Past simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k, g
• Leerjaar 2

Past Simple

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

Past Simple

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

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

talk              help                   study                   work

-ed

What is the past tense of: Help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. help'd

What is the past tense of: Act

1. acting
2. acted
3. artic
4. actor

What is the past tense of: walk

1. walkt
2. wolked
3. wolk
4. walked

What is the past tense of: Fix

1. fixed
2. fixes
3. fixd
4. broken

What is the past tense of: study

1. studyd
2. studyied
3. studyed
4. studied

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
Als een werkwoord eindigt op een medeklinker + -y, dan verandert de -y in -ie:

• I carry - I carried
• you carry -                                                                     
• she/he/it carries -                                                                                    
• we carry -                                                                   
• they carry -                                                                      

What is the past tense of: marry

1. marries
2. marryed
3. married
4. marry'd

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:

Let op, er verandert niets als het werkwoord eindigt op klinker + -y:

• I play - I played
• you play -                                                                                       
• she/he/it plays -                                                                                                    
• we play -                                                                                     
• they play -                                                                                        

stay                                         pray                                destroy                                                         -ed

What is the past tense of: stay

1. stayed
2. stayeed
3. staied
4. stood

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
Als een werkwoord eindigt op een  -e, dan voegen we alleen een d toe:

• I close - I closed
• you close -                                                                   
• she/he/it closes -                                                                                 
• we close -                                                                  
• they close -                                                                    

What is the past tense of: Love

1. lover
2. hate
3. loveed
4. loved

What is the past tense of: like

1. likke
2. likeed
3. dislike
4. liked

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 - Irregular verbs

There are no rules for the irregular verbs, you just have to learn them by heart

met

made

bought

was

has

went

meet

go

buy

make

to be

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

What is the past tense of: buy

1. buyed
2. bought
3. boughd
4. bught

Fill in: I ..... very happy yesterday.

1. am
2. is
3. was
4. were

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

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

1. go
2. went
3. been
4. walked

fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

1. eat
2. drink
3. drank
4. ate

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.

Past Simple - Signal word

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

These word help you to see if something happened in the past

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007

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.