Yr2_T2•Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to English class! 

Lesson plan

• 10 min. Introduction
• 20 min. Past simple 
• 15 min. Independent learning
• 5 min. Evaluation  

Lesson aim

After this lesson, you should be able to:

> Recognise a past simple tense in a video/song/talk

> fill in the sentence with a past simple verb. 

 

What do you already know
about the past simple?

Write an example sentence
in the Past Simple tense.

Time for a song! 

Past simple general rule

Past simple = 

Onderwerp + hele werkwoord + -ed

I worked all day.

He walked to the supermarket.

We played football last Saturday. 

Je gebruikt voor alle personen dezelfde vorm. 

Try it out!

Only write down the correct form of the verb. Do not write down the whole sentence.

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple:
Yesterday I .... (to wash) my car.

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple:
I .... (to search)for a gift last week.

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple, geen verkortevorm gebruiken:
He .... (to stop) the car.

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple, geen verkortevorm gebruiken:
They .... (to use) that bag last month.

Past simple negatives

Bij ontkenningen:

Onderwerp + didn't + hele werkwoord. 

I didn't work all day. 
He didn't walk to the supermarket.

We didn't play football last Saturday. 

Je gebruikt het 'gewone', hele werkwoord, zonder -ed.

Past simple questions

Bij vragen:

did / didn't + onderwerp +  hele werkwoord. 

Did I work all day?
Didn't he walk to the supermarket?

Did we play football last Saturday?

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple, geen verkortevorm gebruiken:
I .... (not/to be) not late.

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple, geen verkortevorm gebruiken:
The train .... (not go) very fast.

To be = was / were

Als er gevraagd wordt om een vorm van to be te gebruiken in combinatie met de past simple gebruiken we was of were

I/ he / she / it  > was

You / we / they > were 

Let op! bij ontkenningen en vragen met to be gebruik je geen did/didn't. Je gebruikt gewoon de past simple vorm van to be. 

I wasn't / was not late. 

Were they angry?

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple:
I .... (to be) cold.

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple:
You .... (to be) tired.

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple:
they .... (to be) hungry.

Fill in the correct form of the Past simple:
It.... (to be) sunny.

Welcome to English class! 

Lesson goals

You are now able to:

•  Recognise a past simple tense in a video/song/talk
•  fill in the sentence with a past simple verb.  

Are you?

Welcome to English class! 

Questions?