Past simple

Past simple





past simple + irregular verbs
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Past simple





past simple + irregular verbs

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Past Simple

The past simple is what we call the "verleden tijd" in Dutch

Slide 2 - Slide

How do you make the "verleden tijd"
in Dutch?

Slide 3 - Open question

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


Slide 4 - Slide

Past Simple - Regular Verbs
After a regular verb you put: '-ed'

Examples:
I walk        ->  I walked
he walks ->   he walked
they walk -> they walked

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

Some spelling rules:

1. Eindigt het werkwoord op een medeklinker + -y,

dan verandert de -y in -ie: I carry  ->  I carried


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

 

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling rules:
2. Eindigt het ww op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d
achter: I live = I lived                       I 


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

- I pass the ball to my friend = I passed the ball to my friend

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Past Simple - Irregular verbs
Some verbs in English are irregular, 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.

You will have to study all the words on the list.

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Past Simple - Questions/negations
Questions -> Did + entire verb
Examples: - Did you walk to school yesterday?
- Did you have a lot of ice cream last summer?

Negative  -> didn't + entire verb
Ex: - You didn't walk to school yesterday.
- She didn't go swimming last week.

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Past Simple - Signal words
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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Let's practise

Slide 12 - Slide

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

Slide 13 - Quiz

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

Slide 14 - Open question

What is the past tense of: walk
A
walkt
B
wolked
C
wolk
D
walked

Slide 15 - Quiz

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

Slide 16 - Quiz

Translate: heb je gewerkt in de tuin?

Slide 17 - Open question

Answer

Did you work in the garden?

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Translate: zij heeft gisteren niet gegeten

Slide 19 - Open question

Answer

She did not eat  yesterday.

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Irregular verbs

Slide 21 - Slide

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

Slide 22 - Quiz

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.
A
go
B
went
C
been
D
walked

Slide 23 - Quiz

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

Slide 24 - Quiz

Fill in: I ..... very happy yesterday.
A
am
B
is
C
was
D
were

Slide 25 - Quiz

Do you know what the past simple is?

Slide 26 - Open question

When do you use the past simple?

Slide 27 - Open question

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

Slide 28 - Quiz

Give an example of a verb in the past tense

Slide 29 - Mind map