1. REVISION OF THE ENGLISH TENSES

2. 1. PRESENT SiMPLE Form + : subject + verb
- : subject + ‘to do’ + infinitive
? : inversion
SHIT-rule: with ‘she’, ‘he’ or ‘it’ you add an ‘s’ to your verb
Use
habits / routines
facts
characteristics

3. 1. PRESENT SiMPLE Signal words (adverbs of frequency) always every
normally
often
seldom
sometimes
usually

4. 2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS Form subject + ‘to be’ +
present participle (ing-form of the verb)
Use
actions going on now
repeated actions
complaining (irritation)
Signal words
(right) now
at the moment
just now

6. 3. PRESENT PERFECT

7. 3. PRESENT perfect
Form
subject + ‘to have’ + past participle (voltooid deelwoord)
Use
for action or period that started in the past, continues up to and includes now
to focus on result
Signal words
FYNE JAS

8. PRESENT PERFECT ADVERBS
FYNE JAS
for
yet
never
ever
just
already
since
When one of these words is in a sentence you have to use the present perfect (continuous)!

9. 4. PRESENT perfect CONTINUOUS

10. 4. PRESENT perfect CONTINUOUS
Form
subject + ‘to have’ + been + present participle
Use
when we want to emphasize the duration of an action
Signal words
FYNE JAS

12. STATIVE VERBS

13. 5. PAST SIMPLE Form + : subject + verb + ‘ed’
- : subject + ‘did’+ infinitive
? : inversion
irregular verbs! (pp )
Use
for single momentary past events that are over
to tell a story
Signal words (a specific point in the past)
yesterday, last month, 10 minutes ago, …

14. PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

15. 6. PAST CONTINUOUS

16. 7. PAST PERFECT

17. 8. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

18. 9. FUTURE SIMPLE

19. 10. FUTURE CONTINUOUS