24-10-2023 (Past simple vs present simple)

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Welcome 

Tuesday the 25th of October

Planning  I Wednesday the 25th of October

-  Past simple vs present simple

Goal: After todat you will be able to say you've done something in the past.

Grammar

Used to

Word order (place, time and adverbs)

Past continuous

Past simple

He  loved her for what she was.

Did he understand the assignment?

He didn't understand the assignment.

Present simple 

Past simple 

Past simple

1. I ...... (reach) for the phone but I was too late. 
2. Two years ago I ...... (swim) across this lake.

1. They ...... (not + care) about the party, just the cat. 
2.  He ...... (not + know) what he was talking about yesterday.

1. ..... she ..... (rent) a motocyle last summer?
2. ..... They ..... (reach) the border?

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Past simple

1. They ...... (work) a nine to five job at Tesco.
2. The sorting hat ..... (sort) pupils into their houses. 

1. They ...... (not + want) to be sorted into Hufflepuff. 
2.  He ...... (not + care) in which house he sorted. 

1. ..... we ..... (have) enough for for the entire week?
2. ..... it..... (matter) what sort of clothes I wear to the ball?

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Get to work

Present simple

Past simple

We ........ (talk) about this yesterday already. 

I ......... (not + enjoy ) watching television, I prefer video games.

..... you ..... (travel) to France last year?

My mother ...... (buy) a dress for me. She used her spare change.

The human body ...... (contain) 206 bones. 

Shina ........ (work) as a waitress while she was in college.

Past simple vs present simple

1. Present simple

1. Regelmatig / altijd of nooit / gewoonte

1. I work at the mall.
2. Does she work at the mall?
3. I don't work at the mall.
4. He works at the mall. 

1. Past simple 

1. Iets wat in het verleden is gebeurt. 
2. Het gaat niet meer door.

1. I worked at the mall yesterday. 
2. We worked at the same mall last year.

1. They already ate this morning 
2. She ate Strawberries for breakfast.

Present simple 

Past simple 

• +  kortste ww
•     ww + s (he, she, it) 

• -  don't 
•    doesn't (he, she, it)

• ?  Do
•     Does (he, she, it) 

• +  ww + ed
•     onregelmatige vorm 

• -  Didn't

• ?  Did

Present simple 

Past simple 

• +  I talk to him ....
•     She talks to him .... 

• -  I don't talk to him
•    He doesn't talk to him

• ?  Do we talk to him?
•     Does it talk?

• +  I talked to him
•     I ate already 

• -  We didn't talk to him

• ?  Did they talk to him?