Past simple

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Past simple

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Past Simple
You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished.

The past simple is what in Dutch is called the verleden tijd.


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 Regular Verbs
After a regular verb you put -ed'

I walk -> I walked
He walks -> He walked
They walk -> They walked

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 Regular Verbs Spelling

Als een werkwoord eindigt op een medeklinker + -y, dan verandert de -y in -ie: I carry - I carried

Let op, er verandert niets als het werkwoord eindigt op klinker + -y:
I play - I played

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 Regular Verbs Spelling

Als een werkwoord eindigt op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d achter: I live - I lived

In de past simple wordt de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat: I drop - I dropped

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Past Simple - Irregular verbs
Some verbs in English are irregular, this means that in the past tense they don't get '-ed' at the end, but have their own form:

To write -> wrote; I wrote her a letter last week
to go -> went; He went to Italy last year
to make -> made: They made a very nice meal two days ago

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Past Simple - Irregular verbs

There are no rules for the irregular verbs, you just have to learn them by heart

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Past Simple - Questions/negations
Questions 
Did + entire verb:
Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations 
Didn't + entire verb:
You didn't walk to school yesterday.

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Past Simple - Signal word
In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

These word help you to see if something happened in the past
  • yesterday
  • last week
  • ten minutes ago
  • in 2007

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You use a past simple when...
A
Something happened in the future
B
something happens every day
C
something happened in the past and is finished
D
something didn't happen yet.

Slide 10 - Quiz


What is the past tense of: Go
A
gone
B
went
C
goed
D
goes

Slide 11 - Quiz


What is the past tense of: Tell
A
told
B
tolded
C
telled
D
tolt

Slide 12 - Quiz


What is the past tense of: Think
A
tought
B
taught
C
thought
D
thinked

Slide 13 - Quiz


What is the past tense of: See
A
saw
B
seen
C
see
D
seed

Slide 14 - Quiz

My sister .......... (play) the guitar last year.

Slide 15 - Open question

They ....... (go) home after school yesterday.

Slide 16 - Open question


What is the past tense of: Work
A
works
B
worked
C
working
D
worked

Slide 17 - Quiz


What is the past tense of: Help
A
helping
B
helped
C
helps
D
help'd

Slide 18 - Quiz


What is the past tense of: Study
A
studyd
B
studyied
C
studyed
D
studied

Slide 19 - Quiz

Name some irregular verbs

Slide 20 - Mind map


What is the past tense of: buy
A
buyed
B
bought
C
boughd
D
bught

Slide 21 - Quiz


Fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.
A
eat
B
drink
C
drank
D
ate

Slide 22 - Quiz


Fill in: We ..... on holiday two years ago.
A
go
B
went
C
been
D
walked

Slide 23 - Quiz

Name two things you learned.

Slide 24 - Open question

Past simple

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