Past simple (regular verbs + to be)

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Past simple

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

 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

 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

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

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 hasn't happen yet.

Choose the correct Past Simple form:
Nancy ....... with her friends yesterday.

1. has played
2. played
3. plaied
4. did played

Past simple:
I _____ (study) very hard yesterday.

1. study
2. studyed
3. studies
4. studied

Past simple:
you _____ (clean)

1. clean
2. cleans
3. cleaned

Past simple:
He _____ (stop)

1. stop
2. stops
3. stoped
4. stopped

Wat is een signaalwoord van de verleden tijd?

1. tomorrow
2. last...
3. never
4. since

What is the past tense of: Work

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

What is the past tense of: Study

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

Irregular Verbs

At the back of your book

Let's focus on the verb TO BE

TO BE

TT

I am

You are

He/She/It is

We are

You are

They are

 When do we use was / were?

I ______ wrong.

You ______ wrong.

He, She, It  ______ wrong. 

We ______ wrong.

They ______ wrong.

Was

were

was

was

were

were

was

were

were

was

Past simple