Past simple regular and irregular

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Past simple

past simple + irregular verbs

Past Simple

The past simple is what we call the "verleden tijd" in Dutch

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'

Examples:

I walk        ->  I walked

he walks ->   he walked

they walk -> they walked

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Some spelling rules:

1. Eindigt het werkwoord op een medeklinker + -y,

dan verandert de -y in -ie: I carry - I carried

Maar let op, er verandert niets als het werkwoord eindigt op klinker + -y: I play - I played

 

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling rules:
2. Eindigt het ww op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d
achter: I live = I lived                       I 

3. In de past simple wordt de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat: I drop = I dropped

- I pass the ball to my friend = I passed the ball to my friend

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

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

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

Past Simple - Signal words

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

Let's practise

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

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

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

What is the past tense of: buy

1. buyed
2. bought
3. boughd
4. bught

What is the past tense of: walk

1. walkt
2. wolked
3. wolk
4. walked

fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

1. eat
2. drink
3. drank
4. ate

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

1. go
2. went
3. been
4. walked

Fill in: I ..... very happy yesterday.

1. am
2. is
3. was
4. were

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.

Give an example of a verb in the past tense

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