Past simple

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Past simple

Past Simple

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

The past simple is what in Dutch is called the verleden tijd.

 Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put -ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

 Regular Verbs Spelling

Als een werkwoord eindigt op een medeklinker + -y, dan verandert de -y in -ie: I carry - I carried

Let op, er verandert niets als het werkwoord eindigt op klinker + -y:

I play - I played

 Regular Verbs Spelling

Als een werkwoord eindigt op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d achter: I live - I lived

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

Past Simple - Questions/negations

Questions 

Did + entire verb:

Did you walk to school yesterday?

Negations 

Didn't + entire verb:

You didn't walk to school yesterday.

Past Simple - Signal word

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

You use a past simple when...

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

What is the past tense of: Study

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

What is the past tense of: Help

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

What is the past tense of: Work

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

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

We .......... (work) very hard last week.

You .......... (to be+not) home yesterday.

Shakespeare .......... (to live) long ago.

They ....... (to study+not) very hard for the test yesterday.

.... you ...... (to clean) your room last month?

I ....... (to talk +not) to John an hour ago.

Let goed op wat je moet doen!!
the audience(=publiek) ( to clap) loud for the actors after the play last night?

What did you find difficult in this lesson?

Name two things you learned.

Wat moet je nog doen om de past simple goed te begrijpen?

Past simple