V4 (23-24 periode 1): Tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

TENSES

In deze LessonUp worden de tenses nog een keer uitgelegd. 

Bij de uitleg staan ook een aantal oefenvragen. De toets bestaat deels uit invulzinnen en deels uit vertaalzinnen. Zorg dat je - naast deze LessonUp - ook de opdrachten in je reader herhaalt! 

TENSES (OVERZICHT)

Present simple

Past simple

Present continuous

Past continuous

Present perfect

Past perfect

Future

Past future

PRESENT SIMPLE

• Wanneer: ALTIJD, FEITEN, REGELMATIG
• Hoe: STAM (+ (E)S)
• Signaalwoorden: always, normally, every day, often, never, etc.
  

They always lock the door when they go out.

She never drinks coffee in the morning.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• Wanneer: NU GAANDE, ERGERNIS
  
• Hoe: [TO BE] + WW+ING
  
• Signaalwoorden: now, right now, at the moment, at present, etc.
  

He is writing a letter at the moment.

I hate that they are talking behind her back.

NOW PICK THE CORRECT ONE!

Choose between PRESENT SIMPLE and PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Most days he wakes up around 6:45.

1. present simple
2. present continuous

They are talking to that man right there.

1. present simple
2. present continuous

Right now I am busy writing a letter to my grandma

1. present simple
2. present continuous

They never go out when the weather is bad.

1. present simple
2. present continuous

USE THE CORRECT TENSE

and pay close attention to words that will help you figure it out

Every Tuesday he ... until 9pm.

1. works
2. is working

He ... dinner in the kitchen right now.

1. cooks
2. is cooking

I ... a really nice book now.

1. read
2. am reading

PAST SIMPLE

• Wanneer: TOEN
• Hoe: STAM + ED of 2
  
• Signaalwoorden: yesterday, last week, this morning, in 2013, etc.
  

I watched an interesting documentary last night.

When I was a little girl I read a lot of books.

Last Friday we [...] for dinner.

1. go out
2. are going out
3. went

In general, I [...] attention during class

1. pay
2. am paying
3. paid

Right now they [...] to help that man.

1. try
2. are trying
3. tried

TENSES

• PAST CONTINUOUS: om aan te geven dat iets op een specifiek moment in het verleden gebeurde
• [WAS/WERE] + WW+ING
  
• Signaalwoorden: while, when, as
• Vaak in combinatie met PAST SIMPLE
  

I was helping him.

You weren't watching TV when she entered.

He [to play] a videogame when the bell rang.

I [to pack] my bags when you called.

While they [to sing] along to the song, the door slammed shut.

PRESENT PERFECT

TOEN TOT NU

• een handeling is in het verleden begonnen en duurt tot nu
• resultaat van een handeling in het verleden is nu merkbaar

HAVE/HAS + 3

SIGNAALWOORDEN: for a week now, since, already, yet, just, ever, never, recently, lately, up till now

He [not + to eat] yet.

They [to be] living here for years now.

We [to wait] for him since 7am.

Every Monday we ... dinner together.

1. eat
2. are eating
3. ate
4. have eaten

We ... every episode since the first one aired.

1. see
2. are seeing
3. saw
4. have seen

At the moment they ... English grammar

1. study
2. are studying
3. studied
4. have studied

Last week schools ... again.

1. start
2. are starting
3. started
4. have started

PAST PERFECT

Om aan te geven dat een handeling eerder plaatsvond dan een andere handeling in het verleden (tijdlijn).

HAD + 3

Signaalwoorden: before, after, when, by the time, as soon as

PAST PERFECT

• She had lived there for a long time before she moved.
• We had been ringing the bell for an hour before they answered the door.
• They had never been arrested before.
  
• He had never been able to write but then a new writing method was used.
  

Before he started his homework for Geography he [to study] for English.

After we [to visit] the Eiffel Tower we walked to the Louvre

PRESENT FUTURE

Gebruiken we om aan te geven dat een handeling in de toekomst plaatsvindt.

WILL + HELE WW

[BE] GOING TO + HELE WW

Signaalwoorden: tomorrow, next week, in 10 hours etc.

In a few weeks we ... (test) our knowledge on the exam.

... (you, to help) me with this task tomorrow?

PAST FUTURE

Gebruiken we om aan te geven dat een handeling plaatsvindt na een andere handeling in het verleden (tijdlijn).

WOULD + HELE WW

WAS/WERE + GOING TO + HELE WW

He would go home after dinner, he said.

Would you come with me if I asked you?

I thought you ... (go) home after the break?

We said we ... (visit) them in the future.