Simple Past

El "simple past" se utiliza para hablar de una acción 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.

•John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.

•My father died last year.
•He lived in Fiji in 1976.
•We crossed the Channel yesterday.
 Estructura del “Simple Past”
AFFIRMATIVE

SUBJECT + VERB+ED

I skipped

NEGATIVE

SUBJECT + AUX (DIDN`T) + VERB INFINITIVE WITHOUT “TO”

I skipped
 “Simple Past” regular verbs

ADD “d” OR “ed”

I skipped
You walked
They coocked
“Simple Past” irregular verbs

Have - Had
Go - Went
Do - Did
Run - Ran
Say - Said
“Simple Past” with “to Be” verb
I
SHE
HE WAS
BE IT
YOU
WE WERE
THEY
 “Simple Past” completed actions

When a past action is finished and the time of that action is

set and completed in the past we use the Simple Past:

•They went out yesterday evening.

 Past + action in progress

PAST CONTINUOUS
You use Past Continuous to describes actions or events in a
time before now, which began in the past and was still going
on at the time of speaking.
Expresses an unfinished or incomplete action in the past.

• They were going out yesterday evening when it started to

rain.
PAST CONTINUOUS ESTRUCTURE

SUBJETC + WAS / WERE + VERB-ING

• They were watching tv while Rose cooked the dinner.

• I was talking about school whe started to rain.