past simple

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Past Simple

Past Simple -
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Past Simple

You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished.

The past simple is what in Dutch is called the verleden tijd

Wanneer gebruik je de past simple?

Als het in het verleden was, en het is afgelopen.

Er staan (vaak) signaalwoorden in de zin, zoals 'yesterday', 'last week', 'this morning', 'last year', 'when I was little', 'in 2001'.

Donald Trump talked about himself on the telly yesterday.
Barack Obama left the White House in January 2017.

To be: was / were

• I                           was
  
• you                    were
  
• he (John)         was
  
• she (Janet)     was 
  
• it                           was
  
• we                        were
  
• you                      were
  
• they                     were
  

Vragen met      was/were

Als je een vraag wilt maken met was of were, zet je was of were vooraan de zin en een vraagteken achteraan:

He was very funny.

Was he very funny?

They were in Spain last year.

Were they in Spain last year?

Ontkenningen met     was/were

Als je een ontkenning wilt maken met was of were zet je er NOT achter. Meestal verkort: N'T

He was a funny boy.                                   They were very happy.

He was not a funny boy.                           They were not very happy.

He wasn't a funny boy.                               They weren't very happy.

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

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 - Questions/negations

Questions -> Did + entire verb (hele werkwoord)

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations -> didn't + entire verb

You didn't sell your car yesterday.

Past Simple - Signal word

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

These words help you to see if something happened in the past

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007
• when I was 4

What is the past tense of "to be"?

1. am
2. are
3. has
4. was/were

Vul de juiste vorm in:
My friends and I ___ at the movies yesterday.

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

Vul de juiste vorm in.
Rory _____ at the playground yesterday.

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

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

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

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

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

Vul de juiste vorm in:
___ she ___ a car last week?

1. Did ... buyed
2. Did ... buy
3. Does ... buys
4. Do ... buy

Hoe maak je de past simple bij onregelmatige werkwoorden?

1. met -ed
2. met de shitrule
3. met de tweede vorm
4. met has/have + de derde vorm

What is the past tense of "to go"?

1. gone
2. going
3. go
4. went

What is the past tense of "to write"?

1. writing
2. writes
3. wrote
4. wait

Welk woord heeft NIET met Past Simple te maken?

1. Went
2. Yesterday
3. Tomorrow
4. Worked

Maak van deze zin een vraag in de verleden tijd:
I went to the doctor yesterday.

1. Did you went...
2. Did you go...
3. Went you...
4. Do you went...

Maak van deze zin een ontkenning:
I liked Justin Bieber when I was six.

1. I don't like...
2. I didn't liked...
3. I don't liked...
4. I didn't like...

Maak een vraag:
James was the best player.

Zet de volgende zinnen in de verleden tijd.

Schrijf ze op:

1. She doesn't like football.

2. Henry does his homework today.

3. Do you go to school?

4. We go on holiday.

5. John and Sara live in France.

Antwoorden:

1. She didn’t like football.

2. Henry did his homework yesterday.

3. Did you go to school?

4. We went on holiday.

5. John and Sarah lived in France

Herhaling

Zet de zinnen in de verleden tijd

1. I go to school.

2. She lives in England.

3. My school is cool.

4. Carl works at McDonald's.

Verrijking:

Zet de zinnen in de verleden tijd:

1. My sister eats a burger.

2. He doesn't drive fast.

3. My dad drives a ferrari.

4. It takes 5 minutes to finish.  

Antwoorden:

My sister ate a burger.

He didn’t drive fast.

My dad drove a ferarri.

It took 5 minutes to finish.

NOEM 3 DINGEN DIE JE DEZE LES HEBT GELEERD.

WAT SNAP JE NOG NIET GOED?