Presentacion del pasado simple. Jose Rodriguez 28468429

1. REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA
INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO POLITECNICO
“ SANTIAGO MARIÑO “
EXTENCION PORLAMAR
REALIZADO POR:
JOSE RODRIGUEZ
C.I. 28468429

2. DEFINITION
The past simple, also known as the simple
past, is the verb tense used in the English
language to narrate events that occurred at
a specific moment in the past. It
corresponds in its meaning to the simple
past tense in Spanish.

3. FEATURES
 Indicates the action performed at a specific time in
the past.
 The main verb of the sentence is always in the past.
 It has a simple composition of "subject and
predicate verb".
 It is the only grammatical tense that uses verbs in
the past tense.
 The predicate can be used in expressions that
determine the time of the sentence, although it will
always be the verb that indicates whether or not the
sentence is in the past tense.

4. USE
 When we want to talk about an action that occurred
in the past and ended in the past and we indicate the
time at which the action occurred.
 When we talk about an action that was common in
the past, like when we talk about our childhood.
 To talk about events connected in a chronological
time sequence in the past.
 We also use the past simple to talk about actions
that occurred and ended the past over a long period
of time.

5. KIND
Regular
When the verb is regular, the statements are
constructed using the infinitive verb and the ending
ed is added (or d if the infinitive ends in e.).
Irregular
When the verb is irregular, it changes the way it
is written.

6. Examples
 Regular verbs
* I had worked for my uncle.
* We had visited them once a week for the last year.
Cook + ed= Cooked Live + d= Lived
Work + ed= Worded Call + ed= Called
Walk + ed= Walked Wait + ed=Waited
Visit + ed= Visited Move + d= Moved

7. Examples
 Irregular verbs
* I spoke several foreign languages.
* I lost my wallet yesterday.
Lose – Lost Eat - Ate
See - Saw Speak - Spoke
Take - Took Go - Went
Get - Got Come - Came

8. EXERCISES
 Affirmative Questions
* Short
+ Did you work very hard last week? Yes, I did.
+ Did she live in Japan last year? Yes, she did
* Long
+ Did you study in my class last semester? Yes,
I studied in your class last semester.
+ Did she wish to learn Italian? Yes, she wished
to learn Italian.

9. EXERCISES
Negative Questions
* Short
´+ Did Mr. Green work with my uncle? No, he
didn't.
+ Did Mr. Green work with my uncle? No, he
didn't.
* Long
+ Did we listen music until ten o’clock last
night? No, we didn’t listen music until ten o’clock last
night.
+ Did he answer all the questions? No, he
didn’t answer all the questions.