havo 2 online les 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's class

- During class you will be able to use the past perfect and the past perfect continuous.

- During class you will be able to answer questions about an English text.

Past perfect

When do you use the past perfect?

1. To make clear that one event happened before another in the past.
2. To talk about two events which happened at the same time in the past.
3. To talk about three events in the past

Past perfect always talks about more than one event.

1. true
2. false

We need the past form of have and the verb in the past to make the past perfect.

1. true
2. false

Which sentence is correct?

1. She had lived in Sweden before she moved.
2. She lived in Sweden before she moved.

Which sentence is correct?

1. After they packed their things they drove away.
2. After they had packed their things they drove away.

Past perfect continuous

past perfect continuous

The past perfect continuous tense shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another time in the past.

- It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.

- We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.

How to make the past perfect continuous.

It consists of two things:

1. the past perfect of the verb To Be -> had been

2. Verb + ing -> walking

I had been walking for hours when I found the small shop.

They had been trying to get inside when the police showed up.

We use the past perfect continuous to talk about more than one action in the past

1. true
2. false

We use the past perfect continuous to say that one action lasted until another action.

1. true
2. false

We use the past perfect continuous to say when exactly an action took place.

1. true
2. false

Which sentence is correct?

1. I walked for hours when I found the small shop.
2. I had been walking for hours when I found the small shop.

Which sentence is correct?

1. We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when she found her key.
2. We had trying to open the door for hours when she found her key.

Which sentence is correct?

1. I had been searching for a house when a beautiful apartment presented itself.
2. I searched for a house when a beautiful apartment presented itself.

            reading assignment.

- In teams you will find a reading assignment named "online les 1 2021"

- Make sure you hand in the finished worksheet before the end of class. (De opdracht om in te leveren staat klaar in teams)

- At the end of the worksheet you will find an answer sheet that you can use to write down your answers.