simple past, made: Elena Vargas

1. Made: Elena Vargas C.I 29680167 seption: 3ª
Teacher: Cesar Velásquez

2. Form
To form the simple past with regular verbs, we use the infinitive and add
the ending "-ed". The form is the same for all people (I, you, he, she, it,
we, they).
 want → wanted
 learn → learned
 stay → stayed
 walk → walked
 show → showed
 1. For verbs that end in
an "e", we just add "-d".
Examples:
 change → changed
 believe → believed
the past simple, 1 also known as the simple past, is the verbal tense
that is used in the english language to narrate facts that happened at a
specific moment in the past. corresponds in its meaning to the past
simple perfect in spanish.
The past simple usually has temporary expressions that allude to the
past, such as, yesterday, last night / week / month / year / tuesday,
then, when?, how long ago...?, ago, in 1997, etc
2. If the verb ends in a
short vowel and a
consonant
(except "y" or "w"), we
double the final consonant.
Examples:
 stop → stopped
 commit → committed
3. With verbs ending in a
consonant and an "y",
change the "y" to an "i".
Examples:
 study → studied
 try → tried

3. We say the ending "-ed" differently depending on
the letter that goes to the end of the infinitive. In
general the "e" is mute.
2. With infinitives ending in
"b", "g", "l", "m", "n", "v", "z"
(sound consonants, except
"d") or a vowel, we pronounce
only the D".
Examples:
 yelled [jeld]
 cleaned [klind]
1.With infinitives ending in "p", "f",
"k" or "s" (deaf consonants, except
"t") we pronounce the ending "-ed"
as a "t".
Examples:
 looked [lukt]
 kissed [kisst]
3. With infinitives ending in "d" or "t",
we pronounce the "e" as an "i“
Examples:
 ended [endid]
 waited [weitid]
Example
The keys were in the drawer.
She was a doctor
I wanted to dance.
Sujeto + verbo principal…
Example
She wasn’t a doctor.
The keys weren’t in the drawer
Sujeto + “to be” + “not”…

4. “To be” + sujeto…?
Was she a doctor?
Were the keys in the drawer?
The simple past is used to speak of a
concrete action that began and ended in
the past. In this case it is equivalent to the
Spanish indefinite past tense. Generally,
we use it with adverbs of time like "last
year", "yesterday", "last night" ...
Tom stayed at home last night.
Kate worked last Saturday.
I didn’t go to the party yesterday.
In English they are called regular verbs
to those who form the past by adding
the suffix 'ed' or 'd' to the root of the
verb. This past marker helps to
recognize this type of verbs in a written
text.
Asked Invited
Played Wanted
Unlike regular verbes irrgular verbs do
not have a past marker that helps to
recognize them. Fortunately, the group
of irregular verbs is composed of a
limited number of verbs (about 350),
while there are thousands of regular
verbs.
forgot cut
beat broke

5. Did you work very hard last week?
Yes, I worked very hard last week.
Did you work very hard last week?
No, I didn’t
Did she want to learn French?
Yes, she wanted to learn French
Did they work together for many years?
Yes, they worked together for many years
fed
fought
froze
heard
knelt
lit
paid
sewed
Acted
banished
carried
delayed
fired
hurried
milked
opened
Did she smoke a lot?
No, she didn’t smoke a lot.