Gramm Flashcards
Je gebruikt continious voort
Temporary situations
Actions and happenings that have started but not finished
We use the simple for
Permanent situations
Verbs that are not normally used in present continuous
Like want need prefer
Know realize understand recognize
Believe suppose remember mean
Belong fit contain consist seem
When do with not use continuous with think
When think means believe or have an opinion
When do we use continuous with think
When think means consider
When do you use was and when do you use weren’t
Was = I he and it
Were=we you they
Past continious
In the middle of an action
Past simple
Completed action
Wanneer present perfect
When it has a connection with now. The action in the past has a result with now. And we use present perfect when we talk about a period of time that continues from the past until now
signaalwoorden present perfecgt
just, already yet
Wanneer gebruik je just (present perfect)
Just = a short time ago
Wanneer gebruik je already (present perfect)
we use already to say that something happened sooner then expected
Wanneer gebruik je yet (present perfect)
Yet shows that the speaker is expecting something to happen. We only use it in questions and negative sentences
Welke periodes gebruik je present perfect
Recently, in the last few days, since I arrived and today, this week and this year
Je gebruikt de present perfect ook wanneer je
zegt the first time, second time of third time
Je gebruikt present perfect continuous
For an activity that continues until now
Signaalwoorden present perfect continuous
How long, for, since
Wanneer present perfect continuous and wanneer present perfect simple 1
She has been painting ==> Thinking of the activity, it does not matter whether it has been finished or not… She has painted ==> Hence, the important thing is that something has been finished. She has painted is a completed action. We are interested in the results of the activity (the painted bedroom), not the activity itself.
WWanneer present perfect continuous and wanneer present perfect simple 2
We use the continuous to say how long (for something that is still happening). We use the simple to say how much, how many and how many times (for completed actions)
Wanneer gebruik je for en wanneer since
For als het een vage periode is (for two hours, for six months, for three days) en since wanneer het meer specifiek is (since 8 o clock, since April, since Monday)
For mag je soms
weglaten, maar in negatieve zinnen nooit. Maar in negatieve zinnen mag je het ook vervangen door “in” . Wanneer er : all day, all my life instaat, gebruik je geen for! laat je dan weg
