W20 - past simple: questions, negations and irregulars

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Good afternoon!

Today's topic: past simple

Lesson goals

• You can make questions (vraagzinnen) in the past simple.

• You can make negations (ontkenningen) in the past simple.
• You know what irregular verbs are and know a few of them.

Past Simple

You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished.

Last night I had pizza for dinner. 

Yesterday, I walked to school.

What is the past tense of 'to dance'?

What is the past tense of 'to go'?

Regular Verbs

Regelmatige werkwoorden

Verleden tijd = ww + ed 

Yesterday I played tennis with my friends. 

I moved to Utrecht when I was 18 years old. 

Past simple

Take notes!

Negations, questions and irregular verbs

Ontkennende & vragende zinnen en onregelmatige werkwoorden 

Irregular Verbs

I broke my arm last week. 

Last year, I went to France with my parents.

We ate at a lovely restaurant yesterday

Irregular verbs: they don't follow the rules and you just have to study them.

Past simple - questions & negations

Is het ww een vorm van to be (was/were?) 

- I wasn't happy yesterday.

- Was I happy yesterday? 

Is het ww geen vorm van to be? 

- I didn't eat pizza last night.

- Did we eat pizza last night? 

Past simple - questions & negations 

Bij alle werkwoorden (behalve vormen van to be: was/were): 

Gebruik maken van het hulp ww did/didn´t 

Gouden regel: na did/didn´t -> hele ww 

I didn't broke my arm last week.

I didn't break my arm last week.

Turn this sentence into a question:
Graham was late for school.

Turn this sentence into a question:
She played in the musical.

Make this sentence negative (ontkennend):

We were in France last summer.

Make this sentence negative (ontkennend):

Mark cycled to work on Wednesday.

Turn these sentences into questions AND negations.

1. I went to the gym last night.

2. Sarah liked singing when she was young.

3. The wolf tried to eat the little pigs.

4. He ate a whole pizza for lunch!

5. The teacher was happy about the school trip.

Answers

1a Did I go to the gym last night?

1b I didn't go to the gym last night.

2a Did Sarah like singing when she was young?

2b Sarah didn't like singing when she was young?

3a Did the wolf try to eat the little pigs?

3b The wolf did not try to eat the little pigs.

4a Did he eat a whole pizza for lunch?

4b He didn't eat a whole pizza for lunch.

5a Was the teacher happy about the school trip?

5b The teacher wasn't happy about the school trip.

Irregular verb practice

Please go to Learnbeat and open:

Chapter 1.4 Past simple > C The three little pigs -irregular verbs.

Download the file at the top of the page.

Fill in the table with the right past simple form and translation of each verb.

Homework for next lesson

Finish assignment 1.4C in Learnbeat by filling in the complete table.