5ASO > TENSES – Explanation of assignments and planning

DEADLINES = Tue. 15 Nov. & Tue. 22 Nov.

Important remarks :

Make sure everything is already thoroughly read well before the deadlines. I will always give you
the opportunity to ask questions about these assignments in class. Write down the questions you
have for me. If no questions are asked, I assume everything is understood and everyone knows
exactly what I expect them to do/know/be able to do.

The numbering of the PDF-document ‘Grammar guide’ does not correspond with the numbering of
the actual grammar guide. The page numbers I refer to are the ones from the original document.

You can find all the documents you need to work on these assignments in the folder ‘TENSES’.

STUDY TIPS

Planning:
I am well aware that you have to process a lot of information independently (cf. self-reliance).
An effective and feasible workload planning will be crucial! Working on these assignments a little
bit each day, will be a lot more effective than ‘cramming’. Avoid cram sessions!

‘Cramming’ is essentially trying to stuff a load of information into your short-term memory in
time for an upcoming test or exam. This has been proven to increase stress levels, and can lead
to panic and anxiety, making it a lot harder to take in information.

Resources:
In the document ‘YouTube tutorials’, you can find a list of YouTube grammar tutorials on tenses. If
you struggle with a particular tense, or you just find it easier to study the information by watching
tutorials, click on the links. Combining different study methods may be your key to success.

DEADLINE > Tue. 15 Nov.

The tense system – Introduction

Thoroughly read the document ‘The tense system – Introduction’.

In this document you will find very useful information to work on your other assignments.

Understanding the information in this document will enable you to learn more information faster.

So no ‘shortcuts’! Start with this document and then complete all assignments in the order in which
they are listed in this document.

Formation of tenses / Identifying tenses

Before you start studying the USE of the different tenses, you should be able to FORM (cf. formation
chart) and IDENTIFY them.
FORMATION:

You should be able to complete these tense charts ( > use online resources, Grammar guide, and/or
document ‘The tense system – Introduction’).

Use the verbs ‘to work’ and ‘to make’ as examples, but you should be able to complete tense charts
for other verbs as well.

ACTIVE > verb = to work

Simple Continuous
Present he works we are working
Past she worked I was working
Future they will work you will be working
Present Perfect we have worked She has been working
Past Perfect I had worked you had been working
Future Perfect they will have worked he will have been working

PASSIVE > verb = to make

Simple Continuous
Present it is made they were being made
Past they were made it was being made
Future it will be made /
Present Perfect they have been made /
Past Perfect it had been made /
Future Perfect they will have been made /

Now STUDY the formation of these tenses:

- Present simple (active & passive voice)

- Present continuous (active & passive voice)
- Past simple (active & passive voice)
- Past continuous (active & passive voice)
- Future simple (active & passive voice)
- Future continuous (active voice)
- Present perfect simple (active & passive voice)
- Present perfect continuous (active voice)
- Past perfect simple (active & passive voice)
- Past perfect continuous (active voice)
- Future perfect simple (active & passive voice)
- Future perfect continuous (active voice)

IDENTIFYING:

You find examples in the document ‘The tense system – Introduction’ (p. 9).
Irregular verbs

- pp. 35/36 (cf. PDF-document ‘Grammar guide’) > List of irregular verbs

o First bilingual dictionary work (i.e. look up the meaning of unknown verbs).
o STUDY the chief tenses (i.e. infinitive / simple past / past participle) of these irregular
verbs.

NOTE > Irregular verbs which were seen during the lessons so far, I expect you to know as well!

DEADLINE > Tue. 22 Nov.

GRAMMAR GUIDE

These are the pages I expect you to STUDY:

- P. 17 > Past perfect simple

- p. 18 > Past perfect continuous
- pp. 19/20 > Past simple
- p. 21 > Used to
- p. 22 > Past continuous
- p. 23 > Present perfect simple
- p. 24 > Present perfect continuous
- pp. 25/26 > Present simple
- pp. 27/28 > Present continuous
- p. 29 > Future simple
- p. 30 > Present continuous with future meaning
- p. 31 > Present simple with future meaning
- p. 32 > Going to future
- p. 33 > Future continuous
- p. 34 > Future perfect simple
- p. 37 > Imperative
- p. 38 > Passive
- p. 39 > Gerund

o First do your bilingual dictionary work (i.e. look up the translations of unknown
words) so you fully understand grammar rules and examples.
o STUDY the grammar rules!