Chapter 1: past simple uitleg

• 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

Past Simple - Regular verbs

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

• I carry - I carried

Als een werkwoord eindigt op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d achter:

• I live - I lived

In de past simple wordt de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat:

• I drop - I dropped

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Irregular verbs don't get '-ed' at the end, but have their own form.

to be       -> was / were      She was at school / You were at school

to write  -> wrote;               I wrote her a letter last week

to go        -> went;                He went to Italy last year

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

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

Past Simple - Signal word

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaalwoorden'  

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

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

Past Simple - Deel II

Vragen

Questions

Ontkenningen

Negations 

                                           She worked all day.

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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.

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You were at school yesterday.

Were you at school yesterday?

You weren't at school yesterday.

I could borrow his bike

Could I borrow his bike?

You couldn't borrow his bike.

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Do not use did/didn't with  was / were /could

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

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

What is the past simple of: help

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

What is the past simple of: study

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

What is the past simple of: buy

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

What is the past simple of: walk

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

Fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

When do you use the past simple?

Do you know what the past simple is?

Irregular verbs