Past simple (alleen regular verbs)

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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 - Signal word

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

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

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007

You use a past simple when...

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

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
France ....... the Netherlands in football last week. (defeat)

1. defeat
2. defeated
3. defeats
4. defeateds

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
Nancy ....... with her friends yesterday.

1. has played
2. played
3. plaied
4. did played

Past simple:
I _____ (study) very hard yesterday.

1. study
2. studyed
3. studies
4. studied

Past simple:
You _____ (clean)

1. clean
2. cleans
3. cleaned

Past simple:
He _____ (stop)

1. stop
2. stops
3. stoped
4. stopped

past simple:
You ...... very hard.

1. try
2. tries
3. tried
4. tryed

Wat is een signaalwoord van de verleden tijd?

1. tomorrow
2. last year
3. in two weeks
4. next year

What is the past tense of: Work

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

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

Past simple