Grammar Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k, g
• Leerjaar 1

Lesson 5: Grammar

At the end of this lesson you can... 

... talk about things that happened or you did in the past. 

In this lesson, we will...

• Learn how to say something happened in the past; 
• Read a text; 
• Make exercise 6 and 7 from the book; 
• Round up and discuss homework.

explanation past simple

To say something happened in the past, we use the past simple.

Last year, I visited New Zealand and I walked the Fox Glacier. 

explanation past simple

To say something happened in the past, we use the past simple.

Last year, I visited New Zealand and I walked the Fox Glacier. 

explanation past simple

To say something happened in the past, we use the past simple.

Last year, I visited New Zealand and I walked the Fox Glacier. 

To say something happened in the past, we use the past simple.

I talked to my neighbour.

You played with your sister. 

He stayed at home. 

She promised to come.

It walked home on its own.

They showed me their new phones.

You visited your grandparents.

We survived the long schoolday. 

To say something happened in the past, we use the past simple.

I talked to my neighbour.

You played with your sister. 

He stayed at home. 

She promised to come.

It walked home on its own.

They showed me their new phones.

You visited your grandparents.

We survived the long schoolday. 

Choose the correct verb:
Yesterday, I ...... to school.

1. walked
2. walks
3. walk
4. walking

Choose the correct verb:
Last year, John ..... a mountain.

1. climbs
2. climb
3. climbing
4. climbed

Reading strategies

• What do the headings and titles tell us? 
• What do the images tell us? 

Today was a great day! My mum and I went on a tour of Mou Waho. Mou Waho is an island in Lake Wanaka on the South Island. The tour guide talked about all the birds that live there. I learned a lot. We walked around for hours. At the end of the tour we planted a tree! I helped our planet and it feels great! 

Check answers

Today was a great day! My mum and I went on a tour of Mou Waho. Mou Waho is an island in Lake Wanaka on the South Island. The tour guide talked about all the birds that live there. I learned a lot. We walked around for hours. At the end of the tour we planted a tree! I helped our planet and it feels great! 

Write one sentence about one thing you did last week.