past simple

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Past Simple

Past Simple -
what do you already know?

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

When do you use the past simple?

Als het in het verleden is begonnen en het is afgelopen.

Er staan (vaak) signaalwoorden in de zin, zoals 'yesterday', 'last week', 'this morning', 'last year', 'when I was little', 'in 2001', 'ago' etc.

Donald Trump talked about himself on the telly yesterday.
Barack Obama left the White House in January 2017.

To be: was / were

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

Making questions using:      was/were

Als je een vraag wilt maken met was of were, zet je was of were vooraan de zin en een vraagteken achteraan:

He was very funny.

Was he very funny?

They were in Spain last year.

Were they in Spain last year?

Making negations using:     was/were

Als je een ontkenning wilt maken met was of were zet je er NOT achter. Meestal verkort: 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.

Past Simple - 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:
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 catch -> caught:The police caught the criminal two days ago.

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

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

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Questions -> Did + infinitive (hele werkwoord)

He walked to school yesterday.

Did he walk to school yesterday?

Negations -> didn't + infinitive

You sold your car yesterday.

You didn't sell your car yesterday.

Past Simple - Signal word

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

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

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007
• when I was 4

What is the past tense of "to be"?

1. am
2. are
3. has
4. was/were

Fill in the correct form:
My friends and I ___ at the movies yesterday.

1. are
2. was
3. were
4. am

Fill in the correct form.
Rory _____ at the playground yesterday.

1. is
2. are
3. was
4. were

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

1. go
2. went
3. been
4. walked

Fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

1. eat
2. drink
3. drank
4. ate

Fill in the correct form.
___ she ___ a car last week?

1. Did ... buyed
2. Did ... buy
3. Does ... buys
4. Do ... buy

The past simple of irregular verbs:

1. met -ed
2. met de shit-regel
3. met de tweede vorm
4. met has/have + de derde vorm

What is the past tense of "to go"?

1. gone
2. going
3. go
4. went

What is the past tense of "to write"?

1. writing
2. writes
3. wrote
4. wait

Choose the word that has nothing to do with the Past Simple?

1. Went
2. Yesterday
3. Tomorrow
4. Worked

Make a question:

I went to the doctor yesterday.

1. Did you went...
2. Did you go...
3. Went you...
4. Do you went...

Make negative:

I liked Justin Bieber when I was six.

1. I don't like...
2. I didn't liked...
3. I don't liked...
4. I didn't like...

Make a question:
James was the best player.

Put the following sentences into the past tense.

1. She doesn't like football.

2. Henry does his homework today.

3. Do you go to school?

4. We go on holiday.

5. John and Sara live in France.

Answers:

1. She didn’t like football.

2. Henry did his homework yesterday.

3. Did you go to school?

4. We went on holiday.

5. John and Sarah lived in France

Repetition

Put these sentences into the past tense.

1. I go to school.

2. She lives in England.

3. My school is cool.

4. Carl works at McDonald's.

Answers:

1. I went to school.

2. She lived in England.

3. My school was cool.

4. Carl worked at McDonald's.

Extra:

Put these sentences into the past tense

1. My sister eats a burger.

2. He doesn't drive fast.

3. My dad drives a ferrari.

4. It takes 5 minutes to finish.  

Answers:

1. My sister ate a burger.

2. He didn’t drive fast.

3. My dad drove a ferarri.

4. It took 5 minutes to finish.

Mention three things you have learned:

What is still difficult?

Extra material?

You can find extra exercises on:

www.bastrimbos.com

www.digischool.nl

www.meestergijs.nl

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