Recapping the past simple, all forms (incl. irr. verbs)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Correct or incorrect sentences

Are the following sentences correct in the past simple or not?

Raise the green or red card. Sometimes a random student will be asked to explain what is wrong about the sentence.

Recapping the past simple, all forms '

(incl. irr. verbs)

Goal: you know what the past simple entails and can correctly use the verb in all forms: affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

Is this sentence true or false?

• She went home yesterday evening.

• Yes! It's correct

Is this sentence true or false?

• Sara and Ben watch a movie.

• No! It's incorrect. 
• Because this sentence is in the present. It should be watched.

Is this sentence true or false?

• Did they ran down the school corridor?

• No! It's incorrect. 
• Because the verb ran must be run. 

Is this sentence true or false?

• The teacher didn't explain the exercise well. 

• Yes! It's correct.

Is this sentence true or false?

• Jenny doesn't play sports. She liked reading.

• No! It's incorrect. 
• Because doesn't is in the present. It should be didn't.

Is this sentence true or false?

• Where did Janet go to last night?

• Yes, it's correct!

Is this sentence true or false?

• I weren't going to school because I was ill. 

• No, it's incorrect. 
• Because weren't must be wasn't when you have an I.

Group activity: discuss and write

Work in pairs, discuss what the answer of the sentence should be. Write your answer on the white board.

Discuss and fill in the correct form of the verb

• I .... (be) at the cinema last night.
• .... (be) the children naughty?
• Mrs. Groen ... (be) the best teacher at the CCC.
• The students ... (like) Mrs. Groen the most.
• Yesterday, it .... (rain) outside the entire day.
• Sally ... (not/brush) her teeth last night.

Answers exercise 1

• I was at the cinema last night.
• Were the children naughty?
• Mrs. Groen was the best teacher at the CCC.
• The students liked Mrs. Groen the most.
• Yesterday, it rained outside the entire day.
• Sally didn't (did not) brush her teeth last night.

Discuss and fill in the correct form of the verb

• I .... (meet) my friend at the park yesterday.
• My father ... (eat) a very dirty pancake.
• .... you ... (hear) what he just said?
• We ... (ride) to my grandmother two days ago.
• Last year, my family ... (swim) in the lake near our cottage.
• David secretly ... (take) a candy from the story without paying.

Answers exercise 2

• I met my friend at the park yesterday.
• My father ate a very dirty pancake.
• Did you hear what he just said?
• We rode to my grandmother two days ago.
• Last year, my family swam in the lake near our cottage.
• David secretly took a candy from the story without paying.