Past simple

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

This lesson

Grammar (past simple)

Exercises

Goals

After this lesson, you

- are able to use past simple

- can use past simple in questions and negative sentences

Past simple

Past (important when it happened)

Signal words: yesterday, last night, this morning, in 1982... etc

Ww + -ed

Walked, played, missed, etc

You played a game with her.

We missed her so much.

I was there yesterday.

Questions and negative sentences

 I walked to school yesterday.

Questions and negative sentences

 I walked to school yesterday.

Did I walk to school yesterday?

Questions and negative sentences

 I walked to school yesterday.

Did I walk to school yesterday?

I didn't walk to school yesterday.

Questions and negative sentences

Remove -ed

Add did (?) or didn't (-)

She shouted at him.

Did she shout at him?

She didn't shout at him.

They didn't watch the film.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Lana did asked a question.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Ben and Anna waited for hours.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Irregular verbs

2nd row

to bring - brought

to go - went

to be - was/were

etc

Irregular verbs ?-

2nd row --> 1st row (full verb)

Add did/didn't

She ate lasagna.

Did she eat lasagna?

She didn't eat lasagna.

They built the school years ago.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Did you forgot my birthday?

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Turn into a question:
I turned off the TV. (don't forget ?)

Make into a negative sentence:
They walked the dog. (don't forget .)

Make into a question:
We sent them gifts.

Make into a negative sentence:
She was always late to parties.

Exercises

Do exercise H (17.2)

Finished? 

Check your answers

Study irregular verbs