Past simple lesson GEN

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Past Simple

Past simple

Past Simple

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

The past simple is what we call in Dutch: de verleden tijd

Past Simple

What	Past simple
When	Om aan te geven dat iets in het verleden is gebeurd.
How	Met - ed OF een onregelmatige vorm .
Signal words	Yesterday, last week, last month, two days ago, four days ago, months ago, etc.
Examples	He walked her home last night. I talked to him yesterday. She swam a lot in her spare time during the holidays. Our math teacher taught us a lot last year

Past simple

If something happened in the past and is finished, you use the past simple, which often ends with -ed. 

Affirmative	Negation	Question
I played You played He/she/it played We played They played You played	I did not play You did not play He/she/it did not play We did not play They did not play You did not play	Did I play? Did you play? Did he/she/it play? Did we play? Did they play? Did you play?

Past Simple 

Irregular verbs

Tijdsvorm	vaste spellingsregel
past simple (verl. tijd)	stam + -ed
	I walk ed to school.

Irregular verbs moet je uit je hoofd kennen! Deze staan in je boek op pagina 358

When do you use the past simple?

1. When something always, never or regularly happens.
2. When something is happening right now.
3. When something happened in the past.
4. When something started in the past and is still going on right now.

How do you create the past simple?

1. verb + ed (except irregular verb)
2. verb + s
3. to be & verb + ing
4. have/has + past participle

Wat zijn signaalwoorden van de Past Simple?

1. Tomorrow, next week, in 2026.
2. Last month, yesterday, a month ago, in 2012.
3. Today, now.
4. again, always, constantly.

Which sentence is written in the Past Simple?

1. I was hearing my mother.
2. I have heard my mother.
3. I heard my mother.
4. I hear my mother.

Which sentence is written in the Past Simple?

1. I have lived in London for 13 years.
2. I was living in London.
3. I lived in London in 2010.
4. I am living in Londen.