Hoofdstuk 2 - Les 2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Past Tense

Past Simple --> Verleden Tijd

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

Past Simple - Signal words

 

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

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007
• When I was young etc

 How?

WERKWOORD + ED

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Questions 

Did + entire verb:

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations 

Didn't + entire verb:

You didn't walked walk to school yesterday.

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 make -> made: They made a very nice meal two days ago

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

There are no rules for the irregular verbs, you just have to learn them by heart

You can find the list in your workbook

You use a past simple when...

1. Something happend in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something happend in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet.

What is the past tense of: Work

1. works
2. workked
3. working
4. worked

What is the past tense of: Help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. help'd

Put the sentence in the past tense:
I play on the PS5 for hours.

Put this sentence in the past tense:
I hop on the train, just in time!

Make this sentence into a negative:
I liked the movie.

Translate this sentence into English:
Zij sliepen niet.

Turn this sentence into a question:
I talked to my friends on Monday.

Opdracht

Maak opdracht 5.05 uit je boek

Irregular verbs

Klik op de volgende link voor een lijst en oefening met onregelmatige werkwoorden.

klik hier

Last week

• Verleden tijd---> hoe maak je die ook alweer?
• Wanneer gebruik je de past simple?

Refresh your mind--> klik hier

Past Continuous

In combinatie met de Past Simple

Past Continous en Past Simple

Past Continuous = al aan de gang ( lang)

Past Simple = iets gebeurde (kort)

verschil past simple en past continuous

De Past Simple gebruik je vooral als je het hebt over simpele feitjes uit het verleden: je hebt toen iets gedaan (bijv. I walked home tonight). De Past Continuous benadrukt meer dat de actie een tijdje duurde; je was iets aan het doen.

Past Simple = ww + ed

- verleden tijd

- plaatsgevonden en afgelopen

- Signaalwoorden: last week, in 2012

+ They cleaned the house last week

- They didn't clean the house last week

? Did they clean the house last week?

Let op! Onregelmatige ww = 2e rijtje

+ He wrote a letter to her yesterday

- He didn't write a letter to her yesterday

? Did he write a letter to her yesterday?

Past Continuous = was/were + ww + ing

- verleden tijd

- was in het verleden aan de gang

- in NL: 'ik was aan het ....' 

+ was/were + ww + ing

    They were cleaning the house when I came          home

- was/were + not + ww + ing

    They weren't cleaning the house 

?  was/were + onderwerp + ww + ing

     Were they cleaning the house ?

Fill in the past continuous: We ................... a good movie when the phone rang.

1. watched
2. have watched
3. were watching
4. are watching

They __________ when the storm started.

1. had played soccer
2. were playing soccer
3. play soccer
4. played soccer

I __________ when the phone rang.

1. slept
2. am sleeping
3. sleep
4. was sleeping

She __________ when I arrived at her house.

1. cooks dinner
2. was cooking dinner
3. had cooked dinner
4. cooked dinner

__________ when I saw the accident.

1. I drove
2. I will drive
3. I was driving
4. I am driving

Past continuous vs. past simple

Je gebruikt de past continuous i.c.m. de past simple om aan te geven dat er iets gebeurde (korte actie = past simple) terwijl er al iets aan de gang was (lange actie = past continuous).

 I was reading a book when the phone rang. 

I was washing my car when the accident happened. 

Past Simple & Past Continuous

I _______________ (wait) for the bus when it _______________ (start) to rain. 

Past Simple & Past Continuous

I WAS WAITING (wait) for the bus when it STARTED (start) to rain. 

Past Continuous & Past Continuous

While we ______________________ (walk) the dog, the neighbours _______________ (wash) their car. 

Past Continuous & Past Continuous

While we WERE WALKING (walk) the dog, the neighbours WERE WASHING (wash) their car. 

Practice!

Klik op de volgende link voor online oefeningen met de past continuous.

klik hier

I understand the difference between the Present Simple & Present Continuous ....

1. perfectly!
2. quite well, need to study a bit more
3. not really, I need to study a lot
4. not at all! Can you help me?