Past simple (positive)

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Past simple

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p217 New Ace 2.1

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 (purple page: irregular verbs) 

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 of 'to work'?

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

Wat is de Past Simple of 'to help'?

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

Wat is de Past Simple of 'to study'?

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

Wat is de Past Simple of 'to 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.

p219

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Read the text and answer the questions. (ex 3 - 8).

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