Past simple (alleen regular verbs)

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Past simple

 Regular Verbs

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

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

 Irregular Verbs

In English many verbs have an irregular past simple form (was, had, bit, thought, became).

There are no rules for these past simple forms. That is why you have been given a list of irregular verbs to memorise. 

Past Simple - Signal words

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

– / ? 

In negations/questions we use a past form of the verb 'do' to create a past simple. 

Question:

•  Did you see Tijn at school?

Negation:

•  We didn't get any candy from Ella. 

What do you notice about the second verb in the sentence?

You use a past simple when...

1. something happened in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something 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:
you _____ (clean)

1. clean
2. cleans
3. cleaned

Past simple:
He _____ (stop)

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: Be

1. was
2. been
3. beed
4. were

What is the past tense of: Bleed

1. bleed
2. blood
3. bleeded
4. bled

What did you do yesterday?

Translate: Ik heb mijn eigen LEGO kasteel gebouwd.

Past simple