Past simple TTO

Past simple
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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.


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 Regular Verbs
After a regular verb you put -ed'

I walk -> I walked
He walks -> He walked
They walk -> They walked

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
1. Y after a consonant --> ied:

  • I carry - I carried

BUT: No change with a y after a vowel:

  • I play - I played

2. Verbs ending in e --> add d:

  • I live - I lived

3. Double de consonant to maintain the short sound:

  • I drop - I dropped

Slide 4 - Slide

What is the rule
for verbs ending in y?

Slide 5 - Mind map

Examples with
double consonants

Slide 6 - Mind map

Past Simple - Irregular verbs
Some verbs in English are irregular, this means that in the past tense they don't get '-ed' at the end, but have their own form:

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

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Past Simple - Irregular verbs

There are no rules for the irregular verbs, you just have to learn them by heart

Slide 8 - Slide

Write down 3 irregular verbs
in the the past simple

Slide 9 - Mind map

Irregular verbs
Keep this list

These are the 64 most common irregular verbs in the past simple. 

You need to know them

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Past Simple - Clues

These word help you to see if something happened in the past
  • yesterday
  • last week
  • ten minutes ago
  • in 2007

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Signal words
Past Simple

Slide 12 - Mind map

Past Simple - Questions/negations
Questions 
Did + entire verb:
Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations 
Didn't + entire verb:
You didn't walk to school yesterday.

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You use a past simple when...
A
something happened in the future.
B
something happens every day.
C
something happened in the past and is finished.
D
something didn't happen yet.

Slide 14 - Quiz


What is the past simple of: Work
A
works
B
worked
C
working
D
workt

Slide 15 - Quiz


What is the past simple of: Help
A
helping
B
helped
C
helps
D
helpt

Slide 16 - Quiz


What is the past simple of: Study
A
studyd
B
studyied
C
studyed
D
studied

Slide 17 - Quiz


What is the past simple of: Go
A
gone
B
went
C
goed
D
goes

Slide 18 - Quiz


What is the past simple of: Do
A
did
B
dit
C
doed
D
dude

Slide 19 - Quiz

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

Slide 20 - Open question

My sister .......... (play - not) the guitar last year.

Slide 21 - Open question

My sister played the guitar last year.
Change to a question.

Slide 22 - Open question

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

Slide 23 - Open question

They ....... (go - not) home after school yesterday.

Slide 24 - Open question

They went home after school yesterday. - Change to a question.

Slide 25 - Open question

My backpack is black with orange.
Last year my backpack ... yellow.

Slide 26 - Open question

I have an orange bike.
When I was small I ... a red bike.

Slide 27 - Open question

I am an English teacher.
Five years ago I ... a Spanish teacher.

Slide 28 - Open question

We are almost finished.
Change to a question.

Slide 29 - Open question

We are finished.
Change into a negative sentence.

Slide 30 - Open question

Just kidding
We are finished!

Slide 31 - Slide