Past Simple - regular and irregular

• English
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 2

Past Simple 

What are we going to learn today?

At the end of this lesson...

...I can tell my neighbour what I did this morning.

Past Simple

To be and can

What do you remember?

Yesterday, he __________ outside.

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

Last year, I really believed I ____ do it.

1. was
2. wasn't
3. could
4. were

Last year, I really believed I ____ do it.

1. was
2. wasn't
3. could
4. were

They ________ at school yesterday so I couldn't talk to them.

1. were
2. weren't
3. could
4. couldn't

When do you use the past simple?
Start your sentence with:
We use the past simple to describe....

The past simple - what we know so far

An event that happened in the past and is finished. 

The past simple - what we know so far

An event that happened in the past and is finished. 

But what about other verbs?

Paradise - Coldplay

1. Listen to the song and fill in the blanks.

Paradise - Coldplay

girl

sleep

every time

girl

heavy

away

could

Paradise - Coldplay

Three colours (yellow, pink, blue) for three different versions of the past simple.

Mark other words for each category. 

The past simple - Regular  and irregular verbs

Affirmative sentence regular verbs (+)                    verb + -ed

I walked to school this morning. 

The past simple - Regular  and irregular verbs

Affirmative sentence - regular verbs (+)                 verb + -ed

I walked to school this morning. 

Affirmative sentence - irregular verbs (+)             own form (learn by heart!)

I ran to school this morning. 

(to run - ran - run)

Use the correct form of the past simple (regular)

I __________ (to walk) to school this morning.

Use the correct form of the past simple (regular)

She _________ (to finish) all the exercises.

Use the correct form of the past simple (regular)

We_________ (to arrive) on time yesterday.

Past simple

Tell your neighbour:

When you woke up.

What you ate this morning.

How you came to school. 

Past simple

What kind of verbs are:

Woke/ate/came?

walked/cycled?

Homework

Textbook:

exercise 4 (p. 98)
exercise 6 (p. 99)

Workbook:

8.1 - ex. 1 & 2 - (p. 106)

8.2 - ex. 1 (p. 106) & ex. 2 (p.107)