What you should know about tenses.......

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

What tenses do you know?

indicators of time

present simple: always, sometimes, often, seldom, usually, fequently

present continuous: at the moment, now, look ...., listen.....

past simple: yesterday, last night, three years ago, in 2012 , then

present perfect: for + period, since+moment in time, just, never, ever, already, yet 

future: tomorrow, in two years, in the future, in 2050

Kimberly ........ in the United States of America when she was a child.

1. has arrived
2. was arriving
3. arrived
4. is arriving

This novel ........ by Jean Kwok in 2011.

1. is written
2. has been written
3. was written
4. has written

My friend ........ this novel twice.

1. read
2. has read
3. is reading
4. was reading

I ........ it yet, because it was sold out at the bookstore.

1. didn't read
2. don't read
3. haven't been reading
4. haven't read

When I ........... the chapter on how Kimberly was accused of cheating I imagined how she must have felt.

1. read
2. was reading
3. have read
4. am reading

Kimberly ........ in a New York hospital and she lives together with her mother and son in an apartment.

1. works
2. is working
3. has worked
4. worked

While her mother ....... dresses, skirts and shirts, Kimberly goes to school.

1. wraps up
2. wrapped up
3. is wrapping up
4. has wrapped up

irregular verbs

Grammar: irregular verbs
Which one is correct?

1. To catch-caught-caught
2. To catch-catched-caught
3. To catch-caught-catched
4. To catch-catched-caught

Grammar: irregular verbs
Which one is correct?

1. To chose-choose-chose
2. To chose-chose-chosen
3. To choose-choose-chose
4. To choose-chose-chosen

Grammar: irregular verbs
Which on is correct?

1. to hear-heard-heared
2. to hear-heard-heared
3. to hear-heard-heard
4. to hear- herd- herd

Your verb forms and their spelling !