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After today you can talk about the past (A2). 

After today you can understand a text about fake holiday pictures (A2).

Grammar: Past simple- positive, negative, questions. And irregular verbs. 

Reading. 

Grammar- The past simple

What do you remember? 

• I walked to school yesterday. 
• We went to the sportsday last monday. 
• I had a party last weekend. 

What did you do this weekend? 

Vraag de leerlingen naar wat zij deze week of dit weekend hebben gedaan en schrijf dit in het Engels op het bord. Wat valt ze op aan de werkwoorden? 

The past simple

Rule= whole verb + ed. 

•  Already an -e? --> Whole verb + d. 

I changed my clothes this morning. (To change)

• Ends in vowel + consonant?  --> Double consonant + ed. 

We stopped doing our homework last night. (To stop) 

• Ends in consonant + y? --> ied. 

I tried my best. (To try). 

Present simple 

• Het heden. 

I walk to school everyday. 

I play football every week. 

My brother and I visit my grandparents every night. 

Past simple 

• Het verleden. 

I walked to school yesterday. 

I played football last night. 

My brother and I visited my grandparents two weeks ago. 

 

Benoem het verschil tussen heden en verleden. Vraag nogmaals; wat valt je op aan de vorm. Weet je de regels voor de Past simple nog?

The past simple- irregular verbs

There are irregular verbs as well. 

Can you think of examples?

Look through the list of irregular verbs. 

The past simple- +-? 

Questions in the past. 

• For questions there are 3 rules:

1. You put was, were and could at the beginning of the question. 

Mirjam was ill this weekend. --> Was Mirjam ill this weekend?

We were at the festival last week. --> Were you at the festival last week? 

2. Other verb? add did to the beginning, followed by the verb (without to).

You listened to me. --> Did you listen to me? 

I made notes. --> Did you make notes? 

3. Asking a question with when, how, where, what or why? Put the wh-word at the beginning + was/were/could or did + verb. 

Negative sentences in the past

• For negative sentences there are two rules: 

1. Was, were or could? Add -n't or not to the verb. 

Mirjam was not ill this weekend. 

We weren't at the festival this weekend. 

2. Other verbs? Add didn't + whole verb - to. 

You made notes. --> You didn't make notes. 

Reading strategies

How do you tackle reading a text?  

Reading strategies

• Prepping reading.
• Reading globally. 
• Intensive reading. 

Let's read together

1. Look at the title, the picture(s) and the words in bold. What do you notice? 
2. Read the introduction, the first and last sentence of each paragraph and the conclusion. Underline important information. 
3. Write your summary. 
4. Intensive reading: Read the text again and answer the questions.
5. Are there any unknown words? 

Reading-answers

Let's check your answers

Next week

Study: The irregular verbs.