Past Simple Regular verbs

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Past Simple

Do you know what it is?

What is the
past simple?

Past Simple

With most verbs, the past tense is formed by adding –ed:

called liked wanted worked

But there are a lot of irregular past tense forms in English.

examples

zitten - sit - sat - I sat on the beach

brengen - bring - brought - He brought me my phone

zijn - be - were - We were in Spain two years ago.

kopen - buy - bought - Kim bought a new bag last weekend

Last year, Mary (to ask) Tom to marry her.

1. is asking
2. asked
3. ask
4. asks

On their wedding they (to dance) all night.

1. dancing
2. dances
3. are dancing
4. danced

When my sister saw the spider she (to scream).

1. screams
2. screamde
3. screamed
4. is screaming

That boy ... (to be) my best friend in primary school.

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

My other friends at primary school
... (to be) Jack and Jill.

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

Let's practice

• Turn to page 91
• Exercise 55

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