The Simple Past is a verb tense that indicates actions completed in the past. It is used to describe actions that have already happened and finished at some point in the past. Some examples of its uses include speaking about completed past actions, past habitual actions, narrating past events over a period of time, and stating past general facts. The simple past is formed by adding "-ed" to regular verbs, or using irregular past forms for verbs like "see/saw". It is equivalent to the preterite or indefinite past tense in Spanish.

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2. PAST
SIMPLE
Verbal tenses are different ways of combining verbal and grammatical time into an
expression. According to the verb tense used, a sentence has a certain temporal
reference that indicates when the action of the verb was developed.
The simple past is one of these tenses, present in different languages. The
mention of the past refers to actions that have already been carried out previously
(that is, they have already been fulfilled).In Castilian, the simple past is also known
as simple past tense or preterite indefinite. Its grammatical time is absolute (it is
estimated from the speaker and the time in which the expression is expressed)
and its verbal aspect is described as perfective.The simple past in our language,
therefore, indicates an action that was already developed and does not have a
necessary link with what is done in the present. The past in question, therefore, is

3. The Simple Past is a verb tense that is used to describe actions that have happened in a previous time
and that have already finished, for example:
She cleaned her house. She cleaned her house.
I broke the window. I broke the window.
1. The simple past is used to speak of a concrete action that began and ended in the past. In this case it
is equivalent to the Spanish indefinite past tense. Generally, we use weather conadver
b
s like "last year", "yesterday", "last night" ...
Examples:
Tom stayed at home last night. Tom stayed home last night.
Kate worked last Saturday.
I did not go to the party yesterday. I did not go to the party yesterday.
Did they walk to school this morning? Have you been to school this morning?
2. The simple past is used for a series of actions in the past.
Examples:
I received the good news and immediately called my husband.
He studied for an hour in the morning, worked every afternoon and did not return home until 10 at night
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4. 3. We also use it for repeated or habitual actions in the past, as the imperfect
Spanish tense is used.
Examples:
We always traveled to Cancun for a vacation when we were young.
I've walked 5 kilometers every day to work
4. We use it for narrations or actions of periods of long time in the past, like
the imperfect tense Spanish.
Examples:
I worked for many years in a museum.
She did not eat meat for 6 years.
5. It is used to speak of generalities or facts of the past.
I had

5. TIPOS
Past simple (irregular verbs)
The simple past of some English verbs does not end in -ed, but ha
irregular shape, which is the same for all people.
`have´ se convierte en `had´
He had
She had
It had
We had
You had
They had en I was a child. He played guitar when he was a kid.
Past simple (regular verbs)
Forma affirmative
subject + infinitive of verbs sin
to + ed
Affirmative
I worked.
You worked.
He worked.
She worked.
It worked.
We worked.
You worked.
They worked.
IRREGULARES
can - could
catch - caught
come - came
cost - cost
do - did
draw - drew
drink - drank
drive - drove
eat - ate
* With most vebos, it is added -ed to infinitive
without to. Work - worked * With verbs ending in -e,
-d is added. Live - lived * With verbs ending in
consonant + y, the y is replaced by -ied. Study -
studied * With verbs ending in consonant, vowel,
consonant, the consonant is doubled and added -ed.
Travel - traveled

6. EJERCICIOS
1. Did you like the film?
2. How many people did you ask?
3. Did they have a good time?
4. What did we do at the weekend?
5. Where did she buy that DVD?
1. I lost my watch in the park.
2. David didn´t hurt his knee.
3. I kicked the ball and it broke a window.
4. My new shoes didn´t cost a lot of money.
5. I got this book from the library.
6. We had a garage where we kept our car.
7. Ali cut his knee.
8. The glass fell off the table.
9. The glass didn´t break.
10. We sold our old car.
1. I ___________ (loose) my watch in the park.
2. David ___________ (not hurt) his knee.
3. I kicked the ball and it ___________ (break) a
window.
4. My new shoes ___________ (not cost) a lot of
money.
5. I ___________ (get) this book from the library.
6. We had a garage where we ___________ (keep) our
car.
7. Ali ___________ (cut) his knee.
8. The glass ___________ (fall) off the table.
9. The glass ___________ (not break).
10. We ___________ (sell) our old car
1. film? / like / you / Did / the /
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2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people
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3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good /
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4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we /
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5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy /
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