The document discusses English verb tenses and their importance for clear written and spoken communication. It explains that verb tenses identify when an action occurs in the past, present, or future. The simple past tense is then examined in more detail, noting that it is used to talk about completed actions or situations in the past. Both regular and irregular verbs are discussed, with examples provided of how to form the simple past of regular "-ed" verbs and common irregular verb forms. Guidance is given on using the simple past tense to talk about specific past events, series of past actions, repeated past habits, and general past facts.

1. TIEMPOS VERBALES

2. IMPORTANCIA DE LA PRÁCTICA
PROFESIONAL.
• Los tiempos verbales en ingles son modos que
sirven para identificar cuando sucede una acción o
estado de lo que se habla en pasado, presente y
futuro.
• Solamente afectan a los verbos de cada oración, sin
embargo, su uso correcto es fundamental para la
congruencia y claridad de textos escritos o discursos
orales.

3. ¿Cuál es la diferencia
entre las siguientes
oraciones?
• I was a teacher
• I am a teacher
• I will be a teacher
Estos tres son los diferentes tiempos en que se
divide la experiencia humana. Cada uno se puede
subdividir en cuatro tipos de tiempos verbales de
acuerdo al momento exacto en que sucede la
acción:
• Tiempo verbal simple: Expresa el
momento en que ocurre una acción o
estado.
• Tiempo verbal continuo: Manifiesta
que una acción o estado se desarrolla a
lo largo de un periodo de tiempo
especifico.
• Tiempo verbal perfecto: Declara
acciones o estados que son
completados dentro de un periodo de
tiempo especifico.
• Tiempo verbal perfecto progresivo:
Comunica el momento en que inició una
acción o estado y el momento en que

4. SIMPLE PRESENT
• Se utiliza este tiempo para hablar de acciones que suceden con
frecuencia, ya sean diarias o con periodicidad especifica. (Hábitos)
• Así como para: verdades – hechos generales – horarios/horarios
futuros
I always drink coffee at work
She gets up at 7 a.m. every
day
They usually eat dinner at
home
He works on Wall Street
She is sixty years old
We live in New York
The Earth is not flat
The Sun rises in the east
Water boils at 100°
centigrade
My train arrives tomorrow
We fly to Paris on
Monday
Classes begin next week

5. + Sujeto + Verbo + complemento  I write poems
- Sujeto + auxiliar (do/does) + not + verbo +
complemento  I do not write poems (I dont write poems)
? Auxiliar (do/does) + sujeto + verbo + complemento 
Do I write poems?

6. Cuando este hablando en tercera persona:
• HE
• SHE
• IT
Al verbo se le adiciona siempre una S:
He plays at the park in the morning

7. TIME EXPRESSIONS – ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

15. DAILY ACTIVITIES AT HOME
What are some of the daily activities that you do at home?
I wake up at 7am every morning.
I press the snooze button five times every morning before I turn off the alarm and get up.
I have a cup of coffee and make breakfast. I usually read the newspaper while I have breakfast.
.
My wife brushes her long hair, and I have short hair so I comb my hair. It is important to brush your teeth, and
some women like to put make-up on.
After work, I go home to cook dinner. In my house I usually make dinner. The family eat dinner together at 7:30pm.
After dinner I make sure that my children do their homework, and then I chill out on the sofa and watch television.
On television I usually watch the News. My wife usually comes to tell me to take the rubbish out, or wash the
dishes.
Our children feed the dog and the cat before they go to bed and I tell them to go to the bathroom too.
If I am sick I have to take my medication, but then I get into my pyjamas and set the alarm so I wake up in the
morning.
The last things I do is lock the door, turn off the lights, and go to bed.
It doesn't take me long to fall asleep.

17. DAILY ACTIVITIES AT WORK
What are some daily activities that you do at work?
I go to work at 8.45am every morning. I usually drive to work.
I always check my emails when I get to work, but I don't always reply to them immediately. I take a taxi or a
train if I have a lunch meeting. I never take the bus because it is too slow.
When I am at my desk I usually work on the computer, even during morning tea.
At 1pm most days I have lunch. At 3pm we have afternoon tea, and that is when we usually talk and eat
cake. When you are in the office you probably have a lot of papers. It is important for you to file your
papers, and so that you can find them again you need to organise your files.
When I work I have to make telephone calls. If an important issue happens I ask my secretary to organise a
meeting.
Once a month I report to my boss, but maybe you have to report to your boss more often. I usually write a
document that my boss can read.

18. Other Daily Activities
What are some other daily activities that you do?
•
I exercise at least three times a week.
•
I usually go to the gym before work, but sometimes I go after work.
•
I meditate every morning so that I feel less stressed during the day.

19. PAST SIMPLE

20. • Además de ser uno de los tiempos verbales
principales del inglés, el pasado simple o past
simple es muy fácil de usar, entender y aprender.
Lo primero que debes recordar es que el objetivo
de este tiempo verbal es hablar de una acción o
situación que ocurrió y concluyó en el pasado,
donde su duración no tiene relevancia. El tiempo
en que se sitúa la acción puede ser el pasado
reciente o un pasado lejano.
En el pasado simple hay verbos
regulares y verbos irregulares.

21. REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
La mayoría de los verbos en
inglés es regular, que siguen
un patrón típico de
conjugación.
Para formar el pasado simple
y participio pasado de los
verbos regulares,
simplemente añadimos "-ed"
al final del verbo.
Los verbos irregulares son
aquellos que no siguen el
patrón típico en su
conjugación.
Existen aproximadamente 200
verbos irregulares en inglés.
En algunos casos, un verbo
puede ser irregular en inglés
británico y regular en inglés
americano.

22. • Para formar el pasado simple con verbos regulares,
usamos el infinitivo y añadimos la terminación “-ed”. La
forma es la misma para todas las personas (I, you, he, she,
it, we, they).
• want  wanted
• learn  learned
• stay  stayed
• walk  walked
• show  showed
• etc…

23. EXCEPTIONS
1. Para verbos que terminan en una “e”, solo añadimos “-d”.
change  changed
believe  believed
2. Si el verbo termina en una vocal corta y una consonante (excepto “y” o “w”) doblamos la
consonante final.
stop  stopped
commit  committed
3. Con verbos que terminan en una consonante y una “y”, se cambia la “y” por una “i”.
study  studied
try  tried

24. Note: Hay MUCHOS verbos irregulares en inglés. Desafortunadamente
no hay una norma establecida para formarlos. A continuación están los
tres verbos irregulares mas comunes y los que actúan como verbos
auxiliares:
be was
were
do did
have had
Verb Past simple

25. ED PRONUNCIATION
Pronunciamos la terminación “-ed” de forma diferente
dependiendo de la letra que va al final del infinitivo. En general
la “e” es muda.
1. Con los verbos que terminan en “p”, “f”, “k” o “s” (consonantes
sordas, excepto “t”) pronunciamos la terminación “-ed” como
una “t”.
looked (lukt)
kissed (kisst)
worked (wurkt)
talked (tawkt)
passed (paast)
Voiceless:
No vibration of vocal cords

26. 2. Con los verbos que terminan en b, g, l, m, n, r, v, w, y, z
(consonantes sonoras, excepto “d”) o una vocal, pronunciamos sólo la “d”.
yelled (yeld)
cleaned (klind)
called (kawld)
answered (ansedd)
destroyed (distroyd)
etc….
Voiced:
The vocal cords vibrate

27. 3. Con los infinitivos que terminan en “d” o “t”, pronunciamos la “e” como
una “i”
ended (endid)
waited (waitid)
painted (peintid)
needed (nidid)
etc…

29. + subject + verb (past simple) +
complement
e.g. You closed the door.
They learned English.
I bought a blue car.

30. - subject + aux. DID + not + verb +
complement
e.g. You did not close the door. (didn´t)
They didn´t learn English.
I didn´t buy a blue car.

31. ? aux. DID + subject + verb + complement + ?
e.g. Did you close the door?
Did they learn English?
Did I buy a blue car?

32. Be verb
+ subject + was/were +
complement
She was a doctor
The keys were on the table
- subject + was/were + not + complement
She was not a doctor (wasn´t)
The keys were not on the table (weren´t)
? was/were + subject + complement +
?
Was she a doctor?
Were the keys on the table?

33. HOW TO USE THE PAST SIMPLE?
1. El pasado simple se utiliza para hablar de una acción concreta
que comenzó y acabó en el pasado. Generalmente, lo usamos
con adverbios de tiempo como “last year”, “yesterday”, “last
night”…
• Tom stayed at home last night.
• Kate worked last Saturday.
• I didn´t go to the party yesterday.
• Did they walk to school this morming?

34. 2. Se usa el pasado simple para un serie de acciones en el
pasado.
• I received the good news and immediately called my husband.
• He studied for an hour in the morning, worked all afternoon and
didn´t return home until 10 at night.

35. 3. También lo usamos para acciones repetidas o habituales en el
pasado.
• We always traveled to Cancun for vacation when we were
young.
• He walked 5 kilometers every day to work.
4. Lo usamos para narraciones o acciones de períodos de largo
tiempo en el pasado.
• I worked for many years in a museum.
• She didn’t eat meat for years.

36. 5. Se utiliza para hablar de generalidades o hechos del
pasado.
• The Aztec lived in Mexico
• I played the guitar when I was a
child

43. GRACIAS POR SU
ATENCIÓN