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Past Simple

+ Questions and negations  

in the past simple

When do you use the past simple?

When something happened in the past and it's finished:

I was at home yesterday.

They were in Egypt in 2015.

To be: was / were

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

Questions with      was/were

If you want to make a question with was or were, you put was/were in front of the sentence and a questionmark (?) at the end:

He was very funny.

Was he very funny?

They were in Spain last year.

Were they in Spain last year?

negations with     was/were

If you want to make a negation with was or were you write NOT behind the verb. In short: 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.

Make a question:
James was the best player.

Make a negation:
They were happy together.

Mind spelling!

Some verbs have an -e at the end, it will only be followed by -d.

- They live in Amsterdam -> They lived in Amsterdam.

Some verbs end with -y:

- klinker+y = ed:          play -> played

- medeklinker+y:        try -> tried

Past Simple: regular verbs

If it's a regular verb you put -ed behind the infinitive.

Yesterday, I walked in the park.

Questions in the past simple

They lived in New York.

Did they live in New York?

1. Put did in front of the sentence

2. Put the verb in the present tense

3. add a questionmark

Negations in the past simple

They lived in New York.

They didn't live in New York.

1. Put didn't in front of the verb

2. Put verb in present tense

Put this sentence in the past simple.
They..........each other (kiss)

Make a question:
They loved each other.

Make a negation:
She walked alone.

Past Simple: irregular verbs

Irregular verbs change in a different way, you don't put  -ed behind the verb.

to buy    - she bought a present for him

to go      - she went to Walibi this summer

to write - he wrote a letter yesterday

Questions with irregular verbs in the past simple

She bought a present.

Did she buy a present?

1. Put did in front of the sentence

2. Put the verb in de present tense

3. add a question mark

Negation with irregular verbs in the past simple

They wrote a letter

They didn't write in New York.

1. Put didn't in front of the verb

2. Put verb in present tense

Make a question:
She went home.

Make a negation:
They found a dog.