T2-en-2324 - Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Learning objectives

I can use the past simple (regular and irregular) correctly.

Exercise 1

Fill in the correct form of the past simple

My sister and I both ______ (to start) paino lessons.

They _______ (to stop) making cars on 2 February, 1987.

You _____ (to be) a good friend.

I ______ (to buy) a new shirt yesterday.

Do we remember from last year?

When to use which tense..

Present Simple	facts, habits, opinion.
Present Continuous	something is happening now, to express irritation.
Future	personal arrangements; emphasis on intention, to predict events that are near or seem sure to happen.
Past Simple	things that happened and have finished.

Examples

Present Simple	Water boils at 100 degrees. He studies two hours every day. I don't like potatoes.
Present Continuous	Look! They are coming ! You are always shouting !
Future	We are going to buy a new car soon. She is going to have a baby in April.
Past Simple	Last year I went to Scotland

Past Simple

You use the past simple if you talk about actions or events that happened at a certain time in the past. The action or event is finished and there is no connection with the present. 

Signal words: Last ... (week, month etc.) ... ago (a minute, an hour etc.), dates in the past (in 2007, on February 20th), yesterday. 

Past Simple

Regular verbs are formed in the past simple by adding -(e)d to the verb.

We looked at the animals.

I waited in near the entrance.

Past Simple

If the verb already ends in -e, you just add -d.

My mum liked my new swimsuit.

We changed flights in London.

Past Simple

Verbs that have a short vowel + a consonant at the end get a double consonant in before -ed.

He stopped to take a picture.

They grabbed the food tossed into the cage.

Past Simple

Verbs that have a -y at the end get -ied in the past simple if there is a consonant in front of the -y.

The monkey tried to climb the tree.

If there is a vowel in front of the -y, they get -ed after the -y.

The cubs played with the ball.

Past Simple (irregular)

The irregular verbs have their own forms of the past simple (see list with irregular verbs on page 214).

I sat on a bench. (to sit)

She bought a snack. (to buy)

You were at the elephants. (to be)

Past simple regular verbs

Past simple irregular verbs

leave

stop

fly

jump

buy

keep