Elementary Unit 11

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

Verbs (werkwoorden)

• regular (regelmatig)
• walk
• irregular (onregelmatig)
• buy

Past Simple (verleden tijd)

• How to change the tense of a verb 
• from present simple to past simple?

Most verbs are regular.
You make a past simple tense (verleden tijd)
by adding ...

Regular verbs

Present simple (tt)

Past simple (vt)

• walk
• walked

• work
• worked

• He walked in the park.
• He worked on the project. 

Irregular verbs

Present simple (tt)

Past simple (vt)

• bring
• brought

• catch
• caught

• He brought me flowers.
• The keeper caught the ball. 

• For irregular verbs, there is no rule for making the past simple. You cannot make the past simple of these verbs by adding -ed. You have to learn these verbs by heart.

What is the past simple of the verb ...
to talk

What is the past simple of the verb ...
to forgive

What is the past simple of the verb ...
to have

What is the past simple of the verb ...
to learn

What is the past simple of the verb ...
to eat

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