1. ¿Qué es el pasado simple?
Past simple, simple past o pasado simple en español es la forma más común de expresar acciones que comenzaron
y concluyeron en un tiempo anterior. En inglés, el pasado simple o past simple es uno de los tiempos verbales
esenciales y que se utiliza con mucha frecuencia.
Para construir el pasado simple en inglés, se añade –ed a la raíz del verbo si éste es regular y si no usamos su forma
irregular que se encuentra en la 2ª columna de la famosísima lista de verbos irregulares. Para formas negativas e
interrogativas usamos el auxiliar did.
Estructuras de las oraciones afirmativas
Cuando se escribe la oración de esta manera, el verbo en la oración se escribe en su respectiva forma acorde a su
grupo: regular o irregular. Y siempre acompaña al sujeto en la oración, así:
Estructura de las oraciones positivas
Cuando una oración se encuentra en forma negativa, sucede algo: el verbo principal no cambia.
¿Por qué sucede esto? Por regla general, las oraciones que se
forman de manera negativa deben llevar consigo el auxiliar do.
Como se está hablando de pasado simple, el verbo auxiliar debe ir en pasado, cambiando de do o does, a
did.
El auxiliar did sufre el cambio de tiempo verbal, indicando que la acción que precede ha ocurrido en algún
momento del pasado. Por ende, dicha acción, representada en el verbo principal de la oración, no tiene
necesidad de conjugarse en pasado simple.
Para indicar que la oración es negativa, debemos acompañar el verbo auxiliar con el auxiliar negativo not,
y éstos deben ubicarse justo antes del verbo principal.
2. Usualmente estos dos auxiliares se contraen para acortar la oración:
En presente: Do + Not = Don't
En pasado: Did + Not = Didn't
La comilla debe ir entre la n y la t. Este tipo de contracción es común en contextos informales.
4.- Reglas gramaticales para la adición de d, ed, ied
Para formar en el pasado simple de los verbos regulares en inglés, tenemos que añadir - ed al infinitivo sin to.
Para ello tendremos en cuenta las siguientes reglas:
1. En general añadimos -ed a todos los verbos regulares.
wash → washed finish → finished talk → talked
2. A los verbos que acaban en -e, sólo añadimos una -d.
like → liked live → lived
3. A los verbos que acaban en consonante + -y, cambian la "y" por "i" y añaden -ed
(=-ied)
study → studied carry → carried try → tried
4. Los verbos que acaban en vocal + -y, añaden -ed.
play → played
3. Casos especiales
Los verbos que acaban en vocal + consonante (stop, ban, occur, open, offer...)
a) si el acento recae sobre la vocal de la última sílaba, ésta se dobla
stop → stopped plan → planned ban → banned occur → occurred
Excepto en los verbos que acaban en "y" y "w"
play → played show → showed
b) Si el acento NO recae sobre la vocal de la última sílaba, ésta no se dobla.
offer → offered open → opened
Excepto los verbos que acaban en "l" que doblan la "l" aunque el acento no recaiga
sobra la última sílaba.
travel → travelled cancel → cancelled
¡Cuidado!
Los verbos de una sílaba con dos vocales no doblan la consonante.
cook → cooked
6.- Lista de verbos regulares e irregulares.
4. Infinitive Simple Past
Past
Participle
Spanish
add added added agregar
answer answered answered responder
apologise apologised apologised disculparse
arrest arrested arrested arrestar
arrive arrived arrived llegar
ask asked asked preguntar
attack attacked attacked atacar
be was / were been ser
become became become convertirse
begin began begun comenzar
believe believed believed creer
boil boiled boiled hervir
borrow borrowed borrowed
tomar
prestado
break broke broken romper
bring brought brought traer
build built built construir
buy bought bought comprar
carry carried carried llevar
catch caught caught atrapar
change changed changed cambiar
chop chopped chopped picar
clean cleaned cleaned limpiar
climb climbed climbed escalar
collect collected collected colleccionar
come came come venir
5. compose composed composed componer
cook cooked cooked cocinar
copy copied copied copiar
cut cut cut cortar
dance danced danced bailar
describe described described describir
destroy destroyed destroyed destruir
die died died morir
discover discovered discovered descubrir
discuss discussed discussed discutir
do did done hacer
draw drew drawn dibujar
dream
dreamt/drea
med
dreamt/dr
eamed
soñar
drink drank drunk beber
drive drove driven conducir
eat ate eaten comer
enjoy enjoyed enjoyed disfrutar
explode exploded exploded explotar
extinguish extinguished
extinguish
ed
extinguirse
fall fell fallen caer
feed fed fed alimentar
feel felt felt sentir
fight fought fought pelear
find found found encontrar
fly flew flown volar
forget forgot forgotten olvidar
6. freeze froze frozen congelar
fry fried fried freír
give gave given dar
go went gone ir
grow grew grown crecer
happen happened happened suceder
hate hated hated odiar
have had had tener
hear heard heard oír
help helped helped ayudar
hire hired hired alquilar
hope hoped hoped esperar
hunt hunted hunted cazar
hurt hurt hurt herir, doler
imagine imagined imagined imaginar
invent invented invented inventar
invite invited invited invitar
jump jumped jumped saltar
keep kept kept guardar
kill killed killed matar
know knew known saber
leave left left dejar
lend lent lent prestar
lie lied lied mentir
lie lay lain yacer
lift lifted lifted levantar
like liked liked gustar
7. listen listened listened escuchar
live lived lived vivir
look looked looked mirar
lose lost lost perder
love loved loved amar
make made made hacer
meet met met
conocer,
encontrar
miss missed missed
perder,
extrañar
offer offered offered ofrecer
open opened opened abrir
pack packed packed empacar
pass passed passed
pasar,
aprobar
pay paid paid pagar
peel peeled peeled pelar
phone phoned phoned
llamar por
teléfono
plan planned planned planificar
play played played jugar
pour poured poured verter
prefer preferred preferred preferir
prepare prepared prepared preparar
push pushed pushed empujar
put put put poner
rain rained rained llover
read read read leer
reduce reduced reduced reducir
8. remember remembered
remember
ed
recordar
rent rented rented alquilar
rescue rescued rescued rescatar
return returned returned
volver,
devolver
ring rang rung
llamar por
teléfono
run ran run correr
save saved saved ahorrar
say said said decir
scream screamed screamed gritar
search searched searched buscar
see saw seen ver
sell sold sold vender
send sent sent enviar
shine shone shone brillar
shoot shot shot disparar
shut shut shut cerrar
sing sang sung cantar
sit sat sat sentarse
skate skated skated patinar
ski skied skied esquiar
sleep slept slept dormir
smell smelled smelled oler
snore snored snored roncar
speak spoke spoken hablar
spend spent spent gastar
9. start started started comenzar
stay stayed stayed quedarse
steal stole stolen robar
stop stopped stopped detener
study studied studied estudiar
survive survived survived sobrevivir
swim swam swum nadar
take took taken tomar
talk talked talked hablar
teach taught taught enseñar
tell told told decir
thank thanked thanked agradecer
think thought thought pensar
throw threw thrown lanzar
touch touched touched tocar
try tried tried intentar
understand understood
understoo
d
entender
use used used usar
visit visited visited visitar
wait waited waited esperar
walk walked walked caminar
want wanted wanted querer
warn warned warned advertir
wash washed washed lavar
watch watched watched mirar
wear wore worn
llevar
puesto
10. win won won ganar
work worked worked trabajar
write wrote written escribir