Past simple (alleen regular verbs)

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Past simple

Past Simple

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

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

 Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

 Regular Verbs Spelling

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

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

I play - I played

 Regular Verbs Spelling

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 - 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 happened in the future
2. something happens every day
3. smth happened in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
NAC ....... young PSV last week. (defeat)

1. defeat
2. defeated
3. defeats
4. defeateds

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
Nancy ....... with her friends yesterday.

1. has played
2. played
3. plaied
4. did played

Past simple:
I ........ (study) very hard yesterday.

1. study
2. studyed
3. studies
4. studied

Past simple:
I .......... (clean) my room yesterday

1. clean
2. cleans
3. cleaned

Past simple:
He ......... (stop) working

1. stop
2. stops
3. stoped
4. stopped

Past simple:
You ...... very hard.

1. try
2. tries
3. tried
4. tryed

Wat is een signaalwoord van de verleden tijd?

1. tomorrow
2. last...
3. never
4. since

What is the past tense of: work

1. works
2. worked
3. working
4. worked

What is the past tense of: help

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

What is the past tense of: study

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

Use a past simple:
Danny _____ (visit) his grandmother yesterday.

Use the past simple
The baby ..... (stop) crying.

Use the past simple:
We ........ (change) flights in London.

Use the past simple
He ....... (walk) in the park.

Use the past simple
She ..... (kiss) her boyfriend.

Use the past simple
She ..... (hurry) to the bus.