The Past Simple Tense

• English
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Good afternoon 1a!

Week 3, L1

• Today: Past Simple regular verbs
• Tomorrow: Past Simple irregular verbs
• Thursday: Formative Crit. B Reading comprehension

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Goals

Learn how to use Past Simple correctly

Learn irregular verbs by heart

Past simple

Over to you

Reader 36, 38,39

Done? 

Past Simple

Past simple!

Use of Past Simple

An event that started in the past and finished there. 

Yesterday I cooked dinner for my family. 

I went to the dentist last week.

Signal words

L - last

A - ago

D - date

Y -  year

The Past Simple 

base form + ed

learn by heart

regular verbs

irregular verbs

Study time:

1. Open your Reader 

at page 29, ex, 22.4, 22.5, 22.10, 23.7, 

Done? Homework - page 33

 

Plenda:

Homework: In your Reader, page 33.

 

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Good afternoon 1a!

Week 4, L2

• Watching a video
• Lesson-up quiz
• Formative Crit. B Reading comprehension

Past simple

Quiz

Past simple regular verbs

Past simple irregular verbs

leave

stop

fly

jump

buy

keep

How do we make a question and a negation in the past simple? Drag the correct structures into the box. 

Did + hele ww

didn't + hele ww

didn't + was/were

was/were+ not

don't + hele ww

didn't + ww+ ed

PAST SIMPLE

She liked that.

We didn't read the book.

Did the man walk?

They went to bed.

I didn't go to school.

Did you see that?

Positive sentence

Negative sentence

Question

Recognize

In the next slides you will have to recognize the correct form of the verb in the past simple.

Past simple of
to be

1. am/are/is
2. been
3. was/were

Past Simple of
to buy

1. buyed
2. buied
3. buys
4. bought

Past simple of
to melt

1. melts
2. melt
3. melted

Past simple of
to cut

1. cut
2. cuts
3. cutted
4. cuted

Past simple of
to go

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

Past Simple of
to get

1. getted
2. got
3. gets

Past Simple of
to fall

1. fell
2. fall
3. falls

Past Simple of
to give

1. given
2. gives
3. gave
4. gived

Past simple of
to think

1. thinked
2. thought
3. thinks
4. think

Apply

In the next slides you will see sentences which you have to complete with the correct form of the past simple.

Write the whole sentence and think about punctuation.

I ______(be) in The Hague yesterday.

___ you ___(watch) the WK last night?

We _____(not-be) able to watch the WK last night.

_____you_____(cut) your finger yesterday?

She ______(go) to the Lady Gaga concert last year.

She____(tell) him not to call her anymore.

They _____(give) me the most beautiful compliment.

Write down 3 English sentences in the past simple. Use signal words. ( yesterday, last year, in 2015 etc..)
1. A positive sentence
2. A negative sentence
3. A question

Do you know the difference between regular past simple verbs and irregular ones?

Yes

Nee

I know the difference, but I still find it confusing.

Can you use the Past Simple in a sentence correctly?
TOEPASSEN

yes

no

so so

Any questions?

Correct! 

Incorrect! 

Past simple verb always ends with -ed

You use Past Simple for things that are always true. 

You make a negative statement by adding 'didn't' + the verb.

Past Simple tells us about some specific things in the past.  

Week 3, L3/4

• Today:  Formative Crit. B Reading comprehension
•  Reading the biography on page 25 answer questions 

Goals

We take a formative reading test

We play games focused on Past Simple

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