FOCUS 1 - 6.5: past simple: negations and questions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Past Simple

Past simple

Negations and questions 

Goals 

You can use verbs in the past

You can make questions in the past

You can make negations in the past 

tapped

tried

cried

had

did

rubbed

stopped

to tap

to try

to cry

to have

to do

to rub

to stop

PAST SIMPLE

• REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS
• YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT, WHEN I WAS 6, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WHEN ..., ETC

1. affirmative / bevestigend 

2. questions / vragend

3. negations / ontkennend

AFFIRMATIVE :

(regular verbs)

I WALKED

YOU WALKED

HE WALKED

SHE WALKED

IT WALKED

WE WALKED

THEY WALKED

VERB to BE:

I WAS

YOU WERE

HE WAS

SHE WAS

IT WAS

WE WERE

THEY WERE

QUESTIONS:

DID I GO?

DID YOU GO?

DID HE GO?

DID SHE GO?

DID IT GO?

DID WE GO?

DID THEY GO?

NEGATIONS:

I DIDN'T BUY

YOU DIDN'T BUY

HE DIDN'T BUY

SHE DIDN'T BUY

IT DIDN'T BUY

WE DIDN'T BUY

THEY DIDN'T BUY

AFTER DID & DIDN'T, USE INFINITIVE

NO: I DIDN'T LIKED THE GIRL

YES: I DIDN'T LIKE THE GIRL

NO: DID THE BOYS HAD A FIGHT?

YES: DID THE BOYS HAVE A FIGHT? 

questions 

& 

negations 

the irr verbs

Where can you find them? 

How many are there?

In your FOCUS book, word store, on page p.23

infinitive + past simple

1st + 2nd row

What happens to a regular verb
in the past simple?

What is the past simple of
'to hurry'?

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

What is the past simple of
"to brush"?

Put in the past simple:
I (play) football yesterday.

Put in the past simple.
"My parents (cook)
every weekend last month".

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
In July 2019 Boris Johnson ..... the Prime Minister of the UK.

1. became
2. become
3. becomed
4. becamed

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
Miss Akkus ....... us how to use the Past Simple last week.

1. teached
2. taughted
3. taught
4. teaches

Past simple: in a negation?

Write in the past simple
(-) they / to follow / the police officer

Maak een ONTKENNENDE zin in de verleden tijd.

Past simple: in a question?

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

Make negative:
I carried the box upstairs
this morning.

Maak een VRAGENDE zin in de verleden tijd.

He ..(see) a film yesterday.

When ....he...(go) to France?

Mary and James .....(meet) each other a year ago.

We ...(not see) her yesterday.

They ...(buy) a house last week.

....they...(come) here last week?

They ....(not buy) a house last week.

He ....(read) this book last summer.

What did you learn today?