Grammar Crash Course

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, t, havo
• Leerjaar 1

Grammar

Past Simple

Grammar overview

• Talking about the past was/were
• Past simple 
• past simple onregelmatige werkwoorden
• Putting place and time in the correct order

What do you find most difficult?

Talking about the past was/were

Past simple

Past simple onregelmatige werkwoorden

Putting place and time in the correct order

Talking about the past was/were

Er zijn twee vormen voor to be (zijn) in de verleden tijd:

• Was 
• Were 

Was 

• I was worrying about him.
• He was crying.
• She was my best friend.
• It was a sunny day.

Were

• You were right about her.
• We were in London in September.
• They were talking about me.

Ontkenning kort opschrijven

• was not         wasn't
• were not         weren't

Goed onthouden!

I He She It	Was	I He She It	Was not (wasn't)	Was	I? He? She? It?	Wasn't	I? He? She? It?
We You They	Were	We You They	Were not (weren't)	Were	We? You? They?	Weren't?	We? You? They?

Luckily, there _______ enough food at the party.

1. was
2. were

_______ you happy to see her again?

1. wasn't
2. weren't

Most students _____ late.

1. was
2. were

I ______ really interested in football.

1. wasn't
2. weren't

Any questions?

Past simple

• Als je over iets vertelt dat in het verleden is gebeurd, dan gebruik je de past simple.
•  Bij regelmatige werkwoorden eindigt de past simple op –(e)d:

• arrest arrested | The police arrested Jack Ruby this morning.
• live lived | Lee Harvey Oswald lived in Russia.

My cat ________ a mouse and gave it to me as a present.

1. kill
2. killed

We always (climb) trees when we were children.

Past simple

• Bij regelmatige werkwoorden eindigt de past simple op –(e)d.
• Let op de verandering van de spelling van woorden die op –y eindigen:

• marry married | JFK married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in 1953.
• try tried   | He tried to shoot a police officer

He (carry) their bags.

1. carryd
2. carried

She (bully) her!

Past simple

• Je gebruikt did als je vragen stelt over het verleden. Na did gebruik je het hele werkwoord. 

• Did the FBI interview Juan Romero?
• Where did you see him?

Did you ______ her?

1. like
2. liked

Did your dad (pick) you up?

Any questions?

Past simple onregelmatige werkwoorden

• De onregelmatige werkwoorden hebben een afwijkende vorm in de past simple en moet je uit je hoofd leren 
• Onregelmatige werkwoorden veranderen helemaal

Past simple onregelmatige werkwoorden

• find found
• have had
• hear heard
• say said
• see saw
• shoot shot
• tell told
• think thought 

I (see) him yesterday

1. seed
2. saw

I (think) about it.

Any questions?

Putting place and time in the correct order

• Als je ‘plaats’ (waar) en ‘tijd’ (wanneer) aan het einde van een zin zet, dan komt eerst ‘plaats’ en dan ‘tijd’.

• Lee Harvey Oswald was at the Texas School Book Depository on November 22, 1963. 

• Oswald was born in New Orleans on October 18, 1939.

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Any questions?

Extra practice!

In deze LessonUp, maar natuurlijk ook in de Wired Grammar App

I want to learn Spanish _______

1. this summer in Spain
2. in Spain this summer

I _______ up my bike at the store yesterday

1. pick
2. picked

When we _______ in Norway it _______ almost every day.

1. was, rained
2. was, rain
3. were, rain
4. were, rained

I was ill and ________

1. all day in bed
2. in bed all day

I have no idea what happened after we _______ the building

1. leave
2. leaved
3. left

I ________ all the answers on the test.

1. know
2. knowed
3. knew

Where were ______ last night?

1. your brother
2. you
3. Jennifer

Is deze zin juist of onjuist? Leg uit waarom:

Where were Trevor last night?