The Past Simple Q&N Regular Verbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

What does a past simple look like?

Past simple rules

Usually add -ed

wanted, started, worked, asked

Past simple rules

If the verb/werkwoord ends in -e, add d

use = used

decide = decided

live = lived

Past simple rules

We double letters (just like with Present Continuous)

plan = planned

stop = stopped

travel = travelled

Past simple rules

y

vowel/klinker + y 

stay = stayed

consonant/medeklinker + y

try = tried

-ed

-d

-ied

double letter -ed

-yed

started

wanted

hoped

tried

decided

used

asked

planned

stopped

stayed

fried

carried

travelled

played

enjoyed

Complete the sentences with the past simple.

When my grandad was young, he played with LEGO all the time (play).

Example:

We ________ (start) to paint our house last month , and we ________ (finish) yesterday.

She ______ (decide) to change her bedroom , so she _____ (paint) the walls pink .

We ________ (try) to find another house last year because we ________ (want) to move.

I _______ (visit) my aunt because she _____ (want) to show me her flat.

My parents _______ (study) lots of ideas for a new kitchen before they ______ (order) it.

On my last holiday, I _____ (stay) with my grandparents and ____ (help) them tidy up the garden.

Last weekend Jack _____ (plan) to organise his room but he _______ (watch) TV instead.

tapped

tried

cried

had

did

rubbed

stopped

to tap

to try

to cry

to have

to do

to rub

to stop

What is the past simple of
"to hurry"?

1. hurryed
2. hurryd
3. hurried
4. hurrying

What is the past simple of
"to brush"?

Vertaal:
Ik heb gisteren geen
voetbal gespeeld.

Put in the past simple.
"My parents cook
every weekend".

Write in the past simple
they / to follow / the police officer

Write in the past simple.
(?) to travel / your friend / last year / to Ireland.

Make a question.
She loved my friend Sean.

Make negative:
I carried the box upstairs
this morning.