SIMPLE PAST TENSE

1.- USE:

-Para describir acciones que han sucedido en un tiempo anterior y que ya han finalizado.

Mary cleaned her house. María limpió su casa.

- Para un serie de acciones en el pasado

He came in, took off his coat and sat down

2.- AUXILIAR

Para todas las personas gramaticales usamos

Did ( preguntas y respuestas cortas afirmativas )

Didn´t ( negativo y respuestas cortas negativas )

3.- TIME EXPRESIONS

… ago last week in 1995

Yesterday last month in August

the day before yesterday last year at seven o’clock

4.- STRUCTURE

Sheyla bought a new table yesterday

Sheyla didn´t buy a new table yesterday

Did Sheyla buy a new table yesterday?

Yes , she did

No , she didn´t
5.- VERBS

Para poder formar una oración en tiempo pasado debemos distinguir dos tipos de verbos :

VERBOS REGULARES y VERBOS IRREGULARES. En el primero de los casos forman su Pasado

Simple añadiendo la terminación ED al infinitivo, mientras que los irregulares reciben ese nombre
por no seguir un patrón determinado y en este caso deben estudiarse individualmente.

Pronunciation (Pronunciación)

Pronunciamos la terminación "-ed" de forma diferente dependiendo de la letra que va al final del
infinitivo. En general la "e" es muda.

1. Con los infinitivos que terminan en "p", "f", "k" o "s" (consonantes sordas, excepto "t")
pronunciamos la terminación" "-ed" como una "t".

Look looked [lukt]

2. Con los infinitivos que terminan en "b", "g", "l", "m", "n", "v", "z" (consonantes sonoras,
excepto "d") o una vocal, pronunciamos sólo la "d".

Clean cleaned [klind]

3. Con los infinitivos que terminan en "d" o "t", pronunciamos la "e" como una "i".

end ended [endid]

 EXERCISES

I. PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE PAST SIMPLE.

a) I ___played_______(play) tennis yesterday.
b) They ___walked_______ (walk) to school.
c) We ___visited________ (visit) the museum.
d) She ____invited______ (invite) her friends to her birthday party.

II. WRITE THESE SENTENCES IN THE NEGATIVE.

a) He did his homework Last Tuesday.
He didn´t do his homework Last Tuesday
b) Yesterday I helped my mother. _Yesterday I didn´t help my mother
_________________
c) Two days ago she visited her best friend. _Two days ago she didn’t visit her best
friend ____________________________________
d) Mr Smith painted his bedroom. __Mr Smith didn’t Paint his bedroom
_________________________________
III-.SELECT THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE:

1. We..........the information on the magazine's website. (Find)

a. Finded
b. Found
c. Founded

2. She didn't...............the man from going into the store. (Stop)

a. Stopped
b. Stop
c. Stoped

3. Did you..............calling him this week? (Feel like)

a. Felt like
b. Feel like
c. Feel liked

4. She.................a few mistakes but, even so, she won the game. (Make)
a. Makes
b. Maked
c. Made
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IV.Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

1. go → ___went________
2. come → __came _______
3. buy → ___bought _______
4. have → ___has________
5. do → ____did______

V.Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We open the door. → We opened the door

2. You write poems. → You wrote poems
3. Richard plays in the garden. → Richard played in the garden
4. Kerry does not speak English. → Kerry didn´t speak English
5. Do you see the bird? → Did you see the bird?

VII.-"Was" or "Were"?

1. I___was______ hungry.
2. You__were__ in Australia last year.
3. She__was___ not there.
4. Charly Chaplin___was____ a famous actor.
5. Lisa and James___were______ at home.
VIII. Write the past form for the verbs:

1) Our children (to play) ___played___________ football last year.

2) I (not to cook ) _____didn´t cook_____________ my breakfast yesterday.
3) It (to be) __was______ dark, so I (to turn on) _turned on________ the lights.
4) We (to dance) ___danced_________ a lot at the party last Friday.
5) They (to go) __went________ to the cinema, but they (not to like) didn´t like the
film.
6) I (to work) _worked______ with Al at the post.
IX. WRITE THE VERBS IN PAST TENSE

John, my best friend (see) ........saw............ a car accident

last night when he was coming back to his home.
He (do not know) ......didnt know............ what to do, so he
(decide) ........decided......... to call the police, and a few
minutes later also (arrive) ...arrived.... two ambulances.
Fortunately nobody (be) ..........was....... hurt, however
the local authorities (start) .......started............. a full investigation