Past simple: be and can

Past simple
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Past simple

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Past simple (verleden tijd)
  • Be (was/were) 
  • Can (could)

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the past simple of be is was or were
I am ill.
I was ill.

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the past simple of can is could.
I can read.
I could read. 

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Where (be) you last week?
A
went
B
go
C
was
D
were

Slide 5 - Quiz

She (can) use the computer when she was younger.
A
canned
B
can
C
can't
D
could

Slide 6 - Quiz

When I was a baby, I ... ride a bike.
A
can
B
can't
C
could
D
couldn't

Slide 7 - Quiz

You ... home last night. Where ...you?
A
wasn't, was
B
weren't , were
C
were, wasn't
D
was, weren't

Slide 8 - Quiz

Is this sentence correct?
"Were where your family during Christmas?
A
goed
B
fout

Slide 9 - Quiz

Is this sentence correct?
"She couldn't to walk when she was a baby"
A
goed
B
fout

Slide 10 - Quiz

Is this sentence correct?
"We couldn't voted in the last election because we were too young"
A
goed
B
fout

Slide 11 - Quiz

verleden tijd van  'to be '
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