PRE-BEGINNER 2

A PARTICULAR WEEKEND!
MODULE

07
Course: Pre-Beginner 2
Module: Past Experiences I

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Content

1. Introduction / Introducción 3
2. The Simple Past Tense: Regular verbs / Pasado simple: Verbos
regulares 3
3. Conclusions / Conclusiones 6
Bibliography / Bibliografía 7
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1 INTRODUCTION / INTRODUCCIÓN

Every single weekend, people like to do different activities to relax from hard weekdays. Some
people don’t change their routine, while others prefer doing something new. Mario always did the
same things when weekends came. For example, on Saturdays he listened to music and cleaned
his apartment all morning. After that, he played soccer with his colleagues until noon. In the
afternoon, he called some friends. On Sundays, Mario prepared his lunch with a lot of vegetables
and watched the news on TV. In the evening, he stayed home and played video games. However,
Mario’s best friend returned from US last weekend, so Mario had a peculiar Saturday and Sunday.
First, Mario and his friend Joel visited archaeological places and tried typical Peruvian food. Then,
they shopped for new clothes. On Saturday night, they danced at the most popular disco in the
city. On Sunday morning, they surfed at the beach
and played soccer with other people from that
place. Mario and Joel laughed a lot like when they
were children. They remembered anecdotes from Some people don’t
their childhood. In the evening, they visited their change their routine,
close friends and cooked some hamburgers. On
while others prefer doing
Monday, Mario went back to the office and his
something new.
routine, but he noticed that his friend helped him
to discover other ways to enjoy weekends by
doing different activities from time to time.

2 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: REGULAR VERBS / PASADO SIMPLE:

VERBOS REGULARES

We use it to express actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past.

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Affirmative sentences (subject + action verb-e, -ed, -ied + complement)

She listened to music last night.

They arrived to Lima one week ago.

Negative sentences (subject + did not (didn't) + action verb (base form) + complement)

She did not (didn't) listen to music

last night.

They did not (didn't) arrive to Lima

one week ago.

Yes / No questions (Did + subject + action verb (base form) + complement)

Did she listen to music last night?

Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.

Did they arrive to Lima one week ago?

Yes, they did. / No, they didn’t.

Information questions (Wh-word + did + subject + action verb (base form) + complement)

What did she do last night?

She listened to music.

When did they arrive to Lima?

They arrived one week ago.

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Remember

CONTRACTIONS WITH BE: In negative

sentences.
She did not She didn’t
I did not I didn’t
He did not He didn’t
It did not It didn’t play sports
We did not We didn’t
They did not They didn’t
You did not You didn’t

Don’t forget

CONTRACTIONS IN SHORT ANSWERS

(NEGATIVE)
Did you call your friends last morning?
Yes, I did. / No, I did not. OR No, I didn’t.

Did Ned study English last semester?

Yes, he did. / No, he did not. OR No, he didn’t.

Information questions

It is necessary to use QUESTION WORDS depending on the

information a person wants to know. What (a thing), Where
(a place), When (time), How many (numbers), Why (reason),
Who (a person / people). Examples:

What did you do yesterday? I played sports.

Where did he study engineering? At UPN.

When did your mom visit you? Last weekend.

How many hours did you listen to music? Three.

Why did you study English? Because it is important for

my professional growth.

Who did you work the project with? With Luis.

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FYI (For Your Information).

For examples:

Who played tennis? Lu did.

When Who is the subject. Who studied for the final exam?
My classmates and I did.

3 CONCLUSIONS / CONCLUSIONES

We use The Simple Past Tense to express actions that started and finished at a specific
time in the past.

In regular verbs, we need to consider add: -d, -ed, -ied in affirmative sentences.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY / BIBLIOGRAFÍA

Books for Languages. (n.d.). Past Simple Negative.

Trusler, T. (2018, May 10). Spelling Rules for Regular Past Verbs. ESLlibrary.

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