Past simple (regular) A1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome!

Lesson goal

I can write about events that happened in the past.

Bring

Whiteboard, markers and cloth

Grammar hand out

Warm-up

What did you do over the weekend?

Discuss with your neighbour.

-> report back, note verbs

-> report back and note verbs on the board

When to use the past simple

Event is in the past and finished.

Some words/phrases that introduce the past:

• yesterday
• last night
• in 1994
• a while ago
• last year

How to form the past simple

basic form: add -ed to the infinitive 

to watch - watched

to clean - cleaned

to laugh - laughed

Spelling rules

Verbs ending with a vowel  + y

to play - played

to enjoy - enjoyed

Verbs ending woth a consonant + y: 

+y -> +ied

to hurry - hurried

to study - studied

vowel = a,e,o,i,u

Spelling rules

Verbs ending with a short vowel (a,e,o,u,i) and a consonant:

double the consonant and add +ed

to rip - ripped

to drop - dropped

Irregular verbs

Learn these off by heart:

to go - went

to be - was/were

to do - did

to come - came

to have - had

What is the past simple of: to work

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

What is the past simple of: to help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. help'd

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

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

What is the past simple of: to go

1. gone
2. went
3. goed
4. goes

Task

Complete the worksheet

Review

Write 3 sentences about what you did last weekend. Use the past simple in each sentence. Each verb must be different.

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