Past Simple

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

How we talk about the past?

So, what did you do last weekend?

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk ->          I walked

He walks ->   He walked

They walk -> They walked

Past Simple - 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

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

The past simple

The form for the past simple is the same for all persons

I   arrived yesterday

She/he/it  arrived yesterday

You arrived yesterday

We arrived yesterday

They arrived yesterday

Negative

The negative of the Past Simple is formed with didn't

I didn't arrive yesterday

She/he/it didn't arrive yesterday

You didn't arrive yesterday

We didn't arrive yesterday

They didn't arrive yesterday

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Irregular verbs in the past tense  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

Exercise

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• Do ex. 5,6,8 - Past Simple

• Do ex. 19/ page 46-47 ( 20/20 Business English)