The document discusses the simple past tense in English and how it compares to the imperfect and indefinite past tenses in Spanish. It notes that the simple past is used for completed actions in the past and provides examples of how regular and irregular verbs are formed in the simple past in English. It then provides examples of sentences using the simple past tense.

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2. The simple past in English is equivalent to the imperfect
tense and indefinite past tense of Spanish. We use the
simple past for complete actions in the past.
Para formar el pasado simple con verbos regulares,
usamos el infinitivo y añadimos la terminación “ed”

3. 1. The simple past is used to speak of a concrete action that
began and ended in the past.
2. The simple past is used for a series of actions in the past.
3. We also use it for repeated or habitual actions in the past,
as the imperfect Spanish tense is used.
4. We use it for narrations or actions of periods of long time
in the past, like the imperfect Spanish past.
5. It is used to speak of generalities or facts of the past.

4. REGULAR: 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
IRREGULAR: Irregular verbs in English are those that, to
form the simple past do not follow any standard, simply their
word changes totally.
A very clear example is the auxiliary verb "do", since in
simple past it happens to be "did" and in past participle
"done".

5. want → wanted
learn → learned
stay → stayed
walk → walked
show → showed
do → did
have → had
Be → was/were
Build → built
Choose → chose
Catch → caught
buy → bought

6. 1. He closed the window.
2. They lost the keys.
3. Verónica brushed her teeth.
4. José drank all the juice.
5. Jesus and Christian watched that movie.
6. Our team won the competition.

7. Q: Did you have breakfast yesterday scrambled eggs?
A: Yes, yesterday I ate scrambled eggs at breakfast.
Q: What movie you see yesterday?
A: Yesterday I saw on television a movie called insidious
Q: Have you cleaned the room lately?
A: Yes, last night I cleaned my room for the last time