Past simple

Past Simple
The past simple is what in Dutch is called the verleden tijd
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Past Simple
The past simple is what in Dutch is called the verleden tijd

Slide 1 - Diapositive

When do you use the past simple?

Slide 2 - Question ouverte

Past Simple
You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished


Slide 3 - Diapositive

He ....... (to walk) to school yesterday.

Slide 4 - Question ouverte

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

Slide 5 - Question ouverte

My dog ..... (to bark) at the mailman this morning.
A
Barking
B
Barkd
C
Barked
D
Barking

Slide 6 - Quiz

Past Simple - Regular Verbs
After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked
He walks -> He walked
They walk -> They walked

Slide 7 - Diapositive

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:

  • Als een werkwoord eindigt op een medeklinker + -y, dan verandert de -y in -ie:
  • I carry - I carried
  • Let op, er verandert niets als het werkwoord eindigt op klinker + -y:
  • I play - I played

  • Als een werkwoord eindigt op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d achter:
  • I live - I lived

  • In de past simple wordt de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat:
  • I drop - I dropped

Slide 8 - Diapositive

Past Simple - Signal word
In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

These word help you to see if something happened in the past
  • yesterday
  • last week
  • ten minutes ago
  • in 2007

Slide 9 - Diapositive

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

Slide 10 - Diapositive

Past Simple - Irregular verbs
There are no rules for the irregular verbs, you just have to learn them by heart

Slide 11 - Diapositive

Past Simple - Questions/negations
  • You walk to school. 
  • Questions -> Did + entire verb
  • Did you walk to school yesterday?

  • Negations (ontkenningen) -> didn't + entire verb
  • You didn't walk to school yesterday.

Slide 12 - Diapositive

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

Slide 13 - Question ouverte

What is the past tense of: Help
A
helping
B
helped
C
helps
D
help'd

Slide 14 - Quiz

What is the past tense of: study
A
studyd
B
studyied
C
studyed
D
studied

Slide 15 - Quiz

What is the past tense of: buy
A
buyed
B
bought
C
boughd
D
bught

Slide 16 - Quiz

What is the past tense of: walk
A
walkt
B
wolked
C
wolk
D
walked

Slide 17 - Quiz

fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.
A
eat
B
drink
C
drank
D
ate

Slide 18 - Quiz

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.
A
go
B
went
C
been
D
walked

Slide 19 - Quiz

Fill in: I ..... very happy yesterday.
A
am
B
is
C
was
D
were

Slide 20 - Quiz

You use a past simple when...
A
Something happend in the future
B
something happens every day
C
something happend in the past and is finished
D
something didn't happen yet.

Slide 21 - Quiz

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Slide 22 - Sondage