Grammar recap

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Lesson plan

• Rules
• Lesson aims
• Grammar explanation + exercises
• Recap lesson aims
• Homework + hand in poems

Rules

• Respect
• Silence when I speak
• Raise hands for questions/answers
• When I raise my hand; be quiet
• Phones IN bags
• ASK QUESTIONS

Lesson aims

After this lesson you:

• Know what you need to practice some more;
• Know what you understand already and what not yet;
• Are able to do the self test;
• Are able to write down your final questions.

Past tenses

Three past tenses you need to know:

• Past simple;
• Past continuous;
• Present perfect.

Past tenses

Past simple: when do you use it?

• When something happened in the past and time is important.
• Recognized by words like "yesterday", "last year", "in 2013"
• Regular verbs + -ed
• Irregular verbs have their own forms

Past tenses

I ... five miles, yesterday. (to run)

He ... the test, last week. (to pass)

They ... on a trip to China in 2017. (to go)

She ... him her secret last night. (to tell)

We ... our best match, yesterday. (to play)

You ... very well last week. (to study)

• ran
• passed
• went
• told
• played
• studied 

Past tenses

Past continuous: when do you use it? 

• Something that was happening at a certain point in time in the past;
• Something you were doing at a certain point in time in the past.
• NL: iets wat aan de gang was in het verleden;
• Example: I was writing a poem.

Past tenses

Past continuous:

• Some times recognized by words like "when", "while" or "for"
• Example: He was calling his friends, when his mom walked in.
• was/were + verb + -ing

Past tenses

He ... a game. (to play)

They ..., when the phone battery died. (to call)

I ... grammar, when I noticed a mistake. (to explain)

She ... the sunset. (to paint)

We ... fun, when it started to rain. (to have)

You ... attention while the teacher explained the grammar. (to pay)

• was playing
• were calling
• was explaining
• was painting
• were having
• were paying

Past tenses

When do you use the Present perfect?

• Time is not important;
• Still going on;
• You see the result now;
• Just or not yet happened (Lately, just, yet, recently);
• Have/has + verb + -ed (regular verbs);
• Irregular verbs have different forms.

Past tenses

I ... writing the article about culture. (to start)

They ... to the latest Marvel movie, recently. (to go)

He ... his grandma, lately. (not visit)

She ... football for three years now. (to play)

... you ... your homework? (to finish)

• have started
• have gone 
• hasn't visited
• has played
• have finished

Present perfect

Past simple

Past continuous

Used to

When do you use it?

• To talk about something that always happened in the past.
• Example: I used to go to school by train, but I recently bought a car.
• Example: He used to visit me every day, but he moved away.

Articles

When do you use "a" and when "an"?

• "a" before consonants;
• "an" before vowels;
• When referring to a profession;
• Nationalities;
• religions.

Articles

When do you not use "a" or "an"?

• She is president. -> not "a president"
• He is king. -> not "a king"

Articles

When do you use "the"?

• When referring to specific:
• Meals;
• seasons;
• buildings.
• Example: We went to the hospital in our town. 
• Example: I was born in the fall of 1999.

Articles

When do you not use "the"?

• When you are not referring to something specific;
• Example: I love summer;
• Example: He was taken to hospital.
• Example: We never skip lunch.

Recap lesson aims

After this lesson you:

• Know what you need to practice some more;
• Know what you understand already and what not yet;
• Are able to do the self test;
• Are able to write down your final questions.

Homework

Do the self test!

Write down final questions you might have!

STUDY FOR THE TEST!