Past Simple

Used to describe actions that started and finished in the past

Usado para describir acciones que empezaron y terminaron en el pasado

I went to the cinema yesterday (aff)

I didn´t go to the cinema yesterday (neg)

Did you go to the cinema yesterday? (int)

La estructura a utilizar es muy similar a la del presente simple pero en lugar

de usar como auxiliares DO/DOES/DON´T/DOESN´T usamos para TODOS los
pronombres DID/DIDN´T

To be To be
Statements Statements Questions ?
+ -
I was. I wasn't. Was I?
He was. He wasn't. Was he?
She was. She wasn't. Was she?
It was. It wasn't. Was it?
You were. You weren't. Were you?
We were. We weren't. Were we?
They were. They weren't. Were they?
Regular Verb (to Regular Verb (to Short Short
work) Statements work) Statements Questions answer  answer
+ - + -
No, I
I worked. I didn't work. Did I work? Yes, I did.
didn't.
Did he Yes, he No, he
He worked. He didn't work.
work? did. didn't.
Did she Yes, she No, she
She worked. She didn't work.
work? did. didn't.
Yes, it No, it
It worked. It didn't work. Did it work?
did. didn't.
 Did you Yes you No, you
You worked. You didn't work.
work? did. didn't.
Did we Yes we No, we
We worked. We didn't work.
work? did. didn't.
Did they Yes they No, they
They worked. They didn't work.
work? did. didn't.
 
Lo que ves en los cuadros son ejemplos de cómo armar la estructura del
pasado simple, en el segundo cuadro tenes como armar las oraciones con
cualquier verbo que NO sea el verbo "to be" (ser o estar) y en el segundo
cuadro tenes ejemplos de cómo sería cada estructura con cada persona.

Otra cosa a tener en cuenta es que podes tener verbos regulares y verbos
irregulares. Los verbos regulares son los que terminan en ED al pasarlos a
pasado, los irregulares cambian completamente sin seguir una regla
determinada. Adjunto abajo lista de verbos irregulares (no son todos pero los
mas "comunes") y una lista con expresiones de tiempo que indican que se
está hablando de tiempo pasado.