Past simple TTO

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Past simple

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Past Simple

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

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
1. Y after a consonant --> ied:

• I carry - I carried

BUT: No change with a y after a vowel:

• I play - I played

2. Verbs ending in e --> add d:

• I live - I lived

3. Double de consonant to maintain the short sound:

• I drop - I dropped

What is the rule
for verbs ending in y?

Examples with
double consonants

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

Write down 3 irregular verbs
in the the past simple

Irregular verbs

Keep this list

These are the 64 most common irregular verbs in the past simple. 

You need to know them

Past Simple - Clues

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

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007

Signal words
Past Simple

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Questions 

Did + entire verb:

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations 

Didn't + entire verb:

You didn't walk to school yesterday.

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.

What is the past simple of: Work

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

What is the past simple of: Help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. helpt

What is the past simple of: Study

1. studyd
2. studyied
3. studyed
4. studied

What is the past simple of: Go

1. gone
2. went
3. goed
4. goes

What is the past simple of: Do

1. did
2. dit
3. doed
4. dude

My sister .......... (play) the guitar last year.

My sister .......... (play - not) the guitar last year.

My sister played the guitar last year.
Change to a question.

They ....... (go) home after school yesterday.

They ....... (go - not) home after school yesterday.

They went home after school yesterday. - Change to a question.

My backpack is black with orange.
Last year my backpack ... yellow.

I have an orange bike.
When I was small I ... a red bike.

I am an English teacher.
Five years ago I ... a Spanish teacher.

We are almost finished.
Change to a question.

We are finished.
Change into a negative sentence.

Just kidding

We are finished!