HAVO / VWO Grammar - Past simple tense

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

HAVO / VWO 1  English

Book and iPad on the table

Telephone in your bag

havo / vwo 1 - English

Reading

Grammar: past simple tense

spinning wheel game

writing

At the end of the lesson students can:

• identify verbs in the past simple in a text.
• understand how to form the past simple tense with regullar verbs and use them correctly in a sentence.
• write a sports biography for themselves with the past simple tense.

Grammar review: to be

• What are the two words that make the past simple of the verb 'to be'

• use the past simple tense of  'to be' make a

positive (+) bevestigend zin

negative (-) ontkennend zin

question (?) vraag

Discussion

Work with the person sitting close to you

tell each other what you did on your last birthday

elkaar vertellen wat je op je laatste verjaardag hebt gedaan

Grammar: past simple tense

From the video, write down all the words you can remember that are in the past simple tense

What makes you think these words are in the past simple?

Explanation

The past simple is the most common way of talking about past events or states which have finished. It is often used with past time references (e.g. yesterday, last week, two years ago).

How do you form the past simple tense?

Grammar: past simple tense

Werk met een klasgenot

Read "Express yourself" 

onderstreep alle woorden die in de verleden tijd staan

p. 15

Zelfstandig werken: Opdracht 6

p. 14

Make a sentence in the past simple with the given verb

Writing

Use information and instructions on the handout, write your own short sports biography of not less than six sentences.

Klaar! Vraag om een extra werkblad

How can you form the past simple of a regular verb?