
What is the difference between the past simple and present perfect?

Recap:
How do you form the past simple?

1. verb + ed (2nd form)
2. have/has + verb + ed (3rd form)
3. was/were + verb + ing
4. verb + ing

Recap:
How do you form the present perfect?

1. verb + ed 2nd form
2. have/has + verb + ed 3rd form
3. was/were + verb + ing
4. verb + ing

Recap:
When do we use the past continuous?

Recap:
How do we form the past continuous?

1. verb + ed 2nd form
2. have/has + verb + ed 3rd form
3. was/were + verb + ing
4. verb + ing

Past simple or Present Perfect:
Yesterday I ... hard.

1. worked
2. works
3. work
4. have worked

Past simple or Present Perfect:
She ... well, that's why she ... what to do.

1. listened, knows
2. has listened, knew
3. listens, knows
4. listened, has known

Past simple or Past Continuous:
He .... , while he .... the walls

1. fell, was painting
2. was falling, painted
3. falls, paints
4. fell, painted

Past simple or Past Continuous:
My mum .... , when my dad .... her.

1. cleaned, called
2. was cleaning, call
3. was cleaning, called
4. cleaned, was calling

What is the past tense of: Help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. help'd

fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

1. eat
2. drink
3. drank
4. ate

You use a past simple when...

1. Something happend in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something happend in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet.

Past Continuous

happened for a while in the past

was/were + verb-ing

Past continuous

Sam .......... a friend when you came in.

1. was calling
2. were calling

Mum and I .......... to London by train.

1. was travelling
2. were travelling

It .......... outside.

1. was freezeing
2. were freezeing
3. was freezing
4. were freezing

They .......... fun of us.

1. was makeing
2. were makeing
3. was making
4. were making

Present Perfect

started in the past, still happening now

happened in the past, consequences are relevant now

have/has + past participle (voltooid deelwoord)

Welke zin staat in de Present Perfect?

1. I love to cycle to school.
2. We often go to church.
3. They haven't seen him yet.
4. I didn't hear him come in.

Welke zin staat in de Present Perfect?

1. My cat finally caught the mouse.
2. His cat hasn't caught a mouse since last year.
3. My dog never catches anything.
4. Did you get caught?

Welke zin staat in de Present Perfect?

1. She goes home at 8 o'clock.
2. He fell off his bike.
3. She has eaten 3 sandwiches so far.
4. They worked all day yesterday.

Vul de juiste vorm in van de Present Perfect:

I ___ ___ (be) home since 3 o'clock.

1. have be
2. has be
3. have been
4. has been

Zet deze zin in de present perfect:
I .... ( to know) him all my life.

1. knew
2. am knowing
3. have known
4. know

Zet deze zin in de present perfect:
Rebecca .... (to go) bed

1. Rebecca goes to bed
2. Rebecca is going to bed
3. Rebecca went to bed
4. Rebecca has gone to bed

Zet in de Present perfect:
I ...... (read)

1. I read
2. I have read
3. I am reading
4. I did read

Zet in de present perfect:
Peter ......... ( to tell ) a joke.

1. have tell
2. has told
3. has tell
4. have told

Practise makes perfect

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