Past simple Q/N exercises

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, t
• Leerjaar 2

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Grammar lesson:

QUESTIONS & NEGATIONS

PAST SIMPLE

Goals

After this lesson, you will:

Know how to make questions & negations in the Past Simple.

Planning

Today you will:

Learn how to make questions & negations in the Past Simple

Past Simple - Questions

Look at the questions on your worksheet. Which word is used in every question?

Can you complete these questions?

1. ......... Rio ............. to her yesterday? (to talk)

2. ............. she ........... in America? (to live)

3. .............. the bird ............... in this movie? (to die)

Past Simple - Questions notes

                                                  verb 

(to be) was / were                                other

Was/were + persoon...                     Did + persoon + whole verb...

*He was nice to you.                         *He walked home yesterday.

Was he nice to you?                             Did he walk home yesterday.

                            

NEGATIONS

Dear Diary,

Yesterday, my mom was angry with me because I didn't clean my room. She screamed at me but I didn't care.

It wasn't even my fault! My sister didn't do it either!

But ofcourse my mom didn't scream at her....

How many negative sentences did you find?

Write down the number

Past Simple - Negations notes

                                                  verb 

modal verbs

(to be) was / were                                other verbs

Persoon + Was/were + not...          Persoon + Didn't+ whole verb...

*He was nice to you.                         *He walked home yesterday.

He wasn't  nice to you.                     He didn't walk home yesterday.

                            

Make a +, -, ? past simple sentence with every verb

*To cook             +: My mother cooked dinner yesterday.

                              -: My mother didn't cook dinner yesterday.

                              ?: Did your mother cook dinner yesterday?

1. To be

2. To break

3. To play                                                      

past simple: regular and irregular

regular verbs: verb + ed

irregular verbs: any form (see list in portal)

past simple: regular and irregular

regular verbs: verb + ed

irregular verbs: any form (see list in portal)

regular

regular

irregular

irregular

in questions

modal verbs:

be (was/were)       can (could)

do (did)                   will (would)

have (had)

They go in front of the question!

All other verbs get DID!

examples:

in negations:

The modals Be, Do, Can, Have got and Will get NOT.

All other verbs get didn't/did not and lose the past tense.

examples:

got it?

Let's see!

Make this sentence into a question
'He liked her when he was young'

They were at the shoeshop this morning.

She went (irregular) to the store an hour ago.

He could carry the suitcase.

Make these sentences negative:
He liked her when he was young.

They were at the shoeshop this morning.

She went to the store an hour ago.

He could carry the suitcase.

Goals

After this lesson, you will:

Know how to make questions & negations in the Past Simple.

Homework

Chapter 1

Study: All the vocabulary words from Chapter 1