instruction on Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Past Simple

After today's lesson you'll be able to use and form the past simple tense (de verleden tijd). 

Past Simple

Take a look at this little poem.

Past Simple

So when to use the past simple?

when something happened in the past and it's finished.

key words: last week, yesterday, in 1978, last year etc.

Past Simple

two kinds of verbs:

regular verbs:

past form ends with 

-ed.

walk - walked

work - worked

irregular verbs:

Change in vowel in past form.

give - gave

drink - drank

But for now we'll focus on the regular verbs!

Past Simple 

The regular ones

Affermative:

spelling: when a word already ends with an e: 

Dance -> Danced

note how there is no shit-rule!

Past Simple 

The regular ones

Negative:

simply add 'did not' and remember that the initial verb is once again the base verb!

Past Simple 

The regular ones

Interrogative:

'did' moves to the front. And the initial verb in base form!

translate into English:
ik werkte

What's the past simple tense of:
We count

What's the past simple tense of:
We don't cheat.

When a verb ends with -y, 

the -y changes into -ie. 

I bury -> I buried

When a verb ends with a vowel +-y, we just add -ed.

We enjoy -> We enjoyed

Yesterday we ........... (to empty) the garbage.

I ............ really hard for this test.

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

We all .............. the first test.

1. pased
2. passed
3. past
4. passd

Our flight was .................. for several hours.

1. delaied
2. delayed
3. delayied
4. delayd

I .............. some sugar to my coffee.

1. added
2. aded
3. addied
4. ads

To summarise:

past simple tense:

just add -ed

verb ending with -e  -> just add -d

verb ending with -y -> -ied

verb ending with vowel +-y  -> -ed

To summarise:

past simple tense:

just add -ed

verb ending with -e  -> just add -d

verb ending with -y -> -ied

verb ending with vowel +-y  -> -ed

interrogative:

did + pronoun + verb.

Did he clear the table?

negative:

pronoun + did not + verb.

He didn't clear the table.

Questions?

Allright lets practice!