Grammar - Past Simple

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• Leerjaar 1

PAST SIMPLE

Verleden tijd

Lesson goals

- You know what the Past Simple is about 

- You know the difference between REGULAR & IRREGULAR verbs 

- You practised a little with applying the past simple tense 

Past Simple

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

 

Past Simple

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

Last night I had pizza for dinner. 

When I was young, I cried a lot. 

Regular Verbs

Regelmatige werkwoorden

Verleden tijd = ww + ed 

Yesterday I played tennis with my friends. 

I moved to Nijkerk when I was 3 years old. 

To be or not to be

If a form of the verb to be is used in a sentence, you have to use that verb in the past simple as well.

To be or not to be

If a form of the verb to be is used in a sentence, you have to use that verb in the past simple as well.

If there is no form of to be, make sure you repeat the main verb in the sentence.

Irregular Verbs

onregelmatige werkwoorden

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I broke my arm last week.

Last year, I flew to New York with my parents.

Regular verbs in the Past Simple end with...

1. -ed
2. -ing
3. -s
4. -es

Fill in the correct forms. Use the past simple for regular verbs.
[walk]
Last year I ... to school every day.

1. walked
2. walk
3. walks
4. eigen vorm

Fill in the correct forms. Use the past simple for regular verbs.
[happen]
The accident... on the Grindleford road.

1. happen
2. happens
3. happened
4. eigen vorm

I can write regular verbs (regelmatige werkwoorden) in the Past Simple (verleden tijd)

1. 0 - 25%
2. 25 - 50%
3. 50 - 75%
4. 75 - 100%

Past simple

Negations and questions

Ontkennende & vragende zinnen maken  

Past simple - questions & negations

Is het ww een vorm van to be (was/were?) 

- I wasn´t happy yesterday. 

? Was I happy yesterday? 

Is het ww geen vorm van to be? 

- I didn´t eat pizza last night.

? Did we eat pizza last night? 

Past simple - questions & negations 

Bij alle werkwoorden (behalve vormen van to be: was/were): 

Gebruik maken van het hulp ww did/didn´t 

Gouden regel: na did/didn´t -> hele werkwoord 

I didn´t broke my arm last week .

I didn´t break my arm last week.

Hoe maak je een zin negatief in de "past simple"?

Schrijf een negatieve zin in het Engels met 1 van deze werkwoorden:
to go, to listen, to drive, to sing, to run

IRREGULAR VERBS

break - broke 

go - went 

drive - drove 

see  - saw 

fly - flew 

The irregular verbs list is on page 269 in your book.

Surprise...

On Friday there will be a test on this.

It will only be about the past simple. You can do this!