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3. (De Verleden Tijd)

4. Explanation in Dutch: yesterday, last year, when I was younger, etc. Je gebruikt de Past Simple ook wanneer je vraagt naar wanneer iets gebeurde, bijv.: De Past Simple gebruik je om aan te geven dat iets in het verleden is gebeurd. Vaak wordt het tijdstip genoemd, bijv.: Let me tell you about... When did you talk to her?

5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer. He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five and wrote more than 600 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when he died. Let me tell you about... Exercise 1: Find the verbs in the Past Simple (Zoek de werkwoorden die in de verleden tijd staan.)

6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer. He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five and wrote more than 600 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when he died. Let me tell you about... Check your answers: (Controleer je antwoorden)

7. RULE 1: Regular verbs The Past Simple ends in -ed: I work in a travel agency now. Before that I ……………… in a shop. We ……………… them to our party but they ……………… not to come Last night, the police ……………… me on my way home worked invited decided stopped Let me tell you about...

8. Regular verbs - Spelling rules Als het hele werkwoord eindigt op: A. medeklinker +y? Dan verandert de -y in -ied. Example: Today I study. Yesterday I studied. B. medeklinker waar een korte beklemtoonde klinker voor staat? Dan wordt de medeklinker verdubbeld. Example: Today I stop. Yesterday I stopped. C. stomme -e? Deze -e valt weg de uitgang -ed wordt toegevoegd. Example: Today I like you. Yesterday I liked you. Let me tell you about...

9. A. medeklinker +y? Dan verandert de -y in -ied. B. medeklinker waar een korte beklemtoonde klinker voor staat? Dan wordt de medeklinker verdubbeld. C. stomme -e? Deze -e valt weg de uitgang -ed wordt toegevoegd. Let me tell you about... Exercise 2: Find 5 examples of A, B & C and write them in your notebook. (Vind 5 voorbeelden van A,B & C en schrijf ze in je schrift)

10. RULE 2: Irregular verbs Many verbs are. Then the Past Simple does not end in -ed. write see go Mozart more than 600 pieces of music. We Rose in town yesterday I to the cinema three weeks ago Examples:    wrote saw went irregular Let me tell you about...

11. List of irregular verbs Example: NED ENG PAST SIMPLEPERFECT 1zijnbe was/werehave been 2buigenbend benthave bent 3beginnenbegin beganhave begun Click here for a complete list in WORD Let me tell you about...

12. Questions In questions we use did/didn’t + infinitive. Example: write Normal: I wrote a book yesterday. Question: Did I write a book yesterday? ? ? ? ? ? Let me tell you about...

13. Negatives In negatives we also use did/didn’t + infinitive. Example: write Normal:I wrote a book yesterday. Negative:I didn’t write a book yesterday. ! ! ! ! ! Let me tell you about...

14. SO AFFIRMATIVEQUESTIONNEGATIVE I workedDid I work?I didn’t work She sawDid she see?She didn’t see They wentDid they go?They didn’t go Exercise 3: Now try to make 5 examples yourself and write them in your notebook. (Maak zelf 5 voorbeelden en schrijf ze in je schrift) Let me tell you about...

15. Exercise 4: Make 6 sentences with the Past simple of the following verbs: (Maak 6 zinnen met de verleden tijd van de volgende werkwoorden) begin / choose / take / go / drive / eat Example: Yesterday, I took my girlfriend home. take: Let me tell you about...

16. Exercise 5: Make questions of these 6 sentences (Maak nu vragen van deze 6 zinnen) Example: Question:Did I take my girlfriend home yesterday? Yesterday, I took my girlfriend home. Let me tell you about...

17. Exercise 6: Make negatives of the 6 sentences you made in exercise 3. (Maak de 6 zinnen van oefening 3 negatief) Example: Negative:I didn’t take my girlfriend home yesterday. Yesterday, I took my girlfriend home. Let me tell you about...

18. When I (come) home I (eat) something. Then I (walk) upstairs. I (want) to go to bed to get some sleep. But my bed (be) gone. The first thing I (think) was: who (do) this? I (walk) downstairs again, I (open) the door of the living room and… …there it (be)! In the middle of the living room (stand) my bed. How did it get here? My mother (laugh). I (ask) her if she (know) something about it but she (do) not. Suddenly the bed (move) and started to shake all over. It (rise) up from the floor and (go) into the direction of the window. Before it could fly away I (jump) on it. The windows (open) and the bed with me on it (sail) through the opening. Exercise 7: Fill in the Past Simple (Vul de verleden tijd in) Let me tell you about...

19. http://www.digischool/en/grammatica/tenses.htm Useful WEBSITES for extra information and lots of exercises... Let me tell you about...

20. And now you know something about... … don’t you?