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Past Simple
After today's lesson you'll be able to use and form the past simple tense (de verleden tijd). 

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Past Simple
Take a look at this little poem.

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Past Simple
So when to use the past simple?
when something happened in the past and it's finished.
key words: last week, yesterday, in 1978, last year etc.

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Past Simple
two kinds of verbs:

regular verbs:
past form ends with 
-ed.
walk - walked
work - worked

irregular verbs:
Change in vowel in past form.
give - gave
drink - drank

But for now we'll focus on the regular verbs!

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Past Simple 
The regular ones
Affermative:

spelling: when a word already ends with an e: 
Dance -> Danced

note how there is no shit-rule!

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Past Simple 
The regular ones
Negative:

simply add 'did not' and remember that the initial verb is once again the base verb!

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Past Simple 
The regular ones
Interrogative:

'did' moves to the front. And the initial verb in base form!

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translate into English:
ik werkte

Slide 9 - Open question

What's the past simple tense of:
We count

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What's the past simple tense of:
We don't cheat.

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When a verb ends with -y, 
the -y changes into -ie. 

I bury -> I buried
When a verb ends with a vowel +-y, we just add -ed.

We enjoy -> We enjoyed

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Yesterday we ........... (to empty) the garbage.

Slide 13 - Open question

I ............ really hard for this test.
A
studyd
B
studyed
C
studied
D
studyied

Slide 14 - Quiz

We all .............. the first test.
A
pased
B
passed
C
past
D
passd

Slide 15 - Quiz

Our flight was .................. for several hours.
A
delaied
B
delayed
C
delayied
D
delayd

Slide 16 - Quiz

I .............. some sugar to my coffee.
A
added
B
aded
C
addied
D
ads

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To summarise:

past simple tense:
just add -ed


verb ending with -e  -> just add -d
verb ending with -y -> -ied
verb ending with vowel +-y  -> -ed

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To summarise:

past simple tense:
just add -ed


verb ending with -e  -> just add -d
verb ending with -y -> -ied
verb ending with vowel +-y  -> -ed
interrogative:
did + pronoun + verb.

Did he clear the table?
negative:
pronoun + did not + verb.

He didn't clear the table.

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Questions?




Allright lets practice!

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