Tenses review

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Present Tenses review

The Present Simple

The Present Continuous

The Present perfect

Choose the right answer

I ______jogging every Sunday.

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

Usage 

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Negative/ ontkennend

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

She/ he/ it         doesn't (does not) play 

How often ____________________ to the park for a picnic?

1. you go
2. do you go
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  ?

My dad _______ the kitchen right now.

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

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

More and more people _____ of cancer these days, and we still _____ no cure for it.

1. die / are having
2. die / have
3. are dying / are having
4. are dying / have

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

I _________ this car for three years.

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

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 ...? 

usage

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

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

For + a period of time(for how long the action continued)

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

I haven't seen her _____ the last meeting

1. for
2. since

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

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

usage

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

have gone or have been ?

Monica has been to the USA = (She went there sometime in the past, she isn't there now)

Monica has gone to the USA = (She is there now)

My parents aren't at home- they _______ to that new Italian restaurant.

1. have been
2. have gone
3. are going
4. go

A: ''Where's Steve?''
B: ''Oh, he's __ out. He'll be back later.''

1. gone
2. been

Write a sentence in the present perfect. Use 'have/has gone/been'

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

Further practice

0.1 Present Tenses Review

SB: page 4: questions 6&7

WB: page 4, questions 2&3

The past tenses

2.2 Narrative tenses 

Past simple

past continuous

past perfect 

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. 

The past simple

We use it for a series of actions that happened one after the other: 

Julia got up and put on her trainers. 

Lisa _________ the race when Ray ______

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

past continuous with the past simple 

We often use the past simple with the past continuous when a short action (past simple) interrupted a longer unfinished action( past continuous) 

I was having dinner when you rang me yesterday evening. 

It ___________ when I ______ an accident.

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

The past perfect

had + past participle (v-ed/ 3de rijtje) 

to talk about an action that happened before another action in the past. 

In the taxi I realised that I had left the jacket at home.