The document provides information about the simple past tense in English. It defines the simple past as the basic past tense form used to describe events that were completed in the past. It notes that regular verbs form the past by adding "-ed" while irregular verbs have varying forms. The document then lists examples of simple past tense constructions and provides tables of irregular verb forms and examples of simple past tense exercises for practice.

1. Simple Past
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Ministerio del Poder Popular para la educación
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Extensión - Porlamar
Cod. 41 Sección 1-A
July - 2020
Student: Jimenez Marcos
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Professor:
César Velázquez

2. Its Definition
some�mes called the preterite,
is the basic form of the past
tense in Modern English . It is
used principally to describe
events in the past, although it
also has some other uses.
Regular English verbs form the
simple past in -ed ; however
there are a few hundred
irregular verbs with different
forms
The term "simple " is used to dis�nguish the
syntac�cal construc�on whose basic form
uses the plain past tense alone, from other
past tense construc�ons which use
auxiliaries in combina�on with par�ciples,
such as the past perfect and past
progressive .

3. Features of Simple
Past
-The simple past is not accompanied by
helping verbs.
-Irregular verbs have a variety of endings.
-To speak of events that started and finished
in the past.
-It has a simple composition of "subject and
predicate verb".
-The main verb of the sentence is always in
the simple past.
-the predicate expressions can be used to
determine the time of the sentence,
although it will always be the verb that
indicates whether the sentence is in the past
tense or not.

4. I saw a movie yesterday.
I didn't see a play yesterday.
Last year, I traveled to Japan.
Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
Did you have dinner last night?
She washed her car.
He didn't wash his car.
For Example

5. Simple Past
TYPES
A good example
sentence—from The
Wonderful Wizard of
Oz—would be: "The four
travelers
passed a sleepless night,
each thinking of the gi� Oz
had promised to bestow
on him." The present tense
of the verb is pass . You
know it's a regular verb
because you simply add -
ed to form the past tense.
Regular
As with any
subject in
English
grammar, it's
easiest to start
with regular
verbs.

6. Rules
There are a few more rules, such
as if a single syllable word ends
consonant-vowel-consonant,
double the consonant and add -
ed : chat becomes chatted. (But
if the final consonant is w, x,
or y, don't double it.)
Regular Past Simple Tense Verb Examples
Singular Plural
I dumped. We dumped.
You dumped. You dumped.
He/She/It dumped. They dumped.
"To Be" Verbs
The to be verbs—such as is and am—are
all irregular. In fact, to be verbs are the
only verbs in English that change form
in every tense. Fortunately, the past
simple form of
to be verbs is fairly easy, as the following
table shows:
"To Be" Verbs Past Simple Tense.

7. Irregular
Simple Past
Irregular verbs can be a bit
tricky in the past tense,
but they don't have to be if
you familiarize yourself
with them. Study.com, a
website that provides
video-based academic
courses, offers this table
lis�ng some of the verbs
that are irregular in the
past tense.

8. Warm Up Exercises
Sample
Last night we ____ (walk) to the cinema.
walked
Q1 of 10
Sam ____ (stop) the car to take a picture.
Q2 of 10
I ____ (study) for the exam for three hours.
Q3 of 10
They ____ (be) happy to be home.
Q4 of 10
Sally _____ (be) disappointed she _____ (miss) the party.
Sally (be) disappointed she (miss) the party.
Q5 of 10
When I was young, we always ____ (go) to Florida for the summer.
Q6 of 10
Dan ____ (not/work) last week.
Q7 of 10
_____ you _____ (wash) the dishes?
you (wash) the dishes?
Q8 of 10
I ____ (dream) I could fly last night.
Q9 of 10
We ____ (meet) them at the restaurant.
Q10 of 10
_____ you _____ (find) your book?
you (find) your book?
Complete
the
sentences
with the
right way
of the verb
that it is
between
"()"

9. Sam stopped the car to take a picture.
Si el verbo termina en una vocal corta y una consonante
(excepto "y" o "w"), doblamos la consonante final.
I studied for the exam for three hours.
En verbos terminados en consonante seguida de "y", se
cambia la "y" por "i".
They were happy to be home.
"To be" es irregular en el pasado.
Sally was disappointed she missed the party.
"To be" es irregular en el pasado y cambia dependiendo de
la forma personal (I, he, she, it: was; you, we, they: were).
When I was young, we always went to Florida for the
summer.
"To go" es irregular en el pasado.
Dan didn't work / did not work last week.
En frases nega�vas en pasado, el verbo auxiliar "to do"
cambia a pasado ("did" + "not") y el verbo principal se queda
en infini�vo.
Did you wash the dishes?
En frases interroga�vas en pasado, el verbo auxiliar "to do"
cambia a pasado ("did") y el verbo principal se queda en
infini�vo.
I dreamt / dreamed I could fly last night.
"To dream" es irregular en el pasado.
We met them at the restaurant.
"To meet" es irregular en el pasado.
Did you find your book?
En frases interroga�vas en pasado, el verbo auxiliar "to do"
cambia a pasado ("did") y el verbo principal se queda en
infini�vo.
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