Week 37: Past tense + countries & cultures

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome! 

Please come in and have a seat 

Planners	5 min
Check your homework	15 min
Past simple	15 min
Work for yourself	10 min

The lesson of today 

Week 37	11/9 - 15/9	Past simple
Week 38	18/9 - 22/9	Skill practice + newswise
Week 39	25/9 - 29/9	Making a news episode
Week 40	2/10 - 6/10	Newswise + selfwork hour
Week 41	9/10 - 13/10	Reading practice
Week 42	16/10 - 20/10	Autumn break
Week 43	23/10 - 27/10	Lots of reading practice
Week 44	30/10 - 3/11	Testweek -> reading

In which picture do you see clear weather?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Make a sentence with the word: homesick

What does a charger do?

Make a sentence with the word:
destination

Let's check your work! 

How well did you do your homework?

-610

Past simple 

They went to the swimming pool a lot last summer.

The teacher checked the letters before the holiday.

He gave her a necklace for christmas 5 years ago. 

Remember the present simple?

Present simple: facts, habits and things we do regularly

What if your tennis lesson was last week? 

Past simple 

A situation which started and ended in the past 

Signal words: Last month/year, in the year (somewhere in the past), yesterday ect

How

Regular verb	Add -ed to the infinitive
Irregular verb	Study the verb list
Verb ends in E	Add -d to the infinitive
Verb ends in y (except for 'play')	Remove y and add -ied
Verb ends in C	Add -ked

What is an irregular verb? 

Be, bite, begin,  buy, choose, feel, fly, grow, keep, read, see, set, sleep, swim, throw, weep

Using the new information, make a short past tense about your last holiday.

1. Stampen

2. Weten 

3. Niet vergeten 

Past simple 

Step 1: Regular or irregular verb? 

Step 2: What does my verb end it? 

Step 3: Could it be a regular verb? 

To help you out 

Uitleg 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kLgfLiChPc

Uitleg 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_15Ij_omWc

Uitleg 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI3S3kdkofo

Practice 1

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_mix.htm

Practice 2

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/past-simple

Practice 3

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/past-simple.htm

Game

https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/past-tense-game/

Welcome! 

Please come in and have a seat 

Recap	5 min
Past simple: irregular verbs	10 min
Speaking practice	20 min
Work for yourself	10 min

The lesson of today 

Past simple

Present: I walk to school every day.

Past: Yesterday I _____ (to walk) to school.

What changed?

Past simple

Present: I walk to school every day.

Past: Yesterday I walked (to walk) to school.

What changed?

What does 'regular' mean?

1. Stampen

2. Weten 

3. Niet vergeten 

Speaking

What superpower would you rather have and why? 

Telepathy (reading other people's minds) or telekinesis (moving objects with your mind).

Discuss in your group!

Speaking

Would you rather find true love or win the lotery and why?
Discuss in your group!

What irregular verbs should you use here?
It's all past tense 

1. Yesterday she _____ (to swim) at the swimming pool.

2. Last week your dog _____ (to bite) my arm.

3. Exactly a month ago, a trend _____ (to begin) on TikTok.

What irregular verbs should you use here?
It's all past tense 

1. Yesterday she swam (to swim) at the swimming pool.

2. Last week your dog bit (to bite) my arm.

3. Exactly a month ago, a trend began (to begin) on TikTok.

Welcome! 

Please come in and have a seat 

Introduction USA	10 min
Video sightseeing	3
Plan a trip through the USA!	32 min

The lesson of today 

How long would it take me to fly there?

1. Around 2 hours
2. Around 4 hours
3. Around 6 hours
4. Around 8 hours

USA

Make a travel plan in groups of 4

You are going to The USA for 7 days! 

What will you do on those days and what would that cost? 

(Flights excluded) 

Voorbeeld:

Day 1: visit The Grand Canyon

Transport: $10

Guide: $75

Eat at the local restaurant: $50

Day 2: visit Manhattan

Transport: $100

Top of the rock: $20

Hotel: $300

Restaurant: $75

Homework for next week 

Work: E

Study: A + C