The document discusses the Simple Past tense in English. It defines the Simple Past as a verb tense used to talk about actions or events that were completed in the past. It notes that unlike Spanish, English verbs need conjugation, either regularly by adding "-ed" or irregularly by completely changing the verb form. The document outlines the different structures for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in the Simple Past, including using "did" for questions and negatives. It provides examples to illustrate using regular and irregular verbs in the Simple Past.

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Author:
- José R. Pérez G.
Identify Card.: 26.887.851 – Civil
Enginineering Cod.: #42
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Ministry of Univeresitary Studies.
Polytechnic Universitary Insitute “Santiago Mariño”.
Extension: Porlamar – Margarita Island – New Sparta State.
Semester II – Section “C”.
Porlamar, August 19th, 2017.
Proffesor:
César Velásquez
Subject:
English I

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What is “Simple Past”?
The “Simple Past”
(Sometimes, known as “Past
Simple”), is a verbal time
used in the english language
to narrate sentences of facts
that happened in a
specifically moment in the
past.For example:
“I used a pencil to write a letter”
Which characteristics
do “Simple Past” have?
Unlike happens in spanish, english
verbs need its conjugation (spanish
language does not need conjugation
to the verbs), incorporating to its
grammar the regular or irregular
verbs.
a) Regular verbs change adding “ed”
at the end of the word.
b) Irregular verbs change completly
the word. For example; the past of
“swim” is “swam”, getting a different
pronuntiation and a different way to
write it.
c) Regular verbs
applies its rule to the
words that doesn’t
have a vocal at the
last word. In case that
this happens, the verb
will change just
adding the “d”, just if
the contained vocal is
“e”, if it isn’t, you’ll
have to delete the last
vocal, then, add “ed”.
Here, the “use” verb, is
changed with the regulary
way, becoming into “used”.

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Types of verbs in
the Simple Past:
Affirmative way:
With regular verbs:
• The affirmative sentences using
regular verbs, get constructed
adding “ed” at the end of the
word to change the verb.
With Irregular verbs:
• To make an affirmation using
irregular verbs, the the word has
to change.
Irregular verbs aren’t as
easy as regular ones,
because you can’t just add
“ed” at the end of the word.
The irregular verbs change
using its past.
S + past verb + ”ed” termination
S + did not + verb
Negative way:
With regular or
irregular verbs:
• The formation
of the negation
in the simple
past is easier
than affirmative
way, because it
does not need
to change the
verb. The
sentence
changes using
“did not” after
the subject,
completing with
the original
verb.

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Interrogation in simple
past:
• To make questions
using simple past, the
structure changes.
Did + S + Infinitive verb
(without “to”)
Temporary complements:
o I played a match last week
• When did you get the
job?
I got the job three
months ago
• How did you do prepare
the biscuits?
I prepared them with
butter, sugar and flavor.