ZGB/ZKB2 English week 11

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Are you going to vote this Wednesday?

Yes

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English week 10

Planning your first test, new English grammar

What are you going to learn today?

• Perfecting your use of the Present Simple and Present Continuous
• Getting to know the past simple and irregular verbs

Present Simple

Present Continuous

SHIT rule

Used for facts, things that happen often, etc

Uses the base form of the verb

Verb + '-ing'

Used for when things are happening right now

needs a form of to be 

PRESENT SIMPLE

• Used for facts, things that happen often or never.
• Base form of the verb
• SHIT-rule
  
  

Ex: I always drive to work. 

Ex 2: She is never late. 

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• Used for when things are happening right now
• Uses a form of 'to be'
• Verb + '-ing'
  
  

Ex: I am looking out the window. 

Check out the results from last week

What is the past simple about?

1. Voltooid verleden tijd
2. Tegenwoordige tijd
3. Verleden tijd
4. Onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd

Antwoord in het Nederlands: wat heb je op je laatste verjaardag gedaan?

The Past Simple

Used for talking about things that happened in the past (verleden)

Here's how you create a sentence in the past simple:
'verb + ed'

Ex: I walk to school every morning. -> I walked to school every morning.

Ex: She talks to her parents every week -> She talked to her parents every week. 

Past Simple + Irregular verbs

Not every verb gets an -ed at the end

work - > worked
jump -> jumped
dance -> danced
study - > studied

swim -> ...

Past Simple + Irregular verbs 2

swim -> swam

drive -> drove

speak -> spoke

catch -> caught

fall -> fell

Most verbs are irregular. Study them!

Is 'visit' a regular or an irregular verb?

1. It's a regular verb
2. It's an irregular verb

The past simple of 'choose'

The past simple of 'eat'

The past simple of 'watch'

The past simple of 'wear'

Finish the past simple exercise on your paper this class

Done? Hand it in!