Grammar music - past simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2,3

Past simple

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

After a regular verb you put -ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

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:

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations 

Didn't + entire verb:

You didn't walk to school yesterday.

past simple: ezelsbruggetje

Waldy

When, Ago, Last ... , Days/Dates, Yesterday/Year

You use a past simple when...

1. Something happend in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something happend in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet.

My sister .......... (play) the guitar last year.

They ....... (go) home after school yesterday.

'Cause I 1... you 2... trouble when
you 3... in.

1. 1= knew. 2= were 3= talked
2. 1= knew. 2= wear 3= walked
3. 1 = knew. 2= were 3 = walked
4. 1 = new 2 = were 3 = walked

Last Friday night, yeah we 1... on table tops, and we 2... too many shots,
I think we 3... but I 4...,

1. 1= stood 2= drank 3=kissed 4= forgot
2. 1= danced 2= took 3= kissed 4= did not
3. 1 = stood 2= had 3= kissed 4= forgot
4. 1= danced 2=took 3= kissed 4= forgot

You 1... my heart , we 2...
a summer fling.
And I 3 ... my heart it 4 ... just a
summer thing.

1. 1=stole 2= had 3= told 4= was
2. 1= hold 2= had 3= told 4= was
3. 1= stole 2= had 3= cold 4= was
4. 1= stolen 2= had 3= told 4= was

We ... a Polaroid
You ... your name upon it
I ... it in my wallet

They (to be) home last night

The dog (to bite) the man yesterday.

She (to buy) an umbrella yesterday.

Finished!

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