Unit 7.

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Simple past – Past of verb tobe
Vocabulary
There are 2 kind of verbs regular and irregular, and to make a past
sentence you need to know the past of the verb and if it is regular or
irregular
The majority of the verbs are
regular and here you can find the
rules to add “ed” to the verb.
 IRREGULAR VERBS

• However, there are some verbs that are irregular and they do not follow
the rules above.

• As you can see, there are some verbs which keep their form in present
past and participle, so we only will know the tense of the phrase
because of the context.
 STRUCTURE
Affirmative: Subject + verb (past) + complement.

VERB
SUBJECT (PAST FORM) EXAMPLES

I enjoyed the holidays.
I (yo) Disfruté de las
vacaciones.

You enjoyed the
enjoyed holidays.
You
(tú) Disfrutaste de las
vacaciones.

He He enjoyed the holidays.
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• Negative:
Subject + auxiliar DID (not) didn’t + verb (infinitive) + complement.

AUXILIARY SUBJECT VERB EXAMPLES

(INFINITIVE FORM)

Did I enjoy the holidays?
I (yo) ¿Disfruté de las
vacaciones?

Did you enjoy the
holidays?(tú)
You
¿Disfrutaste de las
vacaciones?

Did he enjoy the holidays?
He (él) ¿Disfrutó de las
Did enjoy? vacaciones?

Did she enjoy the
holidays?(ella)
She
¿Disfrutó de las
vacaciones?

Did it enjoy the holidays?
It (ello) ¿Disfrutó de las
vacaciones?
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• Interrogative:
Auxiliar DID (not) didn’t + subject + verb (infinitive) + complement.

VERB
SUBJECT AUXILIARY EXAMPLES
(INFINITIVE FORM)

we didn't enjoy the
We holidays(nosotros) No
disfrutamos de las
vacaciones

they didn't enjoy the
They holidays.(ellos) No
disfrutan de las
vacaciones.
did not
didn't enjoy

you didn't enjoy the
You holidays.(ud) No
disfrutó de las vacaciones.

She didn't enjoy the
She holidays.(ella) No
disfrutó de las vacaciones.
Short Answers
 Useful expressions

EXPRESSIONS EXAMPLES
Last week/month/yearLa semana pasada, el It was his birthay last week.La semana
mes pasado, el año pasado pasada fue su cumpleaños.

When I lived in London, my English

When I was a child/sixCuando era niño, improved.Cuando vivía en Londres, mi inglés
cuando tenía seis años mejoró.

YesterdayAyer It rained all day yesterday.Ayer llovió todo el

día.

Six weeks / ten days / ages / a long Most people didn't have mobile phones ten
time agoHace seis semanas, hace diez días, years ago.Hace diez años la mayoría de la
hace mucho tiempo gente no tenía teléfonos móviles.

I saw your brother at the bus stop the other

The other dayEl otro dia day.El otro día vi a tu hermano en la parada
del autobús.
Let’s practice
Past of verb to be
 STRUCTURE EXAMPLES
Sujeto + was / were + Mike was the best in his
AFFIRMATIVE Past
(complemento) class.Mike fue el mejor de su clase.

Jim and Laura weren't at the

NEGATIVE Sujeto + was / were +
Past party.Jim y Laura no estaban en la
not + (complemento) fiesta.
Was / were + sujeto + Were they busy? Yes, they were.
Past
INTERROGATIVE (complemento)? (ellos/as) ¿Estaban ocupados? Sí.
Let’s practice