Past tense Class.

We use the past tense to talk about things we did in the past.

In this tense the verb change in the same form for all the personal pronouns.

Check out the differences between the present simple tense and the past tense

Present simple meaning Past tense meaning

I learn Yo aprendo I learned Yo aprendí
You learn Tu aprendes You learned Tú aprendiste
He learns El aprende He learned Ël aprendió
She learns Ella aprende She learned Ella aprendió
It learns Ello aprende It learned Ello aprendió
We learn Nosotros aprendemos We learned Nosotros aprendimos
They learn Ellos aprenden They learned Ellos aprendieron
You learn Ustedes aprenden You learned Ustedes aprendieron

The basic structure for the past tense is:

Personal pronoun Verb in the past Direct object complement

form
I learned Philosophy Yesterday

Examples:

Present simple tense meaning Past tense meaning

I work at home. Yo trabajo en casa. I worked at home. Yo trabajé en casa.
I write essays. Yo escribo I wrote an essay at home . Yo escribí un ensayo en la escuela.
ensayos.
I eat vegetables. Yo como I ate vegetables in the Yo comí vegetales en la cocina.
vegetales. kitchen
I drink milk. Yo tomo leche I drunk milk yesterday. Yo tomé leche ayer.
I clean my room. Yo limpio mi I cleaned my room today. Yo limpié mi cuarto hoy.
cuarto.
I study english. Yo estudio Inglés. I studied English Yesterday. Yo estudié inglés ayer.
I receive letters Yo recibo cartas. I received a letter from you. Yo recibí una carta tuya.

Twelve verbs in the past.

Simple Past tense Simple present Past tense

present
eat ate write wrote
drink drank prepare prepared
 drive drove sleep slept
paint painted clean cleaned
work worked play played
listen listened receive received

Conjugate the following verbs in the correct way. “Comer ensalada” ( to eat salad)

Personal Pronouns. Verb in the past. complement Meaning

I fruits at home
You fruits at home
He fruits at home
She fruits At home
It fruits At home
We fruits At home
They fruits At home
You fruits At home

“Aprender español en casa” (to learn Spanish)

Personal Verb in the Complement Meaning

pronouns. past
I Spanish at school
He Spanish at school
She Spanish at school
It Spanish at school
We Spanish at school
They Spanish at school
You Spanish at school

Write down the correct word in the past tense. Then write the meaning in Spanish.

1. They (clean/ cleaned) _________________the house ._________________________________________

2. She (prepares/ prepared) ___________________ a pizza yesterday. ______________________________

3. He (writes/wrote)______________________a letter for his mother. ________________________________

4. My computer (works/worked) ______________excellent.________________________________________

5. I (sleep/slept) _____________for three hours yesterday_________________________________________

5. You (listen/listened)__________________to the English teacher.__________________________________

Activity:
Order the words as necessary, rewrite and translate them as well. Look at the example:

The house yesterday / They / cleaned.

3 1 2

They cleaned the house yesterday. Ellos limpiaron la casa ayer.

1. Drank /soda yesterday /You

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2. Studyied / I / French at the university.

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3. during three hours / slept / She.

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4. We / soccer at school / played.

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5. ate / three apples and two oranges / He.

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6. I / the breakfast yesterday / prepared.

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First Homework : write down 10sentences in the past tense with the verb list..

Don’t forget the key structure: personal pronoun + verb in the past + complement.

Some parts of the sentences in the past as complement.

In the past:

English Spanish
Yesterday Ayer.
 Two days ago Hace dos días.
Three days ago Hace tres días.
Four days ago Hace cuatro días.
One week ago Hace una semana.
Two months Hace un mes.
ago
One year ago Hace un año.

What is the meaning of …..

He played volleyball at the university

She drank orange juice at home in the morning.

I ate pizza and soda yesterday.

I learned equations two days ago.

You cleaned your house one week ago.

How do we say ______________ In English?

Ella comió vegetales ayer.

El comió frutas ayer.

Yo comí pizza ayer.

Nosotros comimos manzanas.

Ellos tomaron Tequila.

Ello tomo leche.

Ustedes tomaron agua.

For ending: conjugate the following verbs for each personal pronoun.

Comer frutas.

Aprender ingles.

Limpiar la casa.
notepage
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Present tense: I do exercise at home.

Past Tense: I did exercise at home Yesterday.

Present tense: I sutdy englihs