Unit 1B + D - all tenses

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

Mixed tenses

When do we use them? 

What do they look like? 

Tenses: 'had seen' is

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

When do we use past tenses?

1. When something still has to happen.
2. When something was going on in the past.
3. When something happened in the past.
4. When something is still going on in the present.

When do we use simple tenses.

1. Facts
2. With non-continuous verbs
3. Very short actions or events
4. With continuous verbs

When do we use continuous tenses?

1. Facts
2. Happened in the present/past and is over now
3. Actions happening at a specific time in the past/present
4. Habits

Tenses: 'walked' is

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

Tenses: 'have done' is

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

Which tenses are future?

1. I will help you tomorrow.
2. I'm playing football on Saturday.
3. I am going to play football with my friends.
4. The train in Nijmegen leaves at 18.07

Gebeurtenis die helemaal in het verleden ligt zonder link naar nu. 

Gebeurtenis in het verleden die plaatsvindt voor een andere gebeurtenis in het verleden

Gebeurtenis in het verleden die een link heeft met nu.

Gebeurtenis in het verleden die een tijdje aan de gang was. 

Past continuous 

Present perfect 

Past simple 

Past perfect 

has/have + voltooid deeltwoord (stam +ed/ irregular verbs 3e rij)

was/were + ing-vorm 

had + voltooid deelwoord (stam +ed/ irregular verbs 3e rij)

stam + ed / irregular verbs rij 2

Past continuous 

Present perfect 

Past simple 

Past perfect 

Tenses: 'was painting' is

1. past simple
2. past continuous
3. present perfect
4. past perfect

Future tenses:
Wanneer gebruik je 'will'?

1. Als je iets aanbiedt of iets beloofd.
2. Als iets volgens een rooster verloopt.
3. In een vraagzin vooraan.

Present tenses
Which sentence is wrong?

1. My sister speaks French very well.
2. It is raining cats and dogs. We'd better stay at home.
3. Be quiet! The baby is sleeping.
4. Tom works at the moment.

Present tenses
Which sentence is correct?

1. He exercises regularly.
2. She is usually coming late to school.
3. I am watching TV every morning.
4. He plays tennis now.

Past Perfect Simple
&
Past Perfect Continuous

We were very hungry because we
hadn't eaten.

1. Past Perfect Simple
2. Past Perfect Continuous

(Peter was Sally's best friend.)
She had known him all her life.

1. Past Perfect Simple
2. Past Perfect Continuous

She was exhausted because she
had been working since eight o'clock that morning.

1. Past Perfect Simple
2. Past Perfect Continuous

The passengers were cross because the airline had lost everyone's bags

1. Past Perfect Simple
2. Past Perfect Continuous

Everything was white because
it had been snowing.

1. Past Perfect Simple
2. Past Perfect Continuous

He ..... (marry) her two years before we met.

Bill and Jane ....... (introduce)
to each other a few days before.

I ..... (wait) for hours, so I was really glad when the bus finally arrived.

They ..... (living) there since 1980.

I wish we ..... (buy) it before.

Going to / will

Watch out! You are going to / will hurt yourself.

1. are going to
2. will

My crazy neighbour believes his hamster is going to / will learn to talk.

1. is going to
2. will

Your brother is going to/will study in America.

1. is going to
2. will

I've just heard an explosion! The plane is going to / will crash.

1. is going to
2. will

I am going to/will pay back the money next week.

1. am going to
2. will