Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Past Simple

09 januari 2023

Today's program

Lesson goals - 2 minute

Past simple and signal words explained- 5 minutes

Past simple and "to be" verb + practice - 5 minutes

Past simple explained - video - 5 minutes

Form past simple + practice - 5 minutes

Spelling past simple verbs + practice  5 minutes

Positives, negatives and questions + practice - 10 minutes

Lesson goals achieved - 2 minutes

Homework - 1 minute

Lesson goals

By the end of this lesson you can....

- explain what the past simple tense is and when to use it

-recognise past simple tense signal words

- spell past simple verbs (positive) correctly

- understand what an irregular verb is and can find the full list of irregular verbs

- understand and use (written) the past simple sentences, negatives and questions and regular verbs.

1. Use of the Simple Past

Actions finished in the past

e.g. I visited Berlin last week.

2. Use of the Simple Past

Series of completed actions in the past

e.g. First I got up, then I had breakfast.

3. Use of the Simple Past

(Note - we will cover past progressive in the next lesson)

Together with the Past Progressive/Continuous

The Simple Past interrupted an action which was in progress in the past. 

e.g. They were playing cards, when the telephone rang.

1st action → Past Progressive → were playing

2nd action → Simple Past → rang

Signal Words - Simple Past

last night, week, month, year, Christmas, Easter, Autumn etc.

yesterday

a month ago

in 2010

Test your knowledge:

Change the present simple "to be" to the past simple "to be":

E.g. I am naughty. 

becomes 

I was naughty.

Change the sentence to the past simple form (write the full sentence).
He is sad.

Change the sentence to the past simple form (write the full sentence).
They are angry.

Form -  Simple Past

regular verbs → infinitive + ed

irregular verbs → 2nd column of the table of the irregular verbs (see WB pg. 94)

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Affirmative (positive) regular verbs

I cleaned my room. 

You cleaned your room.

He cleaned his room.

What are irregular verbs?

A verb which has three (3) forms and which does not follow the normal rules.  

You need to learn irregular verbs by heart (see WB pg.94).

Example:

Infinitive (Base)	Past simple	Past participle
Steal	Stole	Stolen
Write	Wrote	Written

Affirmative (positive) irregular verbs

I went home. 

You went home.

He went home.

(see the full list  (second column) of irregular verbs on pg. 94 of your workbooks )

Negative (Negation) regular & irregular verbs

- Do NOT negate a main verb in English. 

Always use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of 'to do') and the infinitive (base form) of the verb for negations.

There is no difference between regular and irregular verbs in negative sentences 

Regular verbs	Irregular verbs
I did not (or didn't) clean the room.	I did not (or didn't) break the lamp.
You did not (or didn't) clean the room.	You did not (or didn't) break the lamp.
He did not (or didn't) clean the room.	He did not (or didn't) break the lamp.

Questions

You need the auxiliary did and the infinitive (base form) of the verb.

Did I play football? 

Did you play football?

Did he play football?

Go to WB, page 18

Complete exercise 1

Use the list of irregular verbs on pg. 94

Lesson goals

By the end of this lesson you can....

- explain what the past simple tense is and when to use it

-recognise past simple tense signal words

- spell past simple verbs (positive) correctly

- understand what an irregular verb is and can find the full list of irregular verbs

- understand and use (written) the past simple sentences, negatives and questions and regular verbs.

Homework

Workbook page 19

Exercise 1  

Exercise 2 

Exercise 3

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Be, Have and Do 

• We use be, have and do to form tenses, questions and with negative forms. 
  
• When be, have and do are used in this way they are called (primary) auxiliary verbs.
• You use 'do' or 'does' plus the bare infinitive of a verb to form interrogative and negative sentences in the simple present tense. ...
• You use 'did' plus the bare infinitive of a verb to form interrogative and negative sentences in the simple past tense.

1. Be as a main verb

Pronouns	Affirmative sentences	Negative sentences	Questions
I, he, she, it	I was in Rome.	I was not (wasn't) in Rome.	Was I in Rome?
we, you, they	They were in Rome.	They were not (weren't) in Rome.	Were they in Rome?

2. Do as a main verb

We often use short or contracted forms with these verbs.

Pronouns	Affirmative sentences	Negative sentences	Questions
I, he, she, it, we, you, they	I did exercises.	I did not (didn't) do exercises.	Did I do exercises?

3. Have as a main verb

We often use short or contracted forms with these verbs.

Pronouns	Affirmative sentences	Negative sentences	Questions
I, he, she, it, we, you, they	I had a book.	I did not (didn't) have books	Did I have books?

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