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Grammar

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  • Worked
  • Moved
  • Lived
  • Went
  • Saw
  • Flew


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Goal
  • At the end of the class, you know when to use the past simple.

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Past simple
When do you use it?
  • To talk about something that started and finished in the past.
Words that indicate time
  • Yesterday, last weekend, last year/month, when I was young, in 1989, three days ago, etc.

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Past simple 
  Verb + -ed
or Irregular verb

Ex. Last year, I travelled to Japan. 
       I washed my car last week.
       I saw a movie yesterday.
      

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Past Simple bevestigend


Past Simple bevestigend
Past Simple positives
Regular verbs 
infinitive + ed
I (to work) --->                   
She (to play) --->                       

Irregular verbs 
They (to go) --->                       
We (to swim) --->                         
  • I worked
  •  She played
  • They went
  • We swam

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Past Simple bevestigend


Past Simple bevestigend
Past Simple negations
Subject + did not (didn't) + infinitive

I played --->                        

They worked --->                                  

She swam --->                             

We went --->                           
  • I didn't play
  • They didn't work
  • She didn't swim
  • We didn't go

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Past Simple bevestigend


Past Simple bevestigend
Past Simple questions
Did + subject + infinitive

I played --->                    

They worked --->                              

She swam --->                         

We went --->                      
  • Did I play?
  • Did they work?
  • Did she swim?
  • Did we go?

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Difference with to be
Dutch
Ik was
jij was
zij/hij/het was
wij waren
jullie waren

English
I was
You were
she/he/it was
we were
they were

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Past Simple of to be
Positive sentences
I / he / she / it = was  --->                                                              
you / we / they = were --->                                                                  


  • I was at a party yesterday.
  • They were at the party too.

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Past Simple of to be
Negations
Subject+ was/were + not (wasn't/weren't)
 
I / he / she / it = wasn't -->                                                                         
you / we / they = weren't -->                                                                                   
  • She wasn't at the party.
  • You weren't at the party either.

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Past Simple of to be
Questions
Was/were+ subject
 
Was I / he / she / it? --->                                             
Were you / we / they? --->                                                 
  • Was he at the party?
  • Were they at the party?

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Exercise 
Finish the sentence using the past simple of the verb

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The children...(not / to run) away from the scary clown.

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The dogs...(to bark) at the cats yesterday.

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(The dogs / to bark)...at the cats yesterday?

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When do you use the Past Simple?

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