Past simple

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Past simple

Past Simple

You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished.

The past simple is what in Dutch is called the verleden tijd.

 Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put -ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

 Regular Verbs Spelling

Als een werkwoord eindigt op een medeklinker + -y, dan verandert de -y in -ie: I carry - I carried

Let op, er verandert niets als het werkwoord eindigt op klinker + -y:

I play - I played

 Regular Verbs Spelling

Als een werkwoord eindigt op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d achter: I live - I lived

In de past simple wordt de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat: I drop - I dropped

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Sommige werkwoorden zijn 'onregelmatig'. Ze hebben hun eigen vormen.

Deze kun je vinden op p. 209/210/211 in je boek. Pak deze erbij!!

To write -> wrote; I wrote her a letter last week

to go -> went; He went to Italy last year

to make -> made: They made a very nice meal two days ago

What is the past tense of: Go

1. gone
2. went
3. goed
4. goes

What is the past tense of: Tell

1. told
2. tolded
3. telled
4. tolt

What is the past tense of: Think

1. tought
2. taught
3. thought
4. thinked

What is the past tense of: See

1. saw
2. seen
3. see
4. seed

My sister .......... (play) the guitar last year.

They ....... (go) home after school yesterday.

What is the past tense of: Work

1. works
2. worked
3. working
4. worked

What is the past tense of: Help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. help'd

What is the past tense of: Study

1. studyd
2. studyied
3. studyed
4. studied

What is the past tense of: buy

1. buyed
2. bought
3. boughd
4. bught

Fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

1. eat
2. drink
3. drank
4. ate

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

1. go
2. went
3. been
4. walked

Done?

Finish opdr. 32, p. 49/50

+ worksheet Past Simple