INGLÉS

SEMANA 6

TEMA: SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS. PREPOSITION OF PLACE. OBJECT PRONOUNS

AFFIRMATIVE TRANSLATION
subject + verb + complement + time sujeto + verbo + complemento + expresión de
in past expression en pasado tiempo
I Yo viajé
You Tú viajaste
You Ustedes viajaron
We Nosotros viajamos
They traveled abroad. Ellos (as) viajaron al extranjero.
He Él viajó
She Ella viajó
It Esto (a) viajó

NEGATIVE TRANSLATION
subject + didn’t +verb + compl + time sujeto + negación + verbo + complemento + expresión
expression de tiempo
I Yo Tú no viajaste
You Ustedes no viajaron
You Nosotros no viajamos
We Did not Ellos no viajaron
They travel abroad. (as) al extranjero
He Él Ella no viajó
didn't
She It Esto (a) no viajó

INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWER

I Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
you Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
you Yes, we did. No, we didn’t.
we Yes, we did. No, we didn’t.
Did they travel abroad? Yes, they did. No, they didn’t.
He Yes, he did. No, he didn’t.
She Yes, she did. No, she didn’t.
It Yes, it did. No, it didn’t.

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I. SIMPLE PAST OF THE REGULAR VERBS

MODO AFIRMATIVO MODO INTERROGATIVO MODO NEGATIVO

I played Yo jugué Did I play? ¿Jugué? I did not play Yo no jugué.

You loved Tú amaste Did you love? ¿Amaste? You did not love Tú no amaste.

He called Él llamó Did he call? ¿Él Llamó? He did not call Él no llamó.

She helped Ella ayudó Did she help? ¿Ella ayudó? She did not help Ella no ayudó.

It rained Llovió Did it rain? ¿Llovió? It did not rain No llovió.

We decided Nosotros Did we ¿Nosotros We did not Nosotros no

decidimos decide? decidimos? decide decidimos.

You learned Ustedes Did you learn? ¿Ustedes You did not Ustedes no
aprenden aprendieron? asked preguntaron.

They used Ellos usan Did they use? ¿Usaron ellos? They did not Ellos no
use usaron.

Affirmative: The past form of regular verbs ends in - d, - ed, or – ied

SPELLING OF PAST OF REGULAR VERBS

Add -d This happens when the Cuando el infinitivo acaba en vocal y es

to the base form ends in a vowel antecedido por una o más consonantes
base and one or more
form. consonants. lived hated hoped joked

This also happens when Cuando el infinitivo acaba en: UE, OE o IE

the base form ends in ue,
oe,or ie glued died lied tied

Chang This happens when a verb Cuando termina en consonante + Y

e ends in a consonant and y:
-y to -i copied tried cried hurried
and
add This does not happen No se cumple cuando termina en vocal -y
-ed. when a verb ends in a
vowel and –y played enjoyed obeyed destroyed

Double the final consonant and add Duplicar la vocal consonante y añadir –ed si hay
–ed if there is a single stressed una sola vocal acentuada antes de la
vowel before the final consonant. consonante final.
pinned preferred stopped admitted

Add -ed to the base forms of all other regular verbs.

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Negative:

RULE EXAMPLE

did + not after I, you, we, they, he, she, it. I, you, we, they did not sing.

Questions

To form a question we place did before the subject. auxiliary verb + subject + main verb
(I, you, we, they, he, she, it)
• Did you go to school by bus?
Para construir preguntas colocamos Did antes del
• Did she go to school by bus?
sujeto (I, you, we, they, he, she, it)

Exercise 1

I. Circle the correct alternative.

1. The mechanic the car.

A) did fix B) fix C) fixed A) travelled B) travel C) did’t traveled

II. Choose the correct alternative.

2. you call me yesterday?
A) did B) was C) are
Last Tuesday, we (8) stay at school. We
(9) an art gallery. We (10)
3. When he 10, he wanted to be a
at the paintings. I liked them. The
doctor.
guide (11) about the paintings and the artists.
A) is B) was C) were
8. A) didn’t B) weren’t C) were
4. you live in Tumbes?
9. A) didn’t visited B) visited C) visitted
A) was B) did C) don’t

10. A) looking B) didn’t look C) looked

5. I was hungry so I to have a pizza in a
fast food restaurant.
11. A) talks B) talked C) did talk
A) decided B) decide C) did decide

6. A: What you last weekend?

7. B: We to Liverpool last Saturday.
A) did-go B) were-do C) did-do

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 Time expressions + past Meaning/ structure

Before / dinner we talked about Sally's news. (preposition + noun / noun

after/ during phrase)

After / when I'd done the ironing, Tom tidied up the (sequence)
flat.
While / I did the ironing, Tom tidied up the flat. (simultaneous action / sequence /
after/ before reverse sequence)

When / as I picked up the phone, it stopped (sequence / simultaneous

ringing. action)

During the morning a parcel arrived. (preposition+ noun / noun

phrase)

II. Preposition of place

In is used for land area – a country/ a town or city / inside a certain building.

Example: She lives in Birmingham (Ella vive en Birmingham).

ON UNDER

IN ABOVE

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 III. OBJECT PRONOUNS (PRONOMBRE EN FUNCIÓN DE OBJETO)

Object pronouns It is a pronoun that is used as This is my book. (Este es mi libro.)

an object (Son aquellos pronombres que son
This book is mine. (Este libro es
usados como objeto).
mío.)

Exercise 2

Replace the underlined words with an object pronoun

1. Can you help my sister and me, please?

A) her B) me C) us

2. The teacher always gives the students homework.

A) me B) them C) you

3. I am reading the book to my little sister.

A) her B) us C) him

4. I don't know the answer.

A) she B) her C) it

5. Drink your apple juice! Drink !

A) it B) its C) your

6. It's Jhon's birthday today. This is a present for

A) she B) him C) it

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 REGULAR VERBS

Infinitive Past Significado Infinitive Past Significado

Answer Answered Responder Miss Missed Perderse,
Arrive Arrived Llegar Move Moved Mover,
Ask Asked Preguntar Need Needed Necesitar
Behave Behaved Comportarse Offer Offered Ofrecer
Call Called Llamar Order Ordered Ordenar
Carry Carried Llevar Play Played Jugar, Tocar,
Close Closed Cerrar Prefer Preferred Preferir
Change Changed Cambiar Rain Rained Llover

Dance Danced Bailar Relax Relaxed Descansar

Decide Decided Decidir Rest Rested Descansar
Guess Guessed Suponer Return Returned Volver
Hate Hated Odiar Save Saved Ahorrar, Salvar
Invite Invited Invitar Stress Stressed Acentuar
Learn Learned/learnt Aprender Talk Talked Hablar
Like Liked Gustarle a uno Wait Waited Esperar
Listen Listened Escuchar Work Worked Trabajar
Live Lived Vivir
Look Looked Mirar, Parecer
Love Loved Amar, Encantarle

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 EVALUATION
1. Choose the correct alternative:
“I called ________ but they weren’t at home.”

A) him B) he C) they D) us E) them

2. Choose the correct alternative: "Monica ______ to school yesterday

morning, but nobody talked to ______.”

A) went / him B) goes / her C) went / her D) did / us E) goes / she

3. Choose the correct alternative: "The police said stop! and the car
______."

A) stoped B) stopped C) stopt D) stop E) stopp

4. Choose the correct alternative: "_____ you study for the test a month
ago?”

A) Do B) Did C) Does D) Were E) Are

5. Choose the correct alternative: “The money is ____ the table, ______
the door.”

A) inside / on B) between / below C) on / next to D) in / up E) at / in

6. Choose the correct alternative: " You promised to called ____

yesterday and you _____. I waited for your called all day.”

A) me / didn’t B) him / did C) her / didn’t D) me / did E) them / didn’t

7. Choose the correct alternative: “I ______ playing the guitar yesterday

night. It was fun!

A) hate B) like C) enjoyed D) returned E) saved

8. Choose the correct alternative: "They ______ to close the window

because it was too cold!"

A) changed B) guessed C) lived D) moved E) decided

9. Choose the correct alternative: "_______ dinner we talked about work

but ________ dinner we started telling jokes.”
A) During / while B) Before / during C) After / as D) When / before E) As / after

10. Choose the correct alternative: "____ Arturo come to class three
days ago? / B: I’m not sure, I guess I didn’t see ______.
A) Did / us B) Did / her C) Does / them D) Does / me E) Did / him

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