Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Past Simple

When do we use it? 

Regular vs irregular verbs?

How are questions and negative sentences formed?

Lesson goals

By the end of this lesson you can....

- explain what the past simple tense is and when to use it

-recognise past simple tense signal words

- spell past simple verbs (positive) correctly

- understand what an irregular verb is and can find the full list of irregular verbs

- understand and use (written) the past simple sentences, negatives and questions and regular verbs.

Past Simple

You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished.
You add -ed or use 2^nd column of irregular verbs

Regular verbs in the Past Simple end with...

1. -ed
2. -ing
3. -s
4. -es

Fill in the correct forms. Use the past simple for regular verbs.
[walk]
Last year I ... to school every day.

1. walked
2. walk
3. walks
4. eigen vorm

Fill in the correct forms. Use the past simple for regular verbs.
[happen]
The accident... on the Grindleford road.

1. happen
2. happens
3. happened
4. eigen vorm

The past simple form is created by:

1. Adding -ed to the base of a verb
2. There is no rule to form past simple
3. Only regular verbs get -ed added to the base

I can write regular verbs (regelmatige werkwoorden) in the Past Simple (verleden tijd)

1. 0 - 25%
2. 25 - 50%
3. 50 - 75%
4. 75 - 100%

Past simple

Negations and questions 

Past simple - questions & negations

WH- Questions in the Past Simple

Wh questions in past simple.

Past Simple Questions Practice

click HERE

Hoe maak je een zin negatief in de "past simple"?

Schrijf een negatieve zin in het Engels met 1 van deze werkwoorden:
to go, to listen, to drive, to sing, to run

Maak deze negatieve zin positief:
I didn't drive to the supermarket yesterday.