Grammar - Past simple Pink

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Did you watch the 'Past Simple' video(s)?

Goal

You know how to form the past simple.

• statement
• questions
• negative form
• spelling
  

You know how to use the past simple.

STATEMENTS

00:36

Lyrics

Write the (5) past simple verbs in your notebook:

You took my hand
You showed me how
You promised me you'd be around
Uh-huh, that's right
I took your words and I believed
In everything, you said to me
Yeah, huh, that's right

took

showed

promised

believed

said

01:04

Lyrics

Write the new past simple verb in your notebook:

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
'Cause they're all wrong
I know better
'Cause you said forever and ever
Who knew?

knew

01:36

Lyrics

Write the (3) past simple verbs in your notebook

Remember when we were such fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh, no
No, no
I wish I could touch you again
I wish I could still call you friend
I'd give anything

were

convinced

(could)

02:26

Lyrics

Write the (2) new past simple verbs in your notebook:

When someone said count your blessings now
'Fore they're long gone
I guess I just didn't know how
I was all wrong
They knew better
Still you said forever and ever
Who knew?

didn't (know)

was

Type the verbs here

In your notebook write the infinitive (hele werkwoord) of each verb and meaning

Took - (to) take - nemen

Showed - (to) ___ - tonen

etc.

Regular Verbs

Do you recognise a pattern? Or not?

Irregular Verbs

Divide the verbs in regular and irregular according to their form

So, what is the rule for creating the simple past form of regular verbs?

Homework

Do the Quizlet Irregular Verbs (see magister.me week 2), study at least 15 verbs.

00:14

What did you eat?

00:21

Where did it snow?

00:27

What did he take?

I went to school

James listened to music

Mario was happy

They were in trouble

I went to school yesterday

They were in trouble because they were naughty

Did you go to school?

Did James listen to music?

Was Mario happy?

Were they in trouble?

When did you go to school?

Why were they in trouble?

There is no helping verb and there is action: Use did

or

Reverse the statement to put the form of TO BE in the front

Negative form

I went to school

James listened to music

Mario was happy

They were in trouble

I went to school yesterday

They were in trouble because they were naughty

I didn't go to school

James didn't listen to music

Mario wasn't happy

They weren't in trouble

When didn't you go to school?

Why weren't they in trouble?

There is no helping verb and there is action: Use did

or

Reverse the statement to put the form of TO BE in the front

Spelling

stop

enjoy

plan

study

open

play

arrive

carry

ask

agree

invite

copy

hug

-ned,-ped, -ged

-ed

-d

-ied

Do you understand the Past Simple?

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