6.5 Past Simple: - ? sentences

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome B1K

Please take your seat

Put your phone and earbuds in 

your bag

Grab your book and laptop

Start reading in silence

Class rules

Use English as much as possible --> Mistakes, no problem

Don't laugh at each other :)

Laptops are half-closed when not in use - NO gaming!

Listen to the teacher & your classmates

No homework but you do have to study at home

Respect!

Today you will ...

... read your book for ten minutes

... learn how to ask questions and use not in the past

6.5 Grammar

Goal: you can create questions and negatives in the Past Simple.

Talk about these questions:

1: What is the Past Simple?

2: Which word is important for a negative sentence?

3: How do you start a question in the Past Simple?

6.5 Past simple

Questions in the past: did + subject + verb

Did you work very hard last week?

Did your parents give you money for the school trip?

Did Ms. Wildeman sing in a choir when she was little?

Did Sam go home early?

• Remember we don't like double past! --> Did you saw a movie?

6.5 Past simple

WH-questions in the past: WH + did + subject + verb

Where did you live last year?

Why did you move to the United States five years ago?

What did you do yesterday?

• Remember we don't like double past! --> What did you swam a lot?

Try to make a question using the past simple + go.

Try to make a question using the past simple + where + begin.

6.5 Past Simple

Negatives in the past simple: did + not + infinitive (hele ww)

I didn't play soccer last year. 

Mikayla didn't hug her girlfriend yesterday. 

My parents didn't name me after that actress. 

• Remember we don't like double past! --> I didn't gamed last night.

Fill in the gap: Nate ... (bezoeken, niet) his friends yesterday.

Fill in the gap: Sophie ... (luisteren, niet) to music last night.

Fill in the gap: He ... (spelen, niet) basketball over the weekend.

Fill in the gap:
I ... (winnen, niet) the lottery last year.

6.5: Press conference 

Ms. Wildeman did something terrible. 

You have to prepare to be journalists. 

Prepare at least one question to ask the 'minister'. 

Use the PAST SIMPLE.

Goal of the game: the class has to figure out what they did. 

The person who guessed it can be minister next.

RULE: raise your hand, speak one at a time and use the Past Simple.

Secret situations

1. Lost the tests she was supposed grade. 

2. Accidentely stole money from a homeless person.

3. Stole candy from Kruidvat. 

4. Ran a red light. 

5. Bumped into someone with a trolley in the supermarket.

I can create questions using the past simple.

1. Yes, I can.
2. No, I can't.
3. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't.

I can make negative statements using the Past Simple.

1. Yes, I can.
2. No, I can't.
3. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't.

Do you ...

... know how to ask questions in the past simple?

... know how to write normal and negative sentences in the past?

TO DO: do + record your interview

Come to a (delta)flex if you need past simple help or practice in MEL.