Past Simple start

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

The Past Simple

Lesson Goal

At the end of this lesson you know WHEN and HOW to use the Past Simple by listening to the explanation and doing exercises.

What do you remember form the Past Simple

to be --->  was / were

Let's do ex. 3 on page 66 together

Now do ex. 4 on your own (Focus 1)

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Some verbs in English are irregular, this means that in the past tense they  have their own form:

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

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

to make -> made: They made a very nice meal two days ago

Name some irregular verbs
for example: sleep, slept

Past Simple - 

Irregular verbs

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

Lesson Goal

At the end of this lesson you know how to use the irregular form of the Past Simple by listening to the explanation and doing exercises.

Name as many national holidays around the world as you can
E.g. King's Day

What do you know about King's Day?

What did you do last Tuesday (koningsdag)?

What do you know about Liberation Day (bevrijdingsdag)?

What do you know about
World War II?

World War II

 1939 - 1945

 

VE day

Victory of Europe day

8th May 1945

End of World War II for Europe

 Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put -ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

 Regular Verbs Spelling

consonant = medeklinker

vowel = klinker

A verb ending on a consonant + -y, 

then -y changes to -ie: 

I carry - I carried

Not with a vowel + -y: 

I play - I played

 Regular Verbs Spelling

A verb endinf on an -e, just add a -d: 

I live - I lived

The last consonant is doubled when there is 1 vowel (a,i,e,o,u) in front of it: 

I drop - I dropped