FOCUS 1 - 5.5: past simple: was / were / could

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• Leerjaar 1

Grammar recap unit 2

Tests/marks to expect 

Test	When	Mark
Presentation "Book"	14.05.24	x1
Test unit 3-4	26.04.24	x2
Test unit 5-6	12.06.24	x2
Irregular verbs	Test week in June	x1

Today

• Was, were
• Could 
• Vocabulary "means of transport" 
• Reading 

Do ex 3a

Ex 4,6 p.52

Synonyms for the word "journey"

Read the text together and do ex 3, 4, 5

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Grammar recap unit 2

Today

• Was, were
• Could
• We are going to stop at 13.55

Tests/marks to expect 

Test	When	Mark
Presentation "Book"	14.05.24	x1
Test unit 3-4	26.04.24	x2
Test unit 5-6	12.06.24	x2
Irregular verbs	Test week in June	x1

was / were/could

 was / were

I was

he / she / it was

We were

They were

You were (plural and singular are both "were")

When to use was/were/could?

We use it when we talk about something that happened in the past. 

Was and were are the past tenses for "to be" 

[I am, you are, he/she/it is, we/you/they are]

When to use was/were/could?

Could is the past of "can".

I can understand Maths now.

I couldn't understand it when I was younger.  

was/were negative and question

I wasn't , you weren't, he wasn't, we weren't, they weren't

Was I?  Were you? Was he? Were we? Were they?

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irregular verbs

When I write a sentence with IRREGULAR VERBS in the past simple, I use the verb form in the....

1. 1st column of irregular verbs
2. 2nd column of irregular verbs
3. 3rd column of irregular verbs

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

1. True
2. False

Irregular verbs

do - did- .......

1. did
2. didn't
3. done
4. doned

Irregular verbs

break - ……. - broken

1. breaked
2. broke
3. broked
4. brokked

Now 

p.54-55

ex 2, 1, 4

Done?

p.58-59

ex 1a, 1c, 1d (gr reference p.62)

Mike ....... alone. His sister was also at home.

1. was
2. wasn't
3. were
4. weren't

We .... at school yesterday

1. was
2. wasn't
3. were
4. weren't

I was home late, so my parents ..... very angry with me.

1. was
2. wasn't
3. were
4. weren't

I .... speak French very well, but that ...... interesting too!

1. couldn't/was
2. couldn't/were
3. couldn't/could
4. were/was

...... you play a music instrument when you........ younger?

1. was/were
2. were/could
3. couldn't/were
4. could/were

My little sister ..... nice when she was young. She used to bully me.

1. was
2. wasn't
3. were
4. weren't

I .... very hungry when I came home. Luckily there was pizza!

1. was
2. were
3. wasn't
4. weren't

When I was seven, I _____________speak English. ✔

1. could
2. couldn't

Maria _________ ride a bicycle when she was five, now she can.

1. could
2. couldn't

Complete the sentence. Choose: could or couldn't

_______ you stop doing that? It's annoying!

Complete the sentence. Choose: could or couldn't
He _________ have done this. He was with me the whole time!

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