This lesson contains 23 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 30 min
Items in this lesson
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
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Past Simple
Regelmatig werkwoord: +ed
work - worked
bake - baked
copy - copied
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drive
write
bring
find
put
see
drove
wrote
brought
found
put
saw
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Past simple - when to use it
When something happened in the past and has ended.
Clear when it happened: yesterday, last week, last year.
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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.
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Speaking exercise
Tell the student next to you what you dreamed of as a kid.
Use the past simple.
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Past perfect
I saw a black cat.
I had seen a black cat right before I bumped into a street light.
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Slide 11 - Slide
The titanic had received many warnings before it hit the iceberg.
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I had already eaten when my friend stopped by to visit.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.