Past simple: be and can

Past simple

Past simple (verleden tijd)

• Be (was/were) 
• Can (could)

the past simple of be is was or were

I am ill.

I was ill.

the past simple of can is could.

I can read.

I could read. 

Where (be) you last week?

1. went
2. go
3. was
4. were

She (can) use the computer when she was younger.

1. canned
2. can
3. can't
4. could

When I was a baby, I ... ride a bike.

1. can
2. can't
3. could
4. couldn't

You ... home last night. Where ...you?

1. wasn't, was
2. weren't , were
3. were, wasn't
4. was, weren't

Is this sentence correct?
"Were where your family during Christmas?

1. goed
2. fout

Is this sentence correct?
"She couldn't to walk when she was a baby"

1. goed
2. fout

Is this sentence correct?
"We couldn't voted in the last election because we were too young"

1. goed
2. fout

verleden tijd van  'to be '

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