Past simple vs. past continuous + modals

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Past simple and past continuous

Past Simple

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

The past simple is what in Dutch is called the verleden tijd.

 Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put -ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

 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

 Regular Verbs Spelling

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

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

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Questions 

Did + entire verb:

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations 

Didn't + entire verb:

You didn't walk to school yesterday.

You use a past simple when...

1. Something happend in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something happend in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet.

What is the past tense of: Go

1. gone
2. went
3. goed
4. goes

What is the past tense of: Tell

1. told
2. tolded
3. telled
4. tolt

What is the past tense of: Think

1. tought
2. taught
3. thought
4. thinked

What is the past tense of: See

1. saw
2. seen
3. see
4. seed

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

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

Past Continuous

When something was going on for a period of time in the past.

We were playing football yesterday

Past Continuous

Past tense of the verb 'to be' and verb + ing

I was playing

You were playing

He was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing

Boris ... English

1. was learning
2. is learning
3. has learned
4. will learn

They ... in the lake

1. are swimming
2. were swam
3. were swimming
4. have swum

Your father ... the car

1. will have been repairing
2. is repairing
3. repaired
4. was repairing

Modals

Dutch

Je moet naar de dokter gaan.

Ik moet de afwas doen.

English

You must go to the doctor.

I should do the dishes.

should-have/has to-must

Deze hulpwoorden gebruik je om te zeggen dat er iets moet gebeuren.

1. Should=advies

2. have/has to= het moet verplicht

3. must= als je zelf vindt dat het moet of als het moet maar het is niet verplicht

Modals

Een modal verandert meestal niet van vorm:

I should 

He should

She must

We must

Have/has to

Dit is de enige modal die verandert:

I have to go

You have to go

She/he/it has to go

We have to go

You have to go

They have to go

Na een modal komt het hele werkwoord!

You have to take your medication.

I should eat something.

We must go to bed early.

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