Past Simple - WHEN (use) vs. HOW (form)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

The Past Simple - How vs When

Lesson plan

• Lesson Goal
• Recap Past Simple
• When / How - Past Simple exercise
• Lesson Recap
• Homework

Lesson Goal

- At the end of this lesson I have recapped the rules of the Past Simple by making a word web.

- At the end of this lesson I have practiced the FORM or USE of the Past Simple by doing exercises.

What do you remember from the Past Simple

Recap: WHEN - Past Simple

A finished action in the past. We use the following key words:

L - last week (month, summer, Monday, October, etc)

A - ...ago ( a long time ago / three years ago, etc)

D - DATES; in 2001 / 1998, etc

Y -  yesterday

2000                       X                       2021                                                2042

NEVER use-ing for the Past Simple

Instead, use -ED for regular verbs!

Remember: irregular verbs don't have a rule at all! So no -ING OR -ED

Irregular verbs = no rules!

Regular verbs = verb+ed

• verb with consonant + -y --> Y becomes -ied

• 1 vowel (a,i,e,o,u)+ consonant --> double consonant

• I am - I was
• I see - I saw

• I walk - I walked

• I carry - I carried
  

• I pop - I popped

RECAP - HOW Past Simple

NEVER USE ING

BE

+ I was sleepy.

- I wasn't sleepy.

? Was I sleepy?

+ We were tired.

- We weren't tired.

? Were we tired? 

OTHER VERBS

+ I worked. 

- I didn't work.

? Did I work? 

+ He flew.

- He didn't fly.

? Did he fly? 

Affirmative, negative and questions in the Past Simple. 

• Time: 10 min
  
• How: alone
  
• Goal: practise grammar
  
• Help: raise your hand

Done? 

• Make 5 sentences in the Past Simple ( +/-/?)
• Or study the irregular verbs in your word store

Do: WHEN (use) vs. HOW (form) exercise

WHEN:

Selina

Hajar

Vere

Tristan

Amir

Hannah

Julia

Gina

Jevanio

Lesson Goal

- At the end of this lesson I have recapped the rules of the Past Simple by making a word web.

- At the end of this lesson I have practiced the FORM or USE of the Past Simple by doing exercises.

Homework

• Today: deadline Britain's Youngest Boarders

• Next lesson: Learn the irregular verbs (Word Store) until verb KNOW

• Enjoy your weekend!

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