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EngelsMBOStudiejaar 1

This lesson contains 23 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 30 min

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Slide 1 - Slide

What do we call this tense?

When I was a kid, I dreamed of driving an Aston Martin one day. 

Slide 2 - Slide

Today
  • You will remember how to use the past simple.
  • Some of you will be able to use the past perfect as well.

  • We will practice speaking
  • We will practice writing

Slide 3 - Slide

Past Simple
Regelmatig werkwoord: +ed
  • work - worked
  • bake - baked
  • copy - copied

Slide 4 - Slide

drive
write
bring
find
put
see
  • drove 
  • wrote
  • brought
  • found
  • put
  • saw

Slide 5 - Slide

Past simple - when to use it
  • When something happened in the past and has ended. 
  • Clear when it happened: yesterday, last week, last year.

Slide 6 - Slide

Speaking exercise
When I was a kid, I dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot. I even learned how to fly a small airplane, but soon found out that this dream was not for me. I always got airsick after 15 to 30 minutes and I still struggle with that today. 

Slide 7 - Slide

Speaking exercise

Tell the student next to you what you dreamed of as a kid. 
Use the past simple. 

Slide 8 - Slide

Slide 9 - Slide

Past perfect
I saw a black cat.

I had seen a black cat right before I bumped into a street light.

Slide 10 - Slide

Slide 11 - Slide

The titanic had received many warnings before it hit the iceberg.

Slide 12 - Slide

I had already eaten when my friend stopped by to visit.

Slide 13 - Slide

When I (look) ... through the bank statements yesterday, I saw that Ginny (transfer) ... the wrong amount.
A
looked - had transferred
B
had looked - transferred

Slide 14 - Quiz

We (just finish) ... our meal, when a couple of drunk people (enter) the restaurant.
A
had just finished - entered
B
just finished - had entered

Slide 15 - Quiz

Last month all my bank transfers (be) ... cancelled because I (reach) ... my overdraft limit.
A
had been - reached
B
were - had reached

Slide 16 - Quiz

Security (tell) ... me this morning that they (see) ... someone walking on the roof of the building.
A
told - had seen
B
had told - saw

Slide 17 - Quiz

Writing assignment
Quinn was (to be) an ordinary man. At least, he … (to seem) that way to his friends and family. He … (to have) a job at a local law firm and … (to live) in an ordinary house, which he … (to buy) the year before. No one … (to know) or even … (to suspect) that he had a dark side. A side which he carefully … (to keep) hidden…


Slide 18 - Slide

Writing assignment
Quinn was (to be) an ordinary man. At least, he seemed that way to his friends and family. He … (to have) a job at a local law firm and … (to live) in an ordinary house, which he … (to buy) the year before. No one … (to know) or even … (to suspect) that he had a dark side. A side which he carefully … (to keep) hidden…


Slide 19 - Slide

Writing assignment
Quinn was (to be) an ordinary man. At least, he seemed that way to his friends and family. He had a job at a local law firm and … (to live) in an ordinary house, which he … (to buy) the year before. No one … (to know) or even … (to suspect) that he had a dark side. A side which he carefully … (to keep) hidden…


Slide 20 - Slide

Writing assignment
Quinn was (to be) an ordinary man. At least, he seemed that way to his friends and family. He had a job at a local law firm and lived in an ordinary house, which he … (to buy) the year before. No one … (to know) or even … (to suspect) that he had a dark side. A side which he carefully … (to keep) hidden…


Slide 21 - Slide

Writing assignment
Quinn was (to be) an ordinary man. At least, he seemed that way to his friends and family. He had a job at a local law firm and lived in an ordinary house, which he had bought the year before. No one … (to know) or even … (to suspect) that he had a dark side. A side which he carefully … (to keep) hidden…


Slide 22 - Slide

Writing assignment
  • Open the writing assignment on teams. 
  • Fill in the remaining blanks.
  • Finish the story or create your own story. 
  • Use the past simple.
  • If you can, add the past perfect where appropriate.

Slide 23 - Slide

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