UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL HERMILIO VALDIZÁN

FACULTAD EN CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN

PROGRAMA DE SEGUNDA ESPECIALIDAD

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Integrantes:
- Lisbeth Main Aguirre Durand
- Clariza Basilio Gavino
- Roland Evert Rodriguez Briceño
 For regular verbs
Para formar el pasado simple con verbos regulares,solo debemos
añadir la terminación –ed, -d o -ied, según corresponda.

subject + verb in past + object

She worked last Saturday.
(Ella trabajó el jueves pasado)

EXAMPLES

Play Like Cry Stop

Played liked cried stopped

Spelling of the past tense of regular verbs

Rule Base form Past form

Add -ed to most regular verbs Start Started

Rain Rained

When the base form ends in e, add -d only Die Died

Live Lived

When the base form ends in a consonant + y, change y to Carry Carried

i and add -ed. Study Studied

When the base form ends in a vowel + y, add -ed. Don’t Stay Stayed
change the y. Enjoy Enjoyed
 Rule Base form Past form

When a one-syllable verb ends in a consonant-vowel- Stop Stopped

consonant, double the final consonant and add -ed Hug Hugged

Do not double a final w or x. Show Showed

Fix Fixed

When a two-syllable verb ends in a consonant-vowel- Occur Occurred

consonant, double the final consonant and add -ed only Permit Permitted
if the last syllable is stressed.

When the last syllable of a two-syllable verb is not Open Opened

stressed, do not double the final consonant. Offer Offered
Lista de verbos regulares
Present Past Español Present Past Español

Die Died Morir

Act Acted Actuar Dry Dried Secar
Add Added Añadir Enjoy Enjoyed Disfrutar
Ask Asked Pedir Explain Explained Explicar
Answer Answered Responder Follow Followed Seguir
Arrive Arrived Llegar Finish Finished Terminar
Brush Brushed Cepillar Help Helped Ayudar
Belong Belonged Pertenecer Hope Hoped Esperar
Beg Begged Suplicar Happen Happened Suceder
Believe Believed Creer Imagine imagined Imaginar
Close Closed Cerrar Kiss Kissed Besar
Cook Cooked Cocinar Kill Killed Matar
Call Called Llamar Laugh Laughed Reir
Change Changed Cambiar Like Liked Gustar
Charge Charged Cargar Look Looked Mirar
Clean Cleaned Limpiar Miss Missed Extrañar
Cry Cried Llorar Marry Married Casar (Se)
Dance Danced Bailar Open Opened Abrir
Dress Dressed Vestir
Simple past form of
irregular verbs
 Irregular verbs
Estos verbos cambian de diferentes formas.

subject + verb in past + object

They went to the movies

(Ellos fueron al cine)

Desafortunadamente, no hay una norma establecida para formarlos. A

continuación tienes los verbos irregulares más comunes y los que actúan
como verbos auxiliares.
 IRREGULAR VERBS (más comunes)
can
VERB SIMPLE PAST FORM

be Was ( I, he , she, it )

Were ( you, we, they )

do did

have had

can could
Lista de verbos irregulares
Infinitive Simple Past Español Infinitive Simple Past Español

Beat Beat Golpear Rise Rose Levantarse

Begin Began Empezar See Saw Ver
Come Came Venir Sell Sold Vender
Cut Cut Cortar Shine Shone Brillar
Choose Chose Elegir Shut Shut Cerrar
Drink Drank Beber Sleep Slept Dormir
Feel Felt Sentir Speak Spoke Hablar
Grow Grew Crecer Spit Spat Escupir
Keep Kept Conservar Spring Sprang Saltar
Lead Led Conducir Teach Taught Enseñar
Lie Lay Echarse Think Thought Pensar
Lose Lost Perder Weep Wept Llorar
Make Made Hacer Write Wrote Escribir
Pay Paid Pagar
Past-tense
statements
 Past-tense affirmative

SUBJECT + PAST FORM (REGULAR OR IRREGULAR) +

COMPLEMENT
EXAMPLE

I
YOU
SHE
HE learned English
WE
YOU
THEY
 Past-tense negative

SUBJECT + DIDN’T + BASE FORM (REGULAR OR IRREGULAR) + COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE

I
YOU
SHE
HE didn´t work In the company
WE
YOU
THEY
 Past-tense questions
DID + SUBJECT + BASE FORM (REGULAR OR IRREGULAR) + COMPLEMENT

I
YOU
SHE
Did HE close the door
WE
YOU
THEY

Short answer
YES/NO + SUBJECT + DID

EXAMPLE
- Did he walk to school? (¿Él caminó para ir a la escuela?)
- Yes, he did.
Wh-questions
 Wh questions with simple past of to do
Wh- + verb to do in past + subject + base form +
complement?
Example:

1. When did you buy that sweater?

(¿Cuándo compraste ese suéter?)

 What? When?
(¿Qué? / ¿Cuál? ) (¿Cuándo?)

Q: What did you prepare for dinner? Q: When did they arrive? (¿Cuándo
(¿Qué preparaste para la cena? ) llegaron ellos? )

A: I prepared a pizza (Preparé una pizza) A: They arrived yesterday(Ellos llegaron

ayer)
 Where? Why?
(¿Dónde?) (¿Por qué? )

Q: Where did they go? (¿A dónde fueron Q: Why did he buy a new TV? (¿Por qué
ellos? ) compró él una nueva televisión? )

A: He bought a new TV, because it had a great

A: They went to the supermarket (Ellos
discount (Él compró una nueva televisión
fueron al supermercado) porque tenía un gran descuento)
 Who? How?
(¿Quién? ) (¿Cómo? )

Q: Who did she phone? (¿A quién llamó? )
A: She phoned her sister (Ella llamó a su
hermana)
Q: How did she come home? (¿Cómo
llegó a casa? )
A: She came home by taxi (Ella llegó a
casa en taxi)
 Which? Whose?
(¿Cuál/Cuáles? ) (¿De quién? )

Q: Which ones did you buy last week? Q: Whose dress did she borrow? (¿De
(¿Cuáles compraste la semana pasada? ) quién tomó prestado el vestido? )

A: I bought the white shoes (Compré los A: She borrowed her mother’s dress. (Ella
zapatos blancos) tomó prestado el vestido de su madre
 SEMEJANZAS INGLÉS -
ESPAÑOL
1. In both languages there are conventional rules to make past
forms of regular verbs.

2. In both languages there are no fixed rules to make past forms of

irregular verbs. Linguists might have tried to group them according
to some patterns but just some verbs fit, not even many of them.
So if we want to learn them, we’d better try memorizing.
 DIFERENCIAS INGLÉS -
WAIT - WAITED
ESPAÑOL 1
ESPERAR - YO ESPERÉ - YO ESPERABA

COOK - COOKED COCINAR - TÚ COCINASTE - TÚ COCINABAS

KISS - KISSED BESAR - ELLA BESÓ - ELLA BESABA

ADD - ADDED AGREGAR - ÉL AGREGÓ - ÉL AGREGABA

TOSER - EL PERRO TOSIÓ - EL PERRO TOSÍA

COUGH - COUGHED
RESPONDER - NOSOTROS RESPONDIMOS - NOSOTROS
ANSWER - ANSWERED
RESPONDÍAMOS

JOIN - JOINED UNIR - VOSOTROS UNISTEIS - VOSOTROS UNÍAIS

LIVE - LIVED VIVIR - ELLOS VIVIERON - ELLOS VIVÍAN

 DIFERENCIAS INGLÉS -
I HAD
ESPAÑOL 2
YO TUVE - YO TENÍA

YOU HAD TÚ TUVISTE - TÚ TENÍAS

HE HAD ÉL TUVO - ÉL TENÍA

SHE HAD ELLA TUVO - ELLA TENÍA

THE DOG JUMPED EL PERRO SALTÓ - EL PERRO SALTABA

WE JUMPED NOSOTROS SALTAMOS - NOSOTROS

SALTÁBAMOS
YOU JUMPED
VOSOTROS SALTASTEIS - VOSOTROS SALTABAIS
THEY JUMPED
ELLOS SALTARON - ELLOS SALTABAN
 DIFERENCIAS INGLÉS -
I DID NOT HAVE
ESPAÑOL 3
YO NO TUVE - YO NO TENÍA

YOU DID NOT HAVE TÚ NO TUVISTE - TÚ NO TENÍAS

HE DID NOT HAVE ÉL NO TUVO - ÉL NO TENÍA

SHE DID NOT HAVE ELLA NO TUVO - ELLA NO TENÍA

EL PERRO NO SALTÓ - EL PERRO NO SALTABA

THE DOG DID NOT JUMP
NOSOTROS NO SALTAMOS - NOSOTROS NO SALTÁBAMOS
WE DID NOT JUMP
VOSOTROS NO SALTASTEIS - VOSOTROS NO SALTABAIS
YOU DID NOT JUMP
ELLOS NO SALTARON - ELLOS NO SALTABAN
THEY DID NOT JUMP
 DIFERENCIAS INGLÉS -
ESPAÑOL 4
DID YOU HAVE A BICYCLE?
WHAT DID YOU HAVE?
DID THE DOG JUMP 2 METERS?
WHY DID THEY JUMP THE FENCE?
¿TÚ TUVISTE UNA BICICLETA? - ¿TÚ TENÍAS UNA
BICICLETA?
¿QUÉ TÚ TUVISTE? - ¿QUÉ TÚ TENÍAS?
¿EL PERRO SALTÓ 2 METROS? - ¿EL PERRO SALTABA 2
METROS?
¿POR QUÉ ELLOS SALTARON LA REJA? - ¿POR QUÉ ELLOS
SALTABAN LA REJA?
 DIFERENCIAS INGLÉS -
ESPAÑOL 5
There is just one simple past tense in English language. However, there are two different
simple past tenses (pretéritos) in Spanish language which are called “pretérito indefinido”
and “pretérito imperfecto”.

Identify “Pretérito imperfecto” by replacing the past verb with was + -ing form or used to +
base form. If it gives no sense to the sentence, then it belongs to “pretérito indefinido”.

We use “pretérito indefinido” to : We use “pretérito imperfecto” to :

Yesterday, I ate a piece of cake. When I was young, I often ate a lot of bananas.

Ayer comí un trozo de pastel. Cuando era joven, a menudo comía muchos plátanos.

Last Tuesday I didn’t work because I When I was 5 years old, I went swimming with my
had fever. mother every morning.

El martes pasado no trabajé porque Cuando tenía 5 años, iba a nadar con mi madre cada
tuve fiebre. mañana.