The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It is used for actions that occurred at a specific time in the past or that were habitual in the past. The simple past can be used to talk about single events, sequences of events, states that existed in the past, and habitual actions that occurred in the past. It provides examples of forming questions, affirmative statements, and negative statements in the simple past tense using both regular and irregular verbs.

1. SIMPLE
PAST
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2. Is used for past actions that happened either at a
specific time, which can either be given by a time
phrase (yesterday, last year, etc.) or understood
from the context.
SIMPLE PAST
USAGE
The simple past is used for a single
event (or sequence of such events) in the past,
and also for past habitual action:
• He took the money and ran.
• I visited them every day for a year.
It can also refer to a past state:
• I knew how to fight even as a child.

3.  Identify actions that happened at a specific time
in the past, whether known or implied.
 Identify actions that started and ended in the
past.
 Identify actions in the past that are not repeated
in the present.
 Identify actions that happened at a specific time
and that have already ended.
Characteristics

4. QUESTIONS
To ask questions it is necessary to use:
The auxiliary did + the subject (I, you, he,
she, it, we, they) + the verb in infinitive + the
complement.
• Did you see the thief's face?
• Did you visit your grandparents last week?

5. AFFIRMATIVE
With Regular Verb
When the verb is regular, the statements are
constructed using the verb in infinitive and the ending is
added ed (or “d” if the infinitive ends in “e”.)
• Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
• The teacher used a red pencil to correct the exams.
With Irregular Verb
When the verb is irregular, the form changes
• I went fishing last weekend.
• I bought a car.

6. NEGATIVE
Use to express a negation in the past tense,
it´s necessary to use both in regular and
irregular verbs, the auxiliary in past plus not:
EXAMPLE
• I did not go to Barcelona last month.
• I did not do my homework yesterday.