Past Simple

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Today: past simple

Today in English class:

The goal is to remember/know how to use the Past Simple 

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The past simple is dus in het Nederlands de verleden tijd. Je gebruikt het als iets is gebeurd en is afgesloten. 

I walked to school yesterday. 

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

Achter een regelmatig werkwoord zet je '-ed' in de PS:

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:

Als een werkwoord eindigt op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d achter:

I live -> I lived

He lives -> He lived

They live -> They lived

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Some verbs in English are irregular, this means that in the past tense they don't get '-ed' at the end, but have their own form.

To write -> wrote; I wrote her a letter last week

To go -> went; He went to Italy last year

To make -> made: They made a very nice meal two days ago

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

There are no rules for the irregular verbs, you just have to learn them by heart.

Staan op blz. 209 van je werkboek!

Go practise yourselves!

- Read grammar 1B and 2B page 49.

- Do exercise 31, 32 and 33. 

- Finished? Check 'getting started' page 32 and exercise 19 (reading) page 40 with the answer sheet on my desk. 

At home: practise the Stones 1, 2 and 3 (Chapter 1) met Slim Stampen Stepping Stones online. 

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Questions -> Did + entire verb

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations -> didn't + entire verb

You didn't walk to school yesterday.

Past Simple - Signal word

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

These word help you to see if something happened in the past

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007

Tell me something you did during the weekend (in English!)

You use a past simple when...

1. Something happend in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something happend in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet.

My sister .......... (play) the guitar last year.

They ....... (go) home after school yesterday.

What is the past tense of: Help

1. helping
2. helped
3. helps
4. help'd

What is the past tense of: buy

1. buyed
2. bought
3. boughd
4. bught

What is the past tense of: walk

1. walkt
2. wolked
3. wolk
4. walked

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

1. go
2. went
3. been
4. walked

Fill in: I ..... very happy yesterday.

1. am
2. is
3. was
4. were

When do you use the past simple?

When do you use the Present Perfect

Future Simple

The future simple is what in Dutch is called the toekomende tijd

You use the future simple when something happens spontaneously


I will help you in a minute.

We'll do it!

It will be dark soon.

Let op! 

Vraagzin?
Bij I and We vervang je will door shall.

Ontkennend?
Vervang will door Won't of zet not tussen will en werkwoord.

They _______ (start) soon

1. shall started
2. shall start
3. will start
4. will starts

Ontkenning: where in this sentence do we place 'not'?
Ray will come to school tomorrow.

1. Ray not will come to school tomorrow.
2. Ray will come not to school tomorrow.
3. Ray will not come to school tomorrow.
4. Ray won't come to school tomorrow.

AND NOW!

Work on 8.1 A B C

Done?
Do the Present Perfect quiz (Magister)
Work on task (Deadline : Tomorrow!!)
Read The Giver / book

Tomorrow!

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