Past simple

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Past simple

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Harry Potter & the philosopher's stone

Takes place in 1991.

Choose whether Harry Potter and his friends did or didn't do these activities.

This happened.

This did not happen.

Harry looked out of the window.

Ron walked to another cabin.

Hermione talked about animals.

The frog jumped out of the train.

What do these sentences have in common?

Harry looked out of the window.

Ron walked to another cabin.

Hermione talked about animals.

The frog jumped out of the train.

When do we use the past simple?

We use the past simple to talk about things that happened in the past.

For example:

• I walked to school yesterday.
• Last week we studied English.
• A few months ago we talked about football.

=> yesterday last week a few months ago

How do we form the past simple?

Achter het werkwoord plaats je 'ed'.

I walk -> I walked

it rains-> it rained

they beg-> they begged

subject + infinitive without to + -ed

How do we form the past simple?

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

I live - I lived

you move - you moved

In de past simple wordt de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat:

I drop - I dropped

they plan - they planned

How do we form the past simple?

Als een werkwoord eindigt op -y, dan komt er in de past simple een -ied achter:

I carry- I carried

you study- you studied

In de past simple komt er een -ed achter als er een klinker voor staat:

I play - I played

How do we form the past simple?

Sommige werkwoorden zijn onregelmatig (= irregular) en dat betekent dat ze geen '-ed' krijgen maar hun eigen vorm hebben.

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 - OWW

Er zijn geen regels voor de irregular verbs, je moet ze uit je hoofd leren: zie werkboek p.199 

see - saw - seen

come - came - come

Time to practice!

You use the past simple when...

1. something is going to happen in the future
2. something happens every day
3. when something happened in the past
4. something still needs to happen

What is the past simple of 'to go'?

1. gone
2. went
3. goed
4. goes

What is the past simple of 'to tell'?

1. told
2. tolded
3. telled
4. tolt

What is the past simple of 'to think'?

1. tought
2. taught
3. thought
4. thinked

What is the past simple of 'to see'?

1. saw
2. seen
3. see
4. seed

Wat is de Past Simple van work

1. works
2. worked
3. working
4. work

Wat is de Past Simple van help

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

Wat is de Past Simple van study

1. studyd
2. studyied
3. studyed
4. studied

Wat is de Past Simple van buy

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

I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

1. eat
2. drink
3. drank
4. ate

We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

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

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

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

Past simple (-)

But what if something did not happen?

Harry looked out of the window.

Ron walked to another cabin.

=> Ron did not walk to another cabin.

Hermione talked about animals.

=> Hermione did not talk about animals.

The frog jumped out of the train.

How do we form the past simple?

We plaatsen het woord 'did not' tussen het onderwerp en het werkwoord.

I lived - I did not live

you moved - you did not move

subject + did not + infinitive without to

Let op! Als de zin negatief is, hoeft het werkwoord niet meer vervoegd te worden.

Time to practice!

Put the sentence in the correct order.
did not / yesterday. / to school / walk / She

Put the sentence in the correct order.
last week. / for the test / David / study / didn't

Put the sentence in the correct order.
I / was / my bike / when / younger. / about / did not / I / care

Put the sentence in the correct order.
about / did not / talk / my life. / You

Past simple (?)

Inversion questions & question word questions

Match the questions and answers.

Yes, I was so sad yesteryay!

No, I didn't. It rained.

Yes, she did. I was so hungry!

Yes, the teacher was mad at me.

Did you talk in class?

Did he make you cry?

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Did she eat the whole pizza?

Past Simple - Inversion questions

Did + subject + infinitive without to

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Didn't + subject + infinitive without to

Didn't you walk to school yesterday.

Walter did. His trousers are dirty!

He wanted good grades without studying.

I saw it in the kitchen.

It ran away but luckily it came back.

He left around midnight.

Who played in the grass?

What happened to the dog?

Why did he cheat on the test?

Where did you put the remote?

When did he leave?

Past Simple - Question word questions

QW + did + subject +infinitive

Where did you go yesterday?

Why did he leave?

Who did he call?

What did she do?

When did you call?

How did you run so fast?

Answer the question.
She went to the beach.

1. Where does she go?
2. Where did she go?
3. Where did she went?
4. Where went she?

Answer the question.
He was a clown.

1. Which hobby does he have?
2. What did he do?
3. Why doesed he dress like this?

Do you understand today's lesson?

1. Yes, completely!
2. A little bit, I need some more practice.
3. Not at all!