24/09/2012 Commerce Unit 3 - Notes Week 25 - 28 September

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.

1. he / the question / answer 
2. you / a question / ask 
3. the dog / bark 
4. they / us / call 
5. we / a mountain / climb 
6. John / stamps / collect 
7. we / in London / live 
8. I / hungry / be 
9. they / a hamster / have 
10. he / to school / go 

 2. Write questions in simple past.

1. Anna / the window / open 
2. she / home / walk 
3. you / in the garden / work 
4. you / a song / sing 
5. she / on a chair / sit 
6. you / the castle / visit 
7. Jenny / the door / lock 
8. she / happy / be 
9. Greg / the ball / kick 
10. the car / at the corner / stop   

3. Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.
2. It (be) great.
3. I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn)  some Irish dances.
6. We (be) very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not / rain) a lot.
8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?

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