PAST SIMPLE (PASADO SIMPLE) Se usa el pasado simple para referirse a algo que sucedió en el pasado.
Example:
I lived in Paris for 1 year. Viví en Paris durante un año
-----| -----|- 1 year in ParisParis-|---------- Now I live in London -----| -----|- 1 año en ParisParis-|---------- Ahora vivo en Londres
Verbos regulares En el caso de los verbos regulares, el pasado simple se forma tomando el propio verbo y agregando "ed ed", d" si termina en vocal. Si termina en ed o "d "y y", se cambia por "ied ied". ied
EXAMPLES: We played tennis for two hours. Jugamos tenis por dos horas. She arrived late. late. Llegó tarde. You studied a lot. Estudiaste mucho.
- Reglas ortográficas La regla básica para el pasado simple es añadir la terminación –ED a la raíz del verbo. Sin embargo algunos verbos necesitan cambios.
Estas son las reglas a seguir: Verbo terminado en
Cambio
Ejemplo
-e
Añadir –d
Bake – baked
c+v+c (monosílabos)
Doblar última consonante
Plan – planned
c+v+c (+ 1 sílaba)
Doblar última consonante si está acentuada
Consonante + -y
Cambiar la –y por –i y añadir –ed
Vocal + -y
Añadir –ed
Prefer – preferred
Study – studied Play - played
Verbos irregulares Los verbos irregulares tienen su propia forma del pasado simple y la única manera de aprenderlos es memorizarlos. Normalmente son los que aparecen en la segunda columna de los listados de verbos irregulares en los diccionarios de inglés. Por ejemplo el pasado del verbo to go (ir) es "went went". went El pasado de to see (ver) es "saw saw". saw Siempre es igual para todas las personas. We went to London in 1994. Fuimos a Londres es 1994. We saw the doubledouble-decker buses. Vimos los autobuses de dos pisos.
- Expresiones de tiempo Hay una gran variedad de palabras y expresiones para indicar el tiempo pasado: • A long time ago • Last week • yesterday •…
AFFIRMATIVE: AFFIRMATIVE: Subject I you he she it we you they John
Verb (past form)
went
Adverbial
to the beach yesterday.
NEGATIVE: Subject
Auxiliary
I you he she it we you they John
Verb Adverbial (infinitive)
did not
to the beach yesterday.
go didn't
QUESTIONS: Question Auxiliary Subject Word
When Why How Where etc.
did
I you he she it we you they John
Verb Adverbial (infinitive)
go
to the beach yesterday?
VERB “TO “TO BE”: Pronombre Presente Pasado I
am
was
You
are
were
He
is
was
She
is
was
It
is
was
We
are
were
You
are
were
They
are
were
-AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE: I was in Madrid yesterday.( yesterday.(Estuve en Madrid ayer)) -NEGATIVE: estuve en Madrid ayer)) NEGATIVE I wasn't in London yesterday yesterday (NO ( -INTERROGATIVE: Were you in Paris yesterday? (¿Estuviste en Paris ayer?))
USES OF THE PAST SIMPLE El pasado simple se usa para: 1. Describir una acción que ocurrió en un momento definido del pasado.
- The boys played basketball yesterday. 2. Para contar una sucesión de hechos o acciones que ocurrieron una tras otra.
- She ran down the street but there was no one around. She called for help and then she saw the red car again.
EXERCISES Past tense exercise
1. Yesterday my father (go)……………………to work by car. 2. This morning I (have)………………….. a shower. 3. My sister (not clean)……………………. her room on Saturday. 4. The birds (fly)……………. over our heads. 5. Last week my family (not buy)…………………. a new table for the dining room. 6. The other day, I (lose)……………………. my math's book. 7. I (tell)……………………….. my mother a lie. 8. We (hear)………………………. a terrible sound outside last night. 9. (you see)………………………. football match Tuesday night? 10. Pau (drink)……………… a litre of Coke for lunch yesterday.