Past simple and was/were (2H/2H6

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

The goal of the lesson: past simple and was/were

Write the forms of the verb to be in the present simple?

Write down the past simple form of "to be"?

Note: was/were

Was / were are the past form of to be.

Was is used for I and He/She/It 

Were is used for You/We/They

Example: You were 10 a year ago, I was 50 some time ago.

Note: the negative form

The negative form is formed by adding not to the verb

(I,he,she,it) wasn’t / (you,we,they) weren’t

Example: He wasn’t a famous tennis player.

They weren't going to the shops yesterday.

I ... playing yesterday

Mum .... watching tv last night, she read a book

We .... at school last Saturday.

You .... in the stadium last Sunday.

was

wasn't

weren't

were

I

you

he/she/it

we

They

was

was

were

were

were

The past simple 

for all other verbs

Note: past simple

We use the past simple to talk about completed events and actions in the past.

Verb + ed (talk -->talked) (laugh -->laughed)

Which signal words can you think of for the past simple.

Signal words:

 yesterday, last week, last year, three days ago, a long time ago, in 2000.

Basic rules about writing in the past simple:

Verb + ed (talk -->talked) (laugh -->laughed)

The basic rule to form the past simple is:
verb+ed

1. true
2. false

The only exception in the past simple is the irregular verbs

1. true
2. false

Note: Exception -e and -c

Endings on –e only a –d (bake -->baked)

Endings on –c get –ked (panic--> panicked)

The past simple form of
to like

1. likes
2. liked
3. likt
4. loke

The past simple form of
to live

1. livet
2. love
3. lived
4. livt

exception -y

Endings –y followed a consonant --> ied (carrycarried)

Ending –y followed a vowel--> ed (play played)

The past simple form of
to hurry

1. hurryed
2. hurried
3. huried
4. hurryd

What is the past simple form of
walk

1. walkt
2. walked
3. walkd
4. walks

The past simple form of
to copy

1. coppyd
2. coppied
3. copyed
4. copied

Exception double consonant

Doubled consonants for a short vowel (swap -->swapped)

Endings on –l after a vowel get an extra –L- travel -->travelled

The past simple form of
to stop

1. stoped
2. stopped
3. stopt
4. stops

Exceptions irregular verbs

Irregular verbs

 learn by heart  

page 127 in your student’s book

The past simple form of
to write

1. writted
2. writes
3. wrote
4. written

Noem zoveel mogelijk uitzonderingen in uitgangen in de past simple?

I understand how the past simple is formed

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Work on/Homework

work on exercise 1 t/m 7 on page 21  in your student's book