The Past Simple

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Past Simple

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

Past Simple

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

Past Simple - 

Helping words or 'signaal woorden'  

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

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

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

Past Simple - 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

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 bevestigend

Past Simple bevestigend

Past Simple negations

Subject + did not (didn't) + infinitive (whole verb)

Onderwerp + didn't + hele werkwoord (1e vorm)

I played ---> I didn't play

They worked ---> They didn't work

She swam ---> She didn't swim

We went ---> We didn't go

Past Simple bevestigend

Past Simple bevestigend

Past Simple questions

Did + subject + infinitive

Did + onderwerp + hele werkwoord (1e vorm)

I played ---> Did I play?

They worked ---> Did they work?

She swam ---> Did she swim?

We went ---> Did we go?

Past Simple of to be

Positive sentences

I / he / she / it = was  ---> I was at a party yesterday.

you / we / they = were ---> They were at the party too.

Negations

I / he / she / it = wasn't ---> she wasn't at the party.

you / we / they = weren't --> you weren't at the party either.

Questions

Was I / he / she / it? ---> Was he at the party?

Were you / we / they? ---> Were they at the party?

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

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

What is the past tense of: Help

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

What is the past tense of: study

1. study'd
2. studyied
3. studyed
4. studied

What is the past tense of: buy

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

What is the past tense of: walk

1. walkt
2. wolked
3. wolk
4. walked

fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

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

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

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

Fill in: I ..... very happy yesterday.

1. am
2. is
3. was
4. were

You use a past simple when...

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

The children (run) away from the scary clown.

The children (not / run) away from the scary clown.

(The children / run) away from the scary clown?