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Past Simple
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in the past simple
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Past Simple
+ Questions and negations  
in the past simple

Slide 1 - Slide

When do you use the past simple?


When something happened in the past and it's finished:

I was at home yesterday.
They were in Egypt in 2015.

Slide 2 - Slide

To be: was / were
  • I                           was
  • you                    were
  • he (John)         was
  • she (Janet)     was 
  • it                           was
  • we                        were
  • you                      were
  • they                     were

Slide 3 - Slide

Questions with      was/were
If you want to make a question with was or were, you put was/were in front of the sentence and a questionmark (?) at the end:

He was very funny.
Was he very funny?

They were in Spain last year.
Were they in Spain last year?

Slide 4 - Slide

negations with     was/were
If you want to make a negation with was or were you write NOT behind the verb. In short: 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.

Slide 5 - Slide

Make a question:
James was the best player.

Slide 6 - Open question

Make a negation:
They were happy together.

Slide 7 - Open question

Mind spelling!
Some verbs have an -e at the end, it will only be followed by -d.
- They live in Amsterdam -> They lived in Amsterdam.

Some verbs end with -y:
- klinker+y = ed:          play -> played
- medeklinker+y:        try -> tried

Slide 8 - Slide

Past Simple: regular verbs
If it's a regular verb you put -ed behind the infinitive.

Yesterday, I walked in the park.

Slide 9 - Slide

Questions in the past simple

They lived in New York.

Did they live in New York?

1. Put did in front of the sentence
2. Put the verb in the present tense
3. add a questionmark

Slide 10 - Slide

Negations in the past simple

They lived in New York.

They didn't live in New York.

1. Put didn't in front of the verb
2. Put verb in present tense

Slide 11 - Slide

Put this sentence in the past simple.
They..........each other (kiss)

Slide 12 - Open question

Make a question:
They loved each other.

Slide 13 - Open question

Make a negation:
She walked alone.

Slide 14 - Open question

Past Simple: irregular verbs
Irregular verbs change in a different way, you don't put  -ed behind the verb.

to buy    - she bought a present for him
to go      - she went to Walibi this summer
to write - he wrote a letter yesterday

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Questions with irregular verbs in the past simple

She bought a present.

Did she buy a present?

1. Put did in front of the sentence
2. Put the verb in de present tense
3. add a question mark

Slide 16 - Slide

Negation with irregular verbs in the past simple

They wrote a letter
They didn't write in New York.

1. Put didn't in front of the verb
2. Put verb in present tense

Slide 17 - Slide

Make a question:
She went home.

Slide 18 - Open question

Make a negation:
They found a dog.

Slide 19 - Open question