SIMPLE PAST

Funciones:
 El "simple past" se utiliza para hablar de una acción comenzó y que
concluyó en un tiempo anterior al actual. La duración no es
relevante. El tiempo en que se sitúa la acción puede ser el pasado
reciente o un pasado lejano.

Ejemplos

 John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.

 My father died last year.
 He lived in Fiji in 1976.
 We crossed the Channel yesterday.

 Siempre se utiliza el "simple past" para referirse a cuándo ocurrió

algo, de modo que va asociado a ciertas expresiones temporales que
indican:

 Frecuencia: 

often, sometimes, always

I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
I often brought my lunch to school.
  Un tiempo determinado: 

last week, last month, last year, last weekend, last century, last
Saturday, when I was a child, yesterday, before yesterday, one
year ago, six weeks ago, etc.
We saw a good film last week.
Yesterday, Susan arrived late to class.
She finished her work at seven o'clock
My parents went to the theatre last night

 un tiempo indeterminado: 

the other day, ages ago, a long time ago 

People lived in caves a long time ago.

The other day we met our teacher in a disco.

She played the piano when she was a child.

Nota: el término ago es útil para expresar distancia temporal en el

pasado. Se coloca después del periodo de tiempo de que se trate: a
week ago, three years ago, a minute ago.

Formación

Formación con verbos regulares

Afirmativa

Sujeto + verbo + ed + complemento

I travelled to Europe last year 

Negativa

Sujeto + did not + verbo en forma simple (sin to) + complemento

They didn't travel to Europe last vacation.

Interrogativa (yes/no questions)

Did + sujeto + verbo en forma simple (sin to) + complemento +

?

Did she arrive late to class ?

Interrogativa (information questions)

W-H words + did + verbo en forma simple (sin to) + complemento +

+sujeto ?

Where did you study languages ?

Formación con verbos irregulares

Algunos verbos hacen el "simple past" de forma irregular. Es decir que

en su pasado NO llevan –ed. La formación es igual que la de los verbos
regulares pero con la diferencia de los verbos en pasado. Ejemplos:

to go

 He went to a club last night.

 He didn't go to bed early last night.
 Did he go to the cinema last night?

to give

 We gave her a doll for her birthday.

 They didn't give John their new address.
 Did Barry give you my passport?

to come

 My parents came to visit me last July.

 We didn't come because it was raining.
 Did he come to your party last week?

Respuestas Cortas (yes/no questions)

1- yes/no
2- Cambiar el sujeto de la oración por un pronombre
personal.
3- Terminar con el auxiliar o el verbo con el que comenzó la
pregunta

Ejemplos:
 Did your parents go to the cinema last Sunday?

Yes, they did.

 Was Sofia in your home yesterday?

Yes, she was.
 Did the nurse work at the hospital?
No, she didn’t.
 Were the children happy in the birthday party?
No, they weren’t.
Nelson Marín Estrada
RETO

Complete the article with the simple past form of these verbs:

• become • break • enter • be • give • grow up • name • practice •

start • win
Danny Way is one of the most famous skateboarders in the world.
He 1. ______ born and 2. _______ in Portland, Oregon.
He 3.________skateboarding at the age of four. He 4._________
skateboarding as much as possible, and soon he was very good at it.
He 5.________ his first competition at the age of 11, and
surprisingly, the judges 6._________ him first prize. Between
1986 and 2009, he 7. _________ many medals. The magazine
Thrasher 8.__________ him the Skater of the Year twice! In
2005, he 9._________ the first person to jump over the Great
Wall of China on a skateboard! But Danny has had some hard times,
too. He gets injured a lot, and in 2008 he 10._________ his back.
But after 20 years, he’s still skating.