Presentacion del pasado simple, definicion, estructura, uso etc

1. Past simple
Fernando Castillo
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2. Definition
Is the verbal tense that is used in the English language to narrate facts that happened at a specific time
in the past. It corresponds in its meaning to the past simple perfect in Spanish.
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3. Grammatical Rules
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).
Examples:
want → wanted
learn → learned
stay → stayed
walk → walked
show → showed

4. Exceptions
1. For verbs that end in an "e", we just add "-d".
Examples:
change → changed
believe → believed
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

5. Pronunciation
We say the ending "-ed" differently depending on the letter that goes to the end of the infinitive. In
general the "e" is mute.
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]

6. Pronunciation
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

7. Pronunciation
3. With the infinitives ending in "d" or "t", we pronounce the "e" as an "i".
Examples:
*ended [endid]
*waited [weitid]

8. Structure
1. Affirmative Sentences
Subject + main verb…
Examples:
*She wasa doctor.
*The keys were in the drawer.
*I wantedto dance.
*They learnedEnglish.
*We believedhim.
*I bought a blue car.

9. Structure
2. Negative Sentences
To be:
Subject + "to be" + "not" ...
Examples:
*She wasn’t a doctor.
*The keys weren’t in the drawer.

10. Structure
All other verbs:
Subject + auxiliary verb (to do) + "not" + main verb (in infinitive) ...
Examples:
*I didn’t want to dance.
*They didn’t learn English.
*We didn’t believe him.
*I didn’t buy a blue car.

11. Structure
To be:
"To be" + subject ...?
3. Interrogative Sentences
Examples:
*Was she a doctor?
*Were the keys in the drawer?

12. Structure
All other verbs:
Auxiliary verb (to do) + subject + main verb (in infinitive) ...?
Examples:
*Did you want to dance?
*Did they learn English?
*Did you believe him?
*Did you buy a blue car?

13. Uses
1. 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" ...
Examples:
*Tom stayed at home last night.
*Kate worked last Saturday.
* I didn’t go to the party yesterday.
*Did they walk to school this morning?

14. Uses
2. The simple past is used for a series of actions in the past.
Examples:
*I received the good news and immediately called my husband.
*He studied for an hour in the morning, worked all afternoon and
didn’t return home until 10 at night.

15. Uses
3. We also use it for repeated or habitual actions in the past, as the imperfect Spanish tense is used.
Examples:
*We always traveled to Cancun for vacation when we were young.
*He walked 5 kilometers every day to work.

16. Uses
4. We use it for narrations or actions of periods of long time in the past, like the imperfect tense
Spanish.
Examples:
*I worked for many years in a museum.
*She didn’t eat meat for years.

17. Uses
5. It is used to speak of generalities or facts of the past.
Examples:
*The Aztec lived in Mexico.
*I played the guitar when I was a child.

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