Commerce 1, Unit 3 Travel
Past Simple / Verleden tijd
Examples (the words in bold indicate the past):
> Did you book those tickets last month?
< Yes, and so I went to the airport yesterday.
> So actually your flight was yesterday. Then why are you here?
< Well, the planes didn't depart last night because of the storm.
> Then what did you do?
< We got our money back. And I'm flying tonight, so I've got to go.
> Ok. Have a nice trip then!
< Thanks. See you!
Vorm: 1 werkwoord
Regelmatige werkwoorden = +ed (watch - watched, call - called)
Onregelmatige werkwoorden (go - went - gone, see - saw - seen)
Let op: Bij vragen en ontkenningen soms 2 werkwoorden namelijk did of didn't + werkwoord in de basisvorm (didn't go, did you see?)
Tijdsaanduiding: Last year, last week, yesterday, a month ago
Gebruik: Iets vond in het verleden plaats en is inmiddels afgerond
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Exercises
1.Write positive sentences in simple past.
- he / the question / answer
- you / a question / ask
- the dog / bark
- they / us / call
- we / a mountain / climb
- John / stamps / collect
- we / in London / live
- I / hungry / be
- they / a hamster / have
- he / to school / go
2. Write questions in simple past.
- Anna / the window / open
- she / home / walk
- you / in the garden / work
- you / a song / sing
- she / on a chair / sit
- you / the castle / visit
- Jenny / the door / lock
- she / happy / be
- Greg / the ball / kick
- the car / at the corner / stop
3. Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).
- Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.
- It (be) great.
- I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.
- In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
- One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.
- We (be) very lucky with the weather.
- It (not / rain) a lot.
- But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
- Where (spend / you) your last holiday?
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