Past simple - Regular verbs & to be/can

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Past simple

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

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.


Slide 2 - Tekstslide

 Regular Verbs
After a regular verb you put -ed'

I walk -> I walked
He walks -> He walked
They walk -> They walked

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

 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

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

 Regular Verbs Spelling
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

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Past Simple - Signal word
In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

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

  • yesterday
  • last week
  • ten minutes ago
  • in 2007
  • when I was a baby

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

You use a past simple when...
A
Something happend in the future
B
something happens every day
C
something happend in the past and is finished
D
something didn't happen yet.

Slide 7 - Quizvraag

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
NAC ....... young PSV last week. (defeat)
A
defeat
B
defeated
C
defeats
D
defeateds

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
Nancy ....... with her friends yesterday.
A
has played
B
played
C
plaied
D
did played

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

Past simple:
I _____ (study) very hard yesterday.
A
study
B
studyed
C
studies
D
studied

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Past simple:
you _____ (clean)
A
clean
B
cleans
C
cleaned

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Past simple:
He _____ (stop)
A
stop
B
stops
C
stoped
D
stopped

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

past simple:
You ...... very hard.
A
try
B
tries
C
tried
D
tryed

Slide 13 - Quizvraag

Wat is een signaalwoord van de verleden tijd?
A
tomorrow
B
last...
C
never
D
since

Slide 14 - Quizvraag


What is the past tense of: Work
A
works
B
worked
C
working
D
worked

Slide 15 - Quizvraag


What is the past tense of: Help
A
helping
B
helped
C
helps
D
help'd

Slide 16 - Quizvraag


What is the past tense of: Study
A
studyd
B
studyied
C
studyed
D
studied

Slide 17 - Quizvraag

"To be" & "Can"

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Irregular Verbs
Het werkwoord 'to be' is een irregular verb. Deze werkwoorden houden zich niet aan de -ed regel.

Irregular verbs moet je uit je hoofd leren, maar we beginnen nu simpel met alleen de werkwoorden
"To be" & "can"

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

To be
"To be" heeft 2 vormen in de verleden tijd. 
I/she/he/it -> was
You/we/they -> were 

Let op! - were is niet hetzelfde als where

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

Can
Als je wil zeggen of iets in het verleden kon dan doe je dat zo:

We can -> We could  

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

I didn't like soccer because I _______ very good at it.
A
was
B
wasn't
C
weren't
D
couldn't

Slide 22 - Quizvraag

History _____ a compulsory subject at my school, so I chose Geography instead.
A
was
B
wasn't
C
were
D
could

Slide 23 - Quizvraag

When my children ______ in primary school they often came home with fun stories about their day.
A
was
B
wasn't
C
were
D
weren't

Slide 24 - Quizvraag

Last week, it _______ so cold in the classroom that we ________ think or write!
A
was, could
B
was, were
C
was, couldn't
D
were, couldn't

Slide 25 - Quizvraag

I wasn't allowed to go to the mall, but I _______ go to the playground nearby.
A
was
B
were
C
could
D
couldn't

Slide 26 - Quizvraag

Past simple
Do exercises 1-7 on page 66 of your SB.

Slide 27 - Tekstslide