Past simple shorter version

• Engels
• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs
• Leerroute 1

Grammar

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• Worked
• Moved
• Lived

• Went
• Saw
• Flew

Goal

• At the end of the class, you know when to use the past simple.

Past simple

When do you use it?

• To talk about something that started and finished in the past.

Words that indicate time

• Yesterday, last weekend, last year/month, when I was young, in 1989, three days ago, etc.

Past simple 

  Verb + -ed

or Irregular verb

Ex. Last year, I travelled to Japan. 

       I washed my car last week.

       I saw a movie yesterday.

      

Past Simple bevestigend

Past Simple bevestigend

Past Simple positives

Regular verbs 

infinitive + ed

I (to work) --->                   

She (to play) --->                       

Irregular verbs 

They (to go) --->                       

We (to swim) --->                         

• I worked
  
•  She played

• They went
• We swam

Past Simple bevestigend

Past Simple bevestigend

Past Simple negations

Subject + did not (didn't) + infinitive

I played --->                        

They worked --->                                  

She swam --->                             

We went --->                           

• I didn't play

• They didn't work

• She didn't swim

• We didn't go

Past Simple bevestigend

Past Simple bevestigend

Past Simple questions

Did + subject + infinitive

I played --->                    

They worked --->                              

She swam --->                         

We went --->                      

• Did I play?

• Did they work?

• Did she swim?

• Did we go?

Difference with to be

Dutch

Ik was

jij was

zij/hij/het was

wij waren

jullie waren

English

I was

You were

she/he/it was

we were

they were

Past Simple of to be

Positive sentences

I / he / she / it = was  --->                                                              

you / we / they = were --->                                                                  

• I was at a party yesterday.

• They were at the party too.

Past Simple of to be

Negations

Subject+ was/were + not (wasn't/weren't)
 

I / he / she / it = wasn't -->                                                                         

you / we / they = weren't -->                                                                                   

• She wasn't at the party.

• You weren't at the party either.

Past Simple of to be

Questions

Was/were+ subject
 

Was I / he / she / it? --->                                             

Were you / we / they? --->                                                 

• Was he at the party?

• Were they at the party?

Exercise 

Finish the sentence using the past simple of the verb

The children...(not / to run) away from the scary clown.

The dogs...(to bark) at the cats yesterday.

(The dogs / to bark)...at the cats yesterday?

When do you use the Past Simple?