5.5 Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Past simple

Lesson aims

- You know what a past simple is

- You know how to make a past simple sentence 

Write 3 English sentences
about your weekend. What did you do?

Past simple - When do we use it? 

We use the past simple to indicate that something happened in the past and that it is finished.

Past simple - two different forms

- Something happened in the past and it is finished.

- 2 forms of verbs:

                  Regular verbs                                     Irregular verbs

                Regelmatige ww                             Onregelmatige ww

                              ⇩                                                             ⇩

                  Rule: verb + ed                       No rule, learn them by heart

Past simple

Regular verbs

Rule: ww + ed

Past simple

Irregular verbs

Don't follow the rules  ➔  learn them by heart!

- Terms to get familiar with:

             - 1e rijtje  |  2e rijtje  |  3e rijtje

- You only have to know the 1st row and 2nd row (for now)

Sleep-slept , fly-flew, buy-bought, see-saw etc. 

Negative & question

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? 

Negative & question 

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 

Regular verbs in the Past Simple end with .....

1. -ed
2. -ing
3. -s
4. -es

Fill in the correct forms. Use the past simple for regular verbs.
[walk]
Last year I ....... to school every day.

1. walked
2. walk
3. walks
4. irregular verb

Fill in the correct forms. Use the past simple for regular verbs.
[happen]
The accident ....... on the Grindleford road.

1. happen
2. happens
3. happened
4. irregular verb

Fill in the correct forms. Use the past simple for regular verbs.
[he / play]
...... video games all night?

1. Played he
2. Did he play
3. Did he played
4. Did play he

Fill in the correct forms. Use the past simple for regular verbs.
[play / not]
He ...... video games all night.

1. wasn't play
2. wasn't played
3. didn't played
4. didn't play

Fill in the past simple form.
We ...... (cook) a nice meal today!

Fill in the past simple form.
He ...... (look) out of the window.

Fill in the past simple form.
I ...... (lock / not) myself out of my house

Fill in the past simple form.
........ (the chicken / cross) the road?

Schrijf een negatieve zin in het Engels met 1 van deze werkwoorden:
to go -- to listen -- to drive -- to sing -- to run