Unit 6: Summary of the Tenses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

2e is de beste

Goals

You remember all tenses we have discussed so far

You know when to use them

Planning

Explanation

Exercises

Holiday

Write down in a couple of sentences what you did during the holidays

In English!!!

I will ask a few of you to read them out loud

Grammar:

Summary of the Tenses

Tenses

- Present Simple
- Present Continuous
- Past Simple
- Past Continuous
- Present Perfect

-Future tenses (4)

Wanneer gebruik ik welke?

- Present Simple              = nu, feiten en gewoontes
- Present Continuous    = nu aan de gang 
- Past Simple                     = verleden gebeurd en nu afgelopen
- Past Continuous           = in verleden een tijdje aan de gang 
- Present Perfect             = verleden begonnen en nu merkbaar

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Future: going to

Future: will

I walk

I have walked

I will walk

I am going to walk

I am walking

I walked

I was walking

Write 3 correct English sentences in the correct tense 

1. A habit of yours

2. Something you did last week with a regular verb

3. Something you did last week with an irregular verb

Prefix or suffix

Prefix =

Suffix =

Prefixes

non-/un-/im-/il-/in-/ir- 

non-profit/illegal/impossible

Re-

return / revisit/ replay

Mis-

miscommunication  

Dis-

disappear

Give an opposite meaning to a word.

Again, back or in response to

Negative meaning

Opposite or negative meaning

Re- or un-

1. Your food has gone cold. Shall I ___ (heat) it for you in the microwave? 

Suffixes

-er

slower, faster, easier 

-ness

kindness, happiness

-ing

painting

-ment

payment

Comparison / a person or thing that does a certain action.

To turn an adverb/adjective into a noun.

To turn a product, material or a verb into a noun.

To change a verb into a noun.

Use *-er*, *-ful*, *-less*, *-ing*, or *-able*

2. My grandparents finally found a ___ (buy) for their house. 

3. That old lady uses a cane to walk, because it's too ___ (pain) to walk without a cane. 

4. The hard drive of this computer broke. It can't be fixed, so it is ___ (use) now.

5. We went ___ (high) than we have ever been before. 

5. Every time I _____ (hear) that song I want to dance.

1. hear
2. am hearing
3. heard
4. will hear

1. Listen! They _____ (play) my favourite song!

1. play
2. are playing
3. played
4. were playing

6. When I _____ (open) the fridge, a bunch of products fell out.

1. open
2. opened
3. am opening
4. am going to open

7. I think one day people _____ (travel) to Mars.

1. travel
2. are travelling
3. will travel
4. are going to travel

8. The train to Liverpool _____ at 8.40 from Platform 2.

1. leaves
2. is going to leave
3. will leave
4. is leaving

10. Tom burned his hand, while he _____ (cook) dinner.

1. cooked
2. was cooking
3. has cooked
4. is cooking

15. She _____ (buy) her car in 2015.

1. bought
2. has bought
3. was buying
4. will buy

I know the rules about the tenses and I can apply them

1. Yes
2. I know most of them but I need to practice some more
3. Yes, but I made a few mistakes
4. No

Homework

What: Ex. 27, 28, 29
Where: on page 124,125,126.

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson you will be able to identify and correctly use verbs in the past, present, and future tenses.

At the end of this lesson you can avoid pitfalls.