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Past Simple: Laura Isaza Julián Portela Brayan Agudelo

The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It begins by explaining that the simple past is used for completed actions in the past, regardless of the specific time period, and includes both regular and irregular verbs. It then provides the grammatical rules for forming the simple past with regular verbs by adding "-ed" and notes exceptions. Several common irregular verbs are also listed. The document concludes by covering the structure of affirmative and negative sentences in the simple past and describing its various uses for narrating or habitual past actions.

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Past Simple: Laura Isaza Julián Portela Brayan Agudelo

The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It begins by explaining that the simple past is used for completed actions in the past, regardless of the specific time period, and includes both regular and irregular verbs. It then provides the grammatical rules for forming the simple past with regular verbs by adding "-ed" and notes exceptions. Several common irregular verbs are also listed. The document concludes by covering the structure of affirmative and negative sentences in the simple past and describing its various uses for narrating or habitual past actions.

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PAST SIMPLE Laura Isaza

Julián Portela
Brayan Agudelo
WHAT IS THE SIMPLE PAST?
There are many ways to talk about the past in
English, but the simple past is the most common way.
The simple past in English is equivalent to the
imperfect past and indefinite preterit of Spanish.
We use the simple past for complete actions in the
past. The time period of these actions is not as
important as in Spanish. In the simple past there are
regular verbs and irregular verbs.
GRAMMATICAL RULES
Para formar el pasado simple con verbos regulares, usamos el infinitivo y
añadimos la terminación “-ed”. La forma es la misma para todas las personas
(I, you, he, she, it, we, they).
want → wanted
learn → learned
stay → stayed
walk → walked
show → showed
EXCEPTIONS
1. For verbs that end in an "e", we only add "-d".
change → changed
believe → believed
2. Si el verbo termina en una vocal corta y una consonante
(excepto “y” o “w”), doblamos la consonante final.
stop → stopped
commit → committed
EXCEPTIONS
3. With verbs that end in a consonant and a "y", the "y" is changed
to an "i“.
study → studied
try → tried
There are many irregular verbs in English. Unfortunately, there is no
established standard to train them. . Next you have the three most
common irregular verbs and those that act as auxiliary verbs.
VERB PAST SIMPLE
be was (I, he, she, it)
were (you, we, they)

do did

have had
STRUCTURE
1. Affirmative Sentences (Frases afirmativas) Sujeto + verbo principal…

She was a doctor.(Era doctora.)


The keys were in the drawer.(Las llaves estaban en el cajón.)
I wanted to dance.(Quería bailar.)
They learned English.(Aprendieron inglés.)
We believed him.(Le creímos.)
I bought a blue car.(Compré un coche azul.)
STRUCTURE
 2. Negative Sentences (Frases negativas)
To be:
Sujeto + “to be” + “not”…

She wasn’t a doctor.(Ella no era doctora.)


The keys weren’t in the drawer.(Las llaves no estaban en el cajón.)
NOTE
Note: The verb "to have got", which in the present simple follows
the same rules as the verb "to be", can not be used in the past. To
indicate possession in the past, we use the verb "to have".

Note: In negative sentences, the auxiliary verb goes in the past


("did") and the main verb stays in the infinitive.
STRUCTURE
Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to do) + “not” + verbo principal (en
infinitivo)…
I didn’t want to dance.(No quería bailar.)
They didn’t learn English.(No aprendieron inglés)
We didn’t believe him.(No le creímos.)
I didn’t buy a blue car.(No compré un coche azul.)
USES
1. The simple past is used to talk about a
concrete action that began and ended in the
past. In this case it is equivalent to the
indefinite Spanish preterit. Generally, we use it
with adverbs of time like "last year",
"yesterday", "last night" ...
2. THE PAST SIMPLE IS USED FOR A SERIES OF ACTIONS IN
THE PAST.
3. WE ALSO USE IT FOR REPEATED OR HABITUAL ACTIONS IN
THE PAST, AS THE IMPERFECT SPANISH PAST TENSE IS USED.
4. WE USE IT FOR NARRATIONS OR ACTIONS OF LONG
PERIODS IN THE PAST, SUCH AS THE IMPERFECT SPANISH
PAST TENSE.
5. IT IS USED TO TALK ABOUT GENERALITIES OR PAST
EVENTS.
THANK YOU MADAFAKAS

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