presentation in English about simple past, of the student Maikel Quijada student of the polytechnic university institute Santigo Mariño

1. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Ministry of Popular Power for University Education, Science and Technology
Santiago Mariño Polytechnic University Institute
Porlamar extension - edo. Nueva esparta
subject: english I
Student:
Maikel Quijada Hernandez
I.C:
V-27125593
Tutor:
Cesar Velazquez
Simple Past

2. PAST SIMPLE
The past simple, also known as the simple past, is the tense used in the English language to narrate events that occurred at a specific time in the
past.
There are many ways to talk about the past in English, but the simple past is the most common way. The past simple in English is equivalent to
the past imperfect and past indefinite of Spanish. The time period of these actions is not important as in Spanish. In the past simple there are
regular verbs and irregular verbs.

3. 1) Completed Action in the Past
Use the simple past to express the idea that an
action started and finished at a specific time in
the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not
actually mention the specific time, but they do
have one specific time in mind. Generally, we
use it with adverbs of time like "last year",
"yesterday", "last night" ...
Examples:
1. Tom stayed at home last night.
2. Kate worked last Saturday.
3. I didn’t go to the party yesterday.
4. Did they walk to school this morning
Simple Past Uses
2) Series of Completed Actions
We use the simple past to list a series of
completed actions in the past. These
actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so
on.
Examples:
1. He studied for an hour in the
morning, worked all afternoon and
didn't return home until 10 at night
2. I received the good news and
immediately called my husband
3) Duration in the Past
The simple past can be used with a
duration which starts and stops in the
past. A duration is a longer action often
indicated by expressions such as: for
two years, for five minutes, all day, all
year, etc.
Examples:
1. I lived in Brazil for two years.
2. Shauna studied Japanese for five
years.
3. They sat at the beach all day.
4. They did not stay at the party the
entire time.
Examples:
1. I studied French when I was
a child.
2. He played the violin.
3. He didn't play the piano.
4. Did you play a musical
instrument when you were a
kid?
4) Habits in the Past
The simple past can also be used
to describe a habit which stopped
in the past. It can have the same
meaning as "used to." To make it
clear that we are talking about a
habit, we often add expressions
such as: always, often, usually,
never, when I was a child, when I
was younger, etc.
5) Past Facts or
Generalizations
The simple past can also be
used to describe past facts or
generalizations which are no
longer true. As in USE 4 above,
this use of the simple past is
quite similar to the expression
"used to."
Examples:
1. She was shy as a
child, but now she is
very outgoing.
2. He didn't like
tomatoes before.
3. Did you live in Texas
when you were a kid?

4. Regular Verbs
To form the past simple 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
Exceptions:
1. For verbs that end in an “e”, we only 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 a "y", the "y" is changed to an "i".
Examples:
study → studied
try → tried
Regular affirmative verb
When the verb is regular, the statements are constructed using the
verb in infinitive and the ending ed (or d if the infinitive ends in e.) Is
added.
Form: subject + verb in infinitive (with "ed" or "D") + complement.
1. Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
2. The teacher used a red pencil to correct the exams.
3. They learned English.
4. We believed him
5. I wanted to dance.

5. Irregular affirmative verb
The past simple, irregular verbs are not
formed with any rule and it is necessary
to memorize them.
Form: subject + verb past tense +
complement.
1. She read the newspaper yesterday.
2. The telephone rang many times, but
no one answered.
3. She did the work of two people. He
saw her on the street yesterday.
4. I lost my wallet yesterday.
Regular and irregular verb in Negative
To express a negation in the past tense, it is necessary to use, in
both regular and irregular verbs, the auxiliary in the past plus not
(did not or didn't + the infinitive verb):
1. I didn't go to Barcelona last month.
2. I didn't do my homework yesterday.
3. didn’t want to dance.
4. They didn’t learn English
5. We didn’t believe him.
6. I didn’t buy a blue car.

6. Regular and irregular verb in interrogative
To ask questions it is necessary to use the auxiliary did + the
subject (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) + the infinitive verb + the
complement.
Form: Auxiliary verb (to do) + subject + main verb (in
infinitive)…?
1. Did you want to dance?
2. Did they learn English?
3. Did you believe him?
4. Did you buy a blue car?
5. Did you see the thief's face?
6. Did you visit your grandparents last wee