El pasado simple y sus forma

1. Past Simple Tense
Adriana Paola Rentería
Universidad del Pacifico
4 semestre
2022

2. SIMPLE PAST TENSE
The Simple Past is a verb tense
that is used to describe actions
that have happened in a
previous time and have already
ended, for example:
She cleaned her house.
Ella limpió su casa.
I broke the Window.
Yo rompí la ventana
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She spoke yestarday He walked to his office

3. auxiliary
The auxiliary of the Simple Past is "DID", this is
used in both the interrogative and negative form.
In denials, the contracted form of "DID NOT" or
"DIDN'T" can be used.
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4. grammatical structure
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Pronoun + verb + complement
(past form)
She played the guitar -Ella tocaba la guitarra

5. Pronoun+aux+not+verb+complement
(infinitive)
She did not play the guitar
ella no toca la guitarra”
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“nEGATIVE FORM”

6. INTERROGATIVE FORM
Aux+ Pronoun+ Verb + Complement+?
(infinitive)
✘ Did she play the guitar?
✘ Ella toca la guitarra ?
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7. When expressing a sentence in Simple Past it is
understood that the action is not related to the
present, as we see in the following cases: He lost the
keys. He lost the keys. (You may have found them in
the present.) She lent me a book. She lent me a
book. (It may have already been returned to you.)
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8. It is also possible to indicate the
time when the action takes place
to indicate the time more
accurately :
They saw the movie last night.
Ellos vieron la película anoche.
We went to London yesterday.
Nosotros fuimos a Londres ayer..
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9. In order to form a
sentence in the past
tense we must
distinguish two types
of verbs: REGULAR
VERBS and
IRREGULAR VERBS.
In the first case its
Simple Past is formed
by adding the ED
ending to the infinitive,
while the irregular ones
receive that name for
not following a certain
pattern and in this case
they must be studied
individually.
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10. VERBO TO BE
(en pasado)
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11. Note: Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences are performed as follows:
I was in Madrid yesterday I wasn't in Madrid yesterday
Estuve en Madrid ayer No estuve en Madrid ayer
Were you in Paris yesterday?
¿Estuviste en Paris ayer?
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12. Exercises
1.Sam stopped the car to take a picture.
2. I studied for the exam for three hours.
3. They were happy to be home.
4. Sally was disappointed she missed the party.
5. When I was young, we always went to Florida for the
summer.
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THANKS!