Past Simple Q/N

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

The Past Simple

Content

- past simple positive repeated

- past simple questions and negations explained

- Exercise 1: make questions and negations in the past simple

- Exercise 2: change the positive sentences into questions and negations in the past simple

- Exercise 3: use either the past simple or the present simple

- Exercise 4: put the sentences in the correct order on the website

Hoe verander je het hele werkwoord in de past simple?

Past Simple Positive (+)

Irregular verbs (wel op de lijst): 2e vorm / SimplePast

She dig a hole - She dug a hole.

Regular verbs (niet op de lijst): hele werkwoord+ed

He works at McDonald's - He worked at McDonald's

The boy ____ his hand last week. (to break)

1. break
2. breaks
3. breaked
4. broke

The girl ____ off her horse yesterday. (to fall)

1. falls
2. fall
3. fell
4. falled

Sophie ____ Elize a few minutes ago. (to bite)

1. bit
2. bited
3. bits
4. bites

Kwame ____ at school yesterday. (to be)

1. been
2. was
3. were
4. beed

The balloon ____ when I poked it with a needle.

1. bursts
2. bursted
3. burst
4. burstes

The boys ____ very good at dancing when they still had legs. (to be)

1. was
2. were
3. are
4. been

Questions and Negations

Vragen en Ontkenningen

Questions in the Past Simple (?)

Did + onderwerp + hele werkwoord + rest vd zin

Did the boy break his hand last week?

Did the girl fall off her horse yesterday?

Did you play hockey earlier today? 

Negatives in the Past Simple (-)

Onderwerp + did not + hele werkwoord + rest vd zin

Sophie did not bite Elize a few minutes ago.

The balloon did not burst when I poked it with a needle.

I did not walk to the other side of the street.

UITZONDERING

To Be (was/were) volgt deze regels NIET

I was not / wasn't at home last night.

We were not / weren't happy yesterday.

Was the boy good at dancing?

Were the girls at school yesterday?

Exercise 1

Make questions (?) and negations (-) in the past simple using the given verb.

Don't forget to check your verb list

Don't use abbreviations (afkortingen)

Shirley (not - to feed) her horse yesterday.

The girls (not - to find) hidden treasure.

The pupil (not - to study) hard for his test.

The dog (not - to catch) the ball.

Victor (not - to be) good at basketball.

(you - to have) a question?

(they - to find) the missing key?

(she - to drink) a big bottle of cola?

(you - to be) a fan of the Teletubbies?

Exercise 2

Change the positive(+) sentences into 

questions(?) or negations (-)

The suspect wore gloves. (-)

He played football yesterday. (?)

My mother ate all my cookies last night. (-)

Teun paid attention to the lesson. (-)

The dog dug a hole in the sand. (?)

He took your bicycle without asking you first. (?)

You were very angry yesterday. (-)

His mother gave him a new computer for his birthday. (?)

I went to my friend's birthday party last night. (-)

Exercise 3

Put the sentence in the past simple or present simple

Type the whole sentence

(you - often - to go) to Church?

My mother (to catch) me stealing yesterday.

He (not - to do) his homework when he was seven.

The boy (to sleep) in late and (to miss) his lesson earlier this morning.

George (to go) to school and (to study) for his tests every day.

Exercise 4

Go to the website and put the sentences in the correct order

Write down your time and score on page 8

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