Past simple

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Past simple

past simple + irregular verbs

Past Simple

The past simple is what we call the "verleden tijd" in Dutch

How do you make the "verleden tijd"
in Dutch?

Past Simple

You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put: '-ed'

Examples:

I walk        ->  I walked

he walks ->   he walked

they walk -> they walked

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Some spelling rules:

1. Eindigt het werkwoord op een medeklinker + -y,

dan verandert de -y in -ie: I carry  ->  I carried

Maar let op, er verandert niets als het werkwoord eindigt op klinker + -y: I play  ->  I played

 

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling rules:
2. Eindigt het ww op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d
achter: I live = I lived                       I 

3. In de past simple wordt de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat: I drop = I dropped

- I pass the ball to my friend = I passed the ball to my friend

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Some verbs in English are irregular, they don't get '-ed' at the end, but have their own form.

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 - Irregular verbs

There are no rules for the irregular verbs, you just have to learn them by heart.

You will have to study all the words on the list.

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Questions -> Did + entire verb

Examples: - Did you walk to school yesterday?

- Did you have a lot of ice cream last summer?

Negative  -> didn't + entire verb

Ex: - You didn't walk to school yesterday.

- She didn't go swimming last week.

Past Simple - Signal words

In Dutch signal words are called 'signaal woorden'  

These word help you to see if something happened in the past

• yesterday
• last week
• ten minutes ago
• in 2007

Let's practise

What is the past tense of: help

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

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

What is the past tense of: walk

1. walkt
2. wolked
3. wolk
4. walked

What is the past tense of: study?

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

Translate: heb je gewerkt in de tuin?

Answer

Did you work in the garden?

Translate: zij heeft gisteren niet gegeten

Answer

She did not eat  yesterday.

Irregular verbs

What is the past tense of: buy

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

Fill in: We ..... on holiday 2 years ago.

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

fill in: I ..... a sandwich yesterday.

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

Fill in: I ..... very happy yesterday.

1. am
2. is
3. was
4. were

Do you know what the past simple is?

When do you use the past simple?

You use a past simple when...

1. Something happend in the future
2. something happens every day
3. something happened in the past and is finished
4. something didn't happen yet.

Give an example of a verb in the past tense