Past simple; to be(was/were)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1

Goodmorning!

Name the English names of sports you know:

What is New Zealand's national sport?

What is Australia's national sport?

What is Canada's national sport?

What is England's national sport?

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Important: take notes!

verleden tijd  'to be'

verleden tijd van  'to be '

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Leerdoel: ik kan het werkwoord 'to be' in de verleden tijd gebruiken

let op het verschil: where = waar en were = waren ( verleden tijd van zijn)

Past Simple of to be

• Present simple to be = am / is / are
• Past simple to be = was / were

• Past Simple > Iets is in het verleden gebeurd en is nu afgelopen. 

Past Simple of to be (2)

• I - was
• you - were
• He/she/it - was
• We/you/they - were

De past simple van
''to be'' is ...

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

I

He/She/It

You

We

They

was

Were

You ... watching a movie last night.

1. was
2. were

The children .... very happy to meet him.

1. was
2. were

The girl ... in her room the whole time.

1. was
2. were

She ... the best singer ever.

1. was
2. were

The boys ___ gaming.

1. was
2. were

on the next slides

fill in: was or were 

It ________ cold yesterday

They ________ on the bus when I called

He ______ always very nice to me.

We _________tired when we arrived

Past Simple

What is the Past Simple?

Let's take one step back.

Remember the present simple?

We use the present simple for facts, habits and things we do regularly.

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Present Simple refresh

I play the drums.

They pick their nose every morning.

Alex loves GTA mods.

Past Simple

So how do we make the Past Simple?

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Basic rule: add -ed after the verb. (Voeg -ed toe achter de stam)

Past Simple

Signal words like yesterday, last week, and three days ago show that something has happened in the past.

I played football with him three days ago.

a long time ago, I visited Grandma.

I wanted to meet him yesterday.

TIP: These signal words can be at the beginning of a sentence, or at the end!

Past Simple

1. to talk: I talked to Jim this morning.
2. to watch: We watched the match yesterday.
3. to play: She played with her brother.
4. to walk: Last week, they walked towards the forest.
5. to laugh: I laughed so loud that everybody could hear it.

Past Simple

It's good to remember that it does not matter if it's I, you, we, he, she, it. You always add -ed after the verb.

Let's check!

Lars ...... (to play) a lot of table tennis with his friends last week.

Jenny ..... (to walk) her dog yesterday.

Ivan and Kyan ....... (to laugh) a lot last class.

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