Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

The Past

By the end of this class you will know how to recognise the past simple in a sentence and you can name its infinitive form (stam van het werkwoord).

By the end of this class you will know how to form a short sentence in the past simple.

Let's read!

My Morning

Yesterday my alarm clock went off at six o’clock. I snoozed for ten minutes and then I took a shower and I got dressed. My mom was in the kitchen when I came downstairs at a quarter to seven. She and my dad were already drinking coffee when I ate my breakfast.  

My dad said that I had to take the dog outside for a walk. It was a quarter past seven when I walked in the park and I saw my neighbour walking her dog as well. I didn’t want to talk to her so I ran home. At eight o’clock I grabbed my bag and I rode my bike to school.

In which tense is this text written and how can you tell?
What happens to the verbs?

Let's look at the text again, sentence by sentence.

Yesterday, my alarm clock went off at six o’clock.

Which verb is in the past tense?

Yesterday my alarm clock went off at six o’clock.

What is the infinitive of the verb 'went'?

I snoozed for ten minutes and then I took a shower and I got dressed.

Which verbs are in the past tense?

I snoozed for ten minutes and then I took a shower and I got dressed.

What's the infinitive for: snoozed, took and got?

She and my dad were already drinking coffee when I ate my breakfast.

Which verbs are in the past tense?

She and my dad were already drinking coffee when I ate my breakfast.

What's the infinitive for: were and ate

I didn’t want to talk to her so I ran home.

Which verbs are in the past tense?

I didn’t want to talk to her so I ran home.

What's the infinitive for: did and ran

Now it's up to you!

Write down two things you did yesterday per hour. Try to make your sentences at least 5 words long and try different verbs.

(You can use your Student book page 142)