Past Simple

Student:
Quispe Soto, Emely Dayana.
Es uno de los tiempos verbales más
utilizados del inglés y uno de los más
importantes.
Se utiliza:
Para hablar de acontecimientos que
ocurrieron en el pasado.
Para hablar de estados de ánimo.
Para hablar de acciones repetidas en el
pasado.

Ejemplo:
Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa.
When I was little I loved playing cards.
 Add "ed" to most verbs: If a verb of one syllable ends
• jump →jumped [consonant-vowel-consonant],
• paint →painted double the final consonant and add
"ed":
→
• chat chatted
If the verb ends "e," just →
• stop stopped
add "d": →
• incur incurred
→
• thrive thrived →
• prefer preferred
• guzzle→ guzzled

If the final consonant is "w,"

If the verb ends [consonant +
"x," or "y," don't double it:
"y"], change the "y" to an "i"
→
• sew sewed
and add "ed":
→ →
• play played
• cry
→
• fry
cried
fried
→
• fix fixed

Regular Verbs
Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple

be was/were know knew

become became make made

begin began meet met

bite bit put put

break broke ride rode

buy bought run rab

Irregular Verbs
Structure
 Affirmative Sentences
Subject main verb ...

She was a doctor She was a doctor.

They learned English They learned English.

The keys were in the drawer The keys were in the drawer.

I wanted to dance. We believed him.

 Negative Sentences
Subject to be not ...

She was not a doctor She wasn`t a doctor.

The keys weren’t in

The keys were not in the drawer
the drawer.
 Negative Sentences
main verb
Subject to do not ...
(infinitive)

I did not want to dance I didn’t want to dance.

They did not learn English They didn’t learn English.

We did not believe him We didn’t believe him.

I did not buy a blue car I didn’t buy a blue car.

 Interrogative Sentences
To be Subject ...

Was she a doctor Was she a doctor?

Were the keys in the drawer Were the keys in the drawer?
 Interrogative Sentences
to do Subject main verb (infinitive) ...

Did you want to dance Did you want to dance?

Did you learn English Did they learn English?

Did you believe him Did you believe him?

Did you buy a blue car Did you buy a blue car?
También se utiliza para
generalidades.
The Aztec lived in Mexico.

(Los aztecas vivían en México)

I played the guitar when I was a child.

(Tocaba la guitarra cuando era niño.)
Thanks!