Past simple Past Continuous

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Past Simple and Past Continuous

Past simple!

Past Simple

What	Past simple
When	To say that something happened in the past.
How/Form	Add –ed OR an irregular form.
Signal words	Yesterday, last week, last month, two days ago, four days ago, months ago, a second ago, etc.
Examples	He walked her home last night. I talked to him on the phone yesterday. She tried to close her book but a fly got caught in between the pages.

Past simple

Als in het verleden iets gebeurt, gebruik je de past simple. 

The past simple eindigt vaak op -ed. 

Bevestigend	Ontkennend	Vragend
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?

Write a full question in the past simple using the verb 'to be'.

Write a full negative sentence in the past simple using the verb 'to throw'.

Write a positive sentence in the past simple using the verb 'to draw'.

Look at the words below. Which ones are signal words for the Past Simple and which ones are not?

Signal word for the Past Simple

Does not go with the Past Simple

Next Friday

Yesterday

Never

last Wednesday

Often

Tomorrow

Past simple:

Wat is de regel van de past simple?

1. werkwoord + - ed (worked) of 2e rijtje van de onregelmatige werkwoorden
2. shit = bij she/he/it : werkwoord + -(e)s
3. vorm van to be + werkwoord + -ing
4. have/has + voltooid deelwoord (helped, found)

How do you make the past simple negative?

1. didn't + ww+ed
2. didn't + ww
3. don't + ww
4. doesn't + ww

Klopt! 

Klopt niet! 

Een (+) Past Simple eindigt altijd op -ed

Je gebruikt de Past Simple voor dingen die altijd waar zijn. 

Je ontkent een Past Simple door didn't plus het hele werkwoord te gebruiken 

Past Simple gaat om een specifiek moment in het verleden.

In welke zin wordt de Past Simple gebruikt?

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

Past Simple:

Wat zijn de signaalwoorden van de Past Simple?

1. Tomorrow, next week, in 2025,
2. Last month, yesterday, a month ago, in 2012
3. Today, now,
4. again, always, constantly

Which question is correct in the past simple/simple past?

1. Did you went to Spain?
2. Did you goed to Spain?
3. Did you go to Spain?
4. Went you to Spain?

past simple

Geen past simple! Ook geen verleden tijd.

Geen past simple! Wel verleden tijd

What is the correct Past simple negative of this sentence:
You arrived yesterday.

1. You not arrived yesterday.
2. You arrived not yesterday.
3. You didn't arrive yesterday.
4. Do you arrive yesterday?

Which sentence is a negative past simple sentence?

1. I have not gone to the party yet.
2. I did not go to the party last night.
3. I will not go to the party tomorrow.
4. I am not going to the party tonight.

Past Simple:

Wat zijn de signaalwoorden van de Past Simple?

1. Tomorrow, next week, in 2025,
2. Last month, yesterday, a month ago, in 2012
3. Today, now,
4. again, always, constantly

PAST SIMPLE:
Welke zin gebruikt de Past Simple?

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

Past simple regular verbs

Past simple irregular verbs

paint

carry

be

write

hear

lose

feel

beg

advise

have

PAST SIMPLE:
Which sentence uses the past simple correctly?
(vraag/past simple)

1. Did you bake eggs for breakfast yesterday?
2. Did you baked eggs for breakfast yesterday?
3. Have you baked eggs for breakfast yesterday?
4. Were you baking eggs for breakfast yesterday?

How do you make a question in the past simple?

1. You use 'have'
2. You use 'verb + -ing'
3. You use 'did'
4. You use 'a question mark

Past Simple

1. I have just bought a nice car'.
2. I bought a nice car yesterday.
3. I buy a nice car every year.
4. I'm buying a nice car.

Past Continuous
Wanneer gebruik je de Past Continuous?

1. Wanneer iets altijd, nooit of regelmatig gebeurt.
2. Wanneer iets in het verleden een tijdje aan de gang was.
3. Wanneer iets in het verleden is gebeurd.
4. Wanneer iets in het verleden is begonnen en nu nog bezig is.

Past Continuous:
in welke zin wordt de past continuous gebruikt?

1. I haven't been to that film yet.
2. I was walking down the street when I tripped.
3. I lived in Utrecht in 2010.
4. I am eating a sandwich.

Past Continuous:
Pick the example of the past continuous:

1. They were living in poverty.
2. They are living in poverty.
3. They lived in poverty.
4. They have been living in poverty.

PAST CONTINUOUS

In welke zin wordt de Past Continuous gebruikt?

1. They film the event with a hidden camera.
2. They filmed the event with a hidden camera.
3. They are filming the event with a hidden camera.
4. They were filming the event with a hidden camera.

Are you still awake? Any questions?