Past Simple
Past Simple
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Agenda
- Lesson goals
- Past simple explanation
- Practice
- Write a short story (10 min)
- Goals achieved?
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Today's Goals...
I understand how to form the past simple (regular verbs + irregular) as well as was/were while using the interactive platform LessonUp
I can create a story using the past simple was/were in pairs and read my story to the class
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What is the past simple?
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Past Simple
You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished
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Past Simple - Regular Verbs
After a regular verb you put '-ed'
I/you/we/they walked
She/He/It walked
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Past Simple - Regular verbs
Other Spelling Rules
We add -ed to verbs ending in vowel + -y
play - I played
verb ends in -e, then add -d:
live - I lived
verb ends with a consonant + y....then -y changes to -ied:
carry - I carried
verb ends in consonant + vowel, then double the last letter and add -ed:
drop - I dropped
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Past Simple - Signal words: (WALDY)
In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'
These words help you to see if something happened in the past
W: when
A: ago
L: last
D: days and dates
Y: years
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Past Simple - Signal words: (WALDY)
W: when When I was 24, I lived in Canada.
A: Ago I went to Greece two years ago.
L: last Last week I ate pizza for dinner.
D: days and dates I called the dentist on Monday.
Y: years In 2016 I worked in London.
went and ate: are these regular verbs?
- No. Because they don't have an -ed, -ied ending.
-ed
-d
-ied
-ned
live
start
work
try
use
listen
paint
watch
study
help
plan
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Activity:
Write a short story in the past
IN PAIRS, Write a story describing each picture and use:
ONLY the past simple (regular/irregular verbs)
feeling words
Choose 1 of these options:
Story 1 = *
Story 2 = *
Write your own story = **
minute
second
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You use a past simple when...
Something happend in the future
something happens every day
something happend in the past and is finished
something didn't happen yet.
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Today's Goals...
I understand how to form the past simple (regular verbs + irregular) as well as was/were while using the interactive platform LessonUp
I can create a story using the past simple was/were in pairs and read my story to the class
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How well do you understand the past simple?
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