January 31, 2023

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

English lesson

Tuesday, January 31st

Planning

Lesson goals

Newsround

Explanation past simple

Check page 10: 1-14

Do page 10/11: 15-51

Finished? Study grammar on Learnbeat or vocab. on Quizlet

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson you:

know what the past simple is

can use the past simple

Newsround

Watch Newsround and talk about it in pairs

Past simple

Use the past simple: to express a finished action in the past

I lived in Gorredijk from 1998-2000

As a child I played with barbie dolls.

Form: 3 groups

1. regular verbs

2. was/were

3. irregular verbs

Regular verbs (Group 1)

Spelling rules:

• verb ends in -e, add +d:    live-> lived
• verbs of one syllable (1 vowel + 1 consonant), double the consonant: stop -> stopped / plan -> planned
• BUT if the final consonant is -y or -w, it is not doubled: play -> played
• most two-syllable verbs the end consonant is doubled if the stress is on the second syllable: prefer -> preferred
• Verbs that end in a consonant +y, ending changes in -ied: carry -> carried / cry -> cried

Normal rule = verb + ed work-worked

Was/Were: Group 2

In the past simple am / is / are turn into WAS / WERE

I/she/he/it               was / wasn't                   happy.

You/we/they           were/weren't                 happy.

Was I/she/he/it happy?

Were you/we/they happy?

When my father __ (be) young, he ___(play) football very well.

1. is / played
2. were / played
3. beed / played
4. was / played

There ____(be) an accident in Baker Street last week.

1. was
2. were
3. beed
4. been

We ____(watch) a film last night.

1. have watched
2. watch
3. watched
4. watches

He ____(live) in Amsterdam for five year. He now lives in Rotterdam.

1. lives
2. has lived
3. live
4. lived

I went to Olivia, but she ___(be not ) at home.

1. isn't
2. didn't
3. wasn't
4. weren't

How many did you have correct?

1

2

3

4

5

Check

Check page 11: 1-14

Do + Homework Monday

Do exercise 1: 15-51  page 10/11

Read page 7 booklet

Finished: www.gamestolearnenglish.com or study grammar on Learnbeat

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson you:

know what the past simple is

can use the past simple