Lesson 2 Past simple - regular verbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Past Simple

Past simple!

Today:

- Goals

- Past simple explanation

- Practice

- Write a short story (10 min)

- Goals achieved?

Today's Goals...

• I can use the past simple in a sentence
• I can write a short story using the past simple and was/were

What is the past simple?

Past Simple

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

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I/you/we/they walked

She/He/It walked

Past Simple - Regular verbs
Other Spelling Rules

We add -ed to verbs ending in vowel + -y

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

werkwoord eindigt op een medeklinker + -y, dan verandert de -y in -ied:

• carry - I carried

de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat:

• drop - I dropped

Past Simple - Signal words: (WALDY)

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

These words help you to see if something happened in the past

• W:  when
• A:   ago
• L:   last
• D:  days and dates
• Y:   years 

Past Simple - Signal words: (WALDY)

• W: when                        When I was 24, I lived in Canada.
• A: Ago                             I went to Greece two years ago.
• L: last                              Last week I ate pizza for dinner.
• D: days and dates     I called the dentist on Monday.
• Y: years                           In 2016 I worked in London. 

went and ate: are these regular verbs?

- No. Because they don't have an -ed, -ied ending.

Past Simple - Questions/negative

Questions:     Did + base verb

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negative:      didn't + base verb

You didn't walk to school yesterday.

What are some signal words for past simple?

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

My teacher ....... (try) to teach us the past simple.

They ....... (plan) to meet at school yesterday.

-ed

-d

-ied

-ned

live

start

work

try

use

listen

paint

watch

study

help

plan

Make this into a question:
She walked to school yesterday.

Make this into a question:
They watched lots of TV last night.

Activity:

Write a short story in the past

IN PAIRS, Write a story describing each picture and use:

• was/were
• past simple (verbs)
• feeling words
• min. 16 sentences 

You use a past simple when...

1. Something happend in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something happend in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet.

Today's Goals...

• I can use the past simple in a sentence
• I can write a short story using the past simple and was/were

How well do you understand the past simple?

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Week Task:

Workbook Unit 5  p. 46, 47

(Online workbook Unit 5: grammar, get it right, vocabulary)

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