2. MEANING
Simple Past
o THE SIMPLE PAST IS A VERBAL TIME THAT IS USED TO
DESCRIBE ACTION THAT A HAPPENED HAVE, IN A
PREVIOUS TIME AND HAVE ALREADY ENDED
o THE SIMPLE PATS USUALY HAS
TEMPORARYEXPRESSIONS THAT ALLUDE TO THE PATS.
SUCH AS:
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yesterday
last night
week
month year
Tuesday
3. Examples ○ She lived in japan last year.
○ I went fishing last weekend.
○ I panted my house yesterday.
○ He bought a car the last month.
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4. USES
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PATS SIMPLE
•Actions that happened in a specific time in the pats, whether knowm
or implicit.
•Actions that started and ended in the past.
•Actions in the past that are not repeated in the pesent.
•Actions that happened in a specific time and that have already ended
5. CHARACTERISTIC
o IT CAN BE CONJUGATE IN THREE WAY,
AFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE, INTERROGATIVE.
o IT IS USED TO TALK ABOUT A CONCRETE
ACTION THAT BEGAN AND ENDED IN THE
PAST.
o THE SIMPLE PAST IS USED FOR A SERIES OF
ACTIONS IN THE PAST.
o IT IS ALSO USED FOR REPEATED OR
COMMON ACTIONS IN THE PAST, AS USED
BY THE IMPERFECT SPANISH PAST.
6. VERB
REGULAR
○ WHEN THE VERB IS REGULAR,THE STATEMENTS ARE
CONSTRUCTED USING THE VERB IN INFINITIVE AND ADDED
TO THE “ED” ENDING (OR “D” IF THE INFINITIVE ENDS IN
“E”)
○ Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
○ The teacher used a red pencil to correct the exams.
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PLAY ED Ó E PLYED
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INFINITIVE PATS (VERB REGULAR)
To answer answered
To ask asked
To approve approved
To belong belonged
To brush brushed
To clean cleaned
To climb climbed
To cook cooked
To dance danced
8. EXAMPLES
1) YOU WORKED VERY HARD LAST WEEK
2) SHE LIVED IN JAPAN LAST YEAR
3) THEY LEARNED HOW TO SWIM TWO
YEARS AGO
4) SHE LIKED TO SIT IN THE SUN
5) HE ALWAYS WALKED TO SCHOOL
6) SHE WANTED TO LEARN ITALIAN
7) I MARRIED KELLY LATS YER
8) HE LIVED IN BOSTON
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9. VERB
IRREGULAR
o AN IRREGULAR VERB IS ONE THAT DOES NOT FORM
ITS SIMPLE PATS TENSE OR ITS PATS PARTICIPLE BY
ADDING “ED” OR “D” TO THE BASE FORM. IRREGULAR
VERBS CONTRASTE WITH REGULAR VERBS, WHICH
FORM THE SIMPLE PATS TENSE AND PAST PARTICIPE BY
ADDING “ED” OR “D”
o THE VERBS “WAS, WROTE” ARE IRREGULAR PAST FORMS.
“WAS” IS THE SIMPLE PAST OF “ WROTE”IS THE SIMPLE
PAST OF “WRITE”
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INFINITIVE PATS (VERB IRREGULAR)
TO BE WAS/WERE
TO BECOME BECAME
TO BREAK BROKE
TO BUY BOUGHT
TO COME CAME
TO GET GOT
TO DO DID
TO DRINK DRANK
TO HAVE HAD
11. EXAMPLE
1) SHE READ THE NEWSPAPER YESTEDAY
2) THE TELEPHONE RANG MANY TIMES, BUT NO
ONE ANSWERED
3) WE ATE TOGETHER LAST SATURDAY
4) THEY BROKE THE TABLE
5) HE HAD A COLS LAST WEEK
6) I DROVE TO WORK YESTERDAY
7) I FORGOT TO BRING MI JACKET
8) THEY SOLD BOOCKS THERE
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12. ○ TO ASK QUESTIONS IT IS NECESARY TO
USE THE HELPER DID + THE SUBJECT (I,
you, he, she, it, we, they) + THE VERB IN
INFINITIVE+ THE ADD-ON.M
○ Did you see the thief's face?
○ Did you visit your grandparents last week?
INTERROGATIVE
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13. Negative
○ TO EXPRESS A DENIAL IN PAST TIME, IT IS
NECESSARY TO USE, IN BOTH REGULAR AND
IRREGULAR VERBS, THE HELPER IN THE PAST
MORE NOT (did not o didn't + THE verb In
infinitive)
○ I didn't go to Barcelona last month. (No fui a
Barcelona el mes pasado.)
○ I didn't do my homework yesterday. (No hice
mis deberes ayer.)
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14. Example
1) Did she want ton learn french?
yes, she wanted to leand french
2) Did they work together for many years?
yes, they worked together for many years
3) Did we listen music until ten o´clock last night?
no, we didn´t listen music until ten o´clock
4) Did he answer all the questions?
No, he dind´t anwer all the questions
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