Past simple lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k, g
• Leerjaar 2

Past simple

Lesson goals

To practice:

Past simple

I can write about what happened in the past.

What do you remember about the Present Simple?

Exercises 1 till 6 of page 29

Grammar exercises 1 till 8 of Unit 3 on MyEnglishlab

Study time

Study the first 15 irregular verbs on page 211-214. You need to know the verb and the past simple.

- Learn 

Past Simple

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

The past simple is what in Dutch is called the verleden tijd.

 Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put -ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

 Regular Verbs Spelling

Als een werkwoord eindigt op een medeklinker + -y, dan verandert de -y in -ie: I carry - I carried

Let op, er verandert niets als het werkwoord eindigt op klinker + -y:

I play - I played

 Regular Verbs Spelling

Als een werkwoord eindigt op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d achter: I live - I lived

In de past simple wordt de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat: I drop - I dropped

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Some verbs in English are irregular, this means that in the past tense they don't get '-ed' at the end, but have their own form:

To write -> wrote; I wrote her a letter last week

to go -> went; He went to Italy last year

to make -> made: They made a very nice meal two days ago

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

There are no rules for the irregular verbs, you just have to learn them by heart

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Questions 

Did + entire verb:

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations 

Didn't + entire verb:

You didn't walk to school yesterday.

Past Simple - Signal word

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

These word help you to see if something happened in the past

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007

You use a past simple when...

1. Something happend in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something happend in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet.

What is the past tense of: Go

1. gone
2. went
3. goed
4. goes

What is the past tense of: Tell

1. told
2. tolded
3. telled
4. tolt

What is the past tense of: Think

1. tought
2. taught
3. thought
4. thinked

What is the past tense of: See

1. saw
2. seen
3. see
4. seed

My sister .......... (play) the guitar last year.

They ....... (go) home after school yesterday.

What is the past tense of: Work

1. works
2. worked
3. working
4. worked

What is the past tense of: Help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. help'd

What is the past tense of: Study

1. studyd
2. studyied
3. studyed
4. studied

Name some irregular verbs

What is the past tense of: buy

1. buyed
2. bought
3. boughd
4. bught

Fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

1. eat
2. drink
3. drank
4. ate

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

1. go
2. went
3. been
4. walked

What did you find difficult in this lesson?

Name two things you learned.

Past simple