Past simple

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How did you make the past simple of to be?

Past simple of 'to be'

I / he / she / it                                              was

you / we / they / you                                  were

Past simple

What did you do with the verb 'be'?

Past simple

When / why?

                            You use it to say that something happened in the                                 past and is now over.

                I had a relationship with that girl/boy. (it's now over)

There is often a time clause (tijdsbepaling) in the sentence, 

                             in 2012, last night, last year, last week etc. 

Past Simple

How?

            put -ed after the infinitive

* when a word ends in -y, like try. It changes into -ied, tried.

* some words have one syllable and a short vowel (a,e,o,i,u), like grab and stop. Then you double the consonant (medeklinker), like grabbed and stopped. 

                                   !!!Know your irregular verbs!!!

Quiz

Use your own name!!!

We …… (see)

1. See
2. Saw
3. Seen
4. Sow

I ........(walk)

1. walks
2. walked
3. walking

we...........(jump)

1. jumped
2. jumping
3. jumps

he...............(read)

1. reads
2. readed
3. read

she...........(try)

1. tried
2. tryed
3. tries

they.........(move)

1. moves
2. moving
3. moved

you..........(make)

1. making
2. made
3. maked

we ........(tell)

1. telled
2. telling
3. told

Homework

Do exc. 26 and 27

Done? Do exc. 23 to 25

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