l past simple,1​ también conocido como el simple past, es el tiempo verbal que se usa en el idioma inglés para narrar hechos que ocurrieron en un momento específico en el pasado. Corresponde en su significado al pretérito perfecto simple en español.

1. República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Instituto universitario politécnico
“Santiago Mariño”
Extensión Porlamar
Escuela: ingeniería mantenimiento Mecánico.
Bachiller: Pedro Valerio
C.I: 26326674
Código: 46

2. PAST SIMPLE
EL “PAST SIMPLE” inglés
equivale a
PRETÉRITO
IMPERFECTO
PRETÉRITO PERFECTO
SIMPLE
I played basketball
Yo jugaba al baloncesto
Yo jugué al baloncesto

3. PAST SIMPLE OF “TO BE” (ser,estar)
AFFIRMATIVEAFFIRMATIVE
I was = fui, era, estuve,
estaba
You were
He, She, It was
We were
You were
They were
NEGATIVENEGATIVE
I wasn’t
You weren’t
He, She, It
wasn’t
We weren’t
You weren’t
They weren’t
INTERROGATIVINTERROGATIV
EE
was I?
were you?
was he/she/it?
Were we?
Were you?
Were they?
I was in Madrid yesterday
She wasn’t at home this morning
Were they in London last week?

4. THERE WAS, THERE WERE
THERE WAS
THERE WERE
Con nombres en
SINGULAR
HABÍA, HUBO HABÍA, HUBO
Con nombres en PLURAL
There was an accident last
week
There were five books on the
table

5. Complete the sentences with WAS, WERE,
WASN’T, WEREN’T
1. _________ you at the party?
2. There______ some cofee but there _________ any
milk
3. _There_________ any students in the classroom
4. Picasso __________ a famous artist
5. Anna and I ____________ in Barcelona last year.
Were
was wasn’
t
Weren’t
was
were

6. TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PAST TENSE
LAST
(=pasada)
AGO
(=hace)
YESTERDAY
(=ayer)
last night 10 minutes ago yesterday
last week an hour ago Yesterday morning
last weekend 3 days ago Yesterday afternoon
last month a week ago Yesterday evening
last year a month ago The day before yesterday
last Monday… a year ago… Yesterday night
Ex. I played basket yesterday afternoon

7. SE USA:
Para hablar de acciones y situaciones
pasadas:
I played tennis yesterday
I went to the cinema last weekend
She visited Paris last summer

8. REGULAR VERBS
- ed
- Para formar el pasado de los verbos regulares se añade al
infinitivo:
- Si el verbo termina en –e
PERO:
- d
- Si el verbo es monosílabo y termina
en vocal+consonante
Doble consonante + ed
- Si el verbo termina en consonante +
y
y ied
- Si el verbo termina en vocal + y - ed
Watch - watched
Like - liked
Stop - stopped
Study - studied
Play - played

19. PRONUNCIATION of –ed:
There are three ways to pronounce the –ed ending:
/t/
After the sounds: /p/, /k/, /s/, /ch/, /sh/, /f/, /x/
Help-ed
Work-ed
Dance-d
Watch-ed
Finish-ed
Laugh-ed
Mix-ed

20. /d/
After vowel and the sounds: /b/, /g/, /l/, /v/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /z/
close-d live-d
describe-d slamm-ed
belong-ed clean-ed
call-ed appear-ed
After the sounds: /t/, /d/ /id/ Start-ed
End-ed

21. IRREGULAR VERBS
Los verbos irregulares os los tenéis que aprender de
memoria, porque no siguen ninguna regla. (2ª
columna de la lista de verbos irregulares)
INFINITIVE PAST
To bring brought
To buy bought
To understand understood
To drink drank
To eat ate
To break broke
To go went

31. FORMA:
Affirmative
S + Verb in the Past
I played
He, She, It played
Negative
S + didn’t + bare infinitive
I didn’t play
He, She, It didn’t play
Wh- Questions (and answers) Yes/No Questions and short answers)
Wh- word + did + S + bare infinitive Did + S + bare infinitive
Where did you go? I went to Madrid
Where did she go? She went to Paris
Did you study? Yes, I did.
Did she study? No, I didn’t.

32. Practice asking:
1. Where did you go on holidays last summer?
2. What did you do yesterday afternoon?
3. Who did you see last weekend?
4. Did you meet your friends yesterday?
5. Did you read a magazine the day before yesterday?