Colegio de bachilleres del estado de

yucatan
Plantel baca
Alumna:Selene Del Carmen Cervante Chavez
Grupo:C
Profesor:Emilio Celis
3er semestre
Past simple

SIMPLE PAST

To express the idea that an

action started and finished at
a specific time in the past.

Something
that happened once

something that
happened again and
again in the past

When I was a boy

I walked a mile to
school every day.

structur
e

Use

something
that was true for
some time in the
past

We usually make
of course,
put the
we often
use
the positive by
question
word
at the
phrases
For example, 'play'
adding '-ed' to the
with
ago
beginning
of with the
becomes
'played'.
infinitive. There
past
tense
use did to make
When
did
you
However,
, for
example
question.where
did
I
are someWe
irregular
positive
questions
with
the
meet
your
'go'
becomes
'went'
and
verbs
To make a
go?
question
negatives
past tense
wife?'ran'.
'run' becomes

'wh'

I met my wife
in 1983.

I lived abroad for ten

years.
He enjoyed being a
student.

I met my wife a
long time ago.

verbs

irregul
regular
ar

for
example
'go'
becomes
just
'went' and
add
ed.
'run'