Week 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome back!

What are your plans for this weekend?

Goals for today

At the end of this lesson..

• I know what the Past Simple is
• I know how to make the Past Simple
• I know how and when to use the Past Simple

Past Simple -
what do you already know?

Past Simple

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

The past simple is what we call in Dutch: de verleden tijd

When do you use the past simple?

Als het in het verleden is begonnen en het is afgelopen.

Er staan (vaak) signaalwoorden in de zin, zoals 'yesterday', 'last week', 'this morning', 'last year', 'when I was little', 'in 2001', 'ago' etc.

Donald Trump talked about himself on the telly yesterday.
Barack Obama left the White House in January 2017.

Past Simple - Signal word

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

These words help you to see if something happened in the past

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007
• when I was 4

To be: was / were

• I                           was
  
• you                    were
  
• he (John)         was
  
• she (Janet)     was 
  
• it                           was
  
• we                        were
  
• you                      were
  
• they                     were
  

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

Past Simple - 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

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 - Irregular verbs

Some verbs in English are irregular, this means that in the past tense they don't get '-ed' at the end, but have their own form.

To write -> wrote; I wrote her a letter last week.

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

to catch -> caught:The police caught the criminal two days ago.

Making questions using:      was/were

Als je een vraag wilt maken met was of were, zet je was of were vooraan de zin en een vraagteken achteraan:

He was very funny.

Was he very funny?

They were in Spain last year.

Were they in Spain last year?

Making negations using:     was/were

Als je een ontkenning wilt maken met was of were zet je er NOT achter. Meestal verkort: N'T

He was a funny boy.                                   They were very happy.

He was not a funny boy.                           They were not very happy.

He wasn't a funny boy.                               They weren't very happy.

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Questions -> Did + infinitive (hele werkwoord)

He walked to school yesterday.

Did he walk to school yesterday?

Negations -> didn't + infinitive

You sold your car yesterday.

You didn't sell your car yesterday.

Fill in the correct form:
My friends and I ___ at the movies yesterday.

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

Fill in the correct form.
Rory _____ at the playground yesterday.

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

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

1. go
2. went
3. been
4. walked

Fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

1. eat
2. drink
3. drank
4. ate

Fill in the correct form.
___ she ___ a car last week?

1. Did ... buyed
2. Did ... buy
3. Does ... buys
4. Do ... buy

What is the past tense of "to go"?

1. gone
2. going
3. go
4. went

What is the past tense of "to write"?

1. writing
2. writes
3. wrote
4. wait

Make a question:

I went to the doctor yesterday.

1. Did you went...
2. Did you go...
3. Went you...
4. Do you went...

Make negative:

I liked Justin Bieber when I was six.

1. I don't like...
2. I didn't liked...
3. I don't liked...
4. I didn't like...

Make a question:
James was the best player.

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