unit 2.1 past simple met regelmatige werkwoorden
you used the past simple:
- when jou ask something withe when
- to indicate that something has happened in the past and now is over. often there is a timing of past tense in the phrase, for example: yestreday, last month, last year, when i was younger, in 1980.
You make the past simple by-ed behind the sentence
gewone zin. vraag ontkenning
i worked did i work? i didn't work
you lived did you live you didn't live
he/she/it watched did he/she/it watch he/she/it didn't watch
we walked did we walked we didn't walk
you talked did you talk you didn't talk
they cycled did they cicled they didn't cycle
If a verb ends in a consonant + y, then changed the-y in-i in the past simple.
to carry he carried the bag for me this morning hij droeg vanmorgen de tas voor mij
WATCH OUT!!!!! changed nothing if the verb ends in a vowel +-y
to play They played the piano last night ze speelden gisteravond piano
If a verb ends in a-e, then there will be only a-d in the past simple behind.
to live he lived in los angeles in 1956 hij leefde in los angeles in 1956
to fake i faked my pain ik nepte mijn pijn
in the past simple is the last consonant of the verb doubled as one vowel
drop i dropped my drugs when i saw the cops ik liet mijn drugs vallen toen ik de politie zag
prefer mirthe preferred fish and chips mirthe had liever vis met friet.