Jaismary Bellorin. simple past

1. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Ministry of Higher Education
"Santiago Mariño" Polytechnic University Institute
Porlamar Extension
NAME:
Jaismary Bellorín
28.412928
PAST SIMPLE

2. PAST SIMPLE
SIMPLE
The Simple Past is a verbal tense of the Past that is used to:
Describe those actions that took place at a certain time in the past,
Past events that have ended but whose precise moment is not
mentioned, as well as for:
 Describe routines performed previously.
 Rules To describe actions or routines of the past.
 It is necessary to distinguish between the 2 types of verbs:
regular and irregular.
Definition

3. -Indicates the action taken at a specific time in the past.
-The main verb of the sentence is always in the past.
-It has a simple composition of "subject and predicate verb".
-It is the only grammatical tense that uses past verbs.
The predicate may contain expressions that determine the time of the sentence,
although it will always be the verb that indicates whether or not the sentence is in
the past tense.
CHARACTERISTIC

4. Affirmative sentences
Pronoun / Subject + Verb Past Form + Complement + Time
Expression
Negative sentences
Pronoun / Subject + Aux. Didn´t (did not) + Verb Present
Form + Complement + Time Expression
Interrogative sentences
Aux Did + Subject + Verb Present Form + Complement +
Time Expression +?
Time Expressions Word Complement
Last ... Nigh, week, weekend, month, year, week, month,
day, centuries, In Year, centuries. Yesterday, at the morning,
nigh, summer, Wednesday.
Sentence Structure
Applications
SIMPLE

5. 1- Actions that happened at a specific time
in the past, whether known or implied.
Example: I saw your brother yesterday.
2- Actions that happened one behind the
other.
Example: I had dinner. Watched tv for a
while and then went to bed.
3- Action that interrupted another that was
in process.
Example: I was driving to work when I
had an accident.
Applications

6. Types
In the case of regular verbs
1. If the verb ends in a consonant, the ending “-ed” must be
added.
2. If the verb ends in "-e", only "-d" should be added at the
end.
3. If the regular verb ends in –y, and that letter is preceded
by a consonant, the –y must be changed to the –ied
particle.
4. If the last syllable of the verb is where the accent rests
and it is composed of consonant-vowel-consonant, said
consonant must be duplicated before adding “-ed”.
5. If the verb ends in “-l”, it must be duplicated and added “-
ed”.
Regular verbs

7. Types
There are verbs, which cannot be given the ending "-ed", and
then, one must know what is the past form of a certain verb in
infinitive.
1. In the case of affirmations, after we point to the subject, the verb
must be put in the past (without adding any “-s” for third parties
as in the present simple); followed by them, they will be followed
by the complement and its due expression of time.
2. In the case of denials, the auxiliary “did not” must be added
between the subject and the verb; Since the latter is the past form of
"do," it is unnecessary and incorrect (grammatically speaking) to put
the verb in the past, so we must put it into the present.
3. In the case of the questions, the auxiliary “did” will be placed
before the whole sentence, followed by the subject and the verb,
again, in the present, as we remember, the auxiliary already
indicates that the time is past.
Irregular verbs

8. Affirmative
Examples of Sentences
Daniel and his sister visited to their cousins that live in
Kansas last week.
Daniel and his sister didn’t visit to their cousins that live in
Kansas last week.
Did Daniel and his sister visit to their cousins that live in
Kansas last week?

9. Did she want to learn French?
Yes, she wanted to learn French.
Did they work together for many years?
Yes, they worked together for many years
Did she wish to learn Italian?
Yes, she wished to learn Italian.
Did we listen music until ten o’clock last night?
No, we didn’t listen music until ten o’clock last night.
Did she want to visit London?
No, she didn’t want to visit London.
Did he watch television until twelve o’clock last night?
No, he didn’t watch television until twelve o’clock last night.

10. List of regular verbs

11. List
of Irregular verbs