The document explains the concept of the 'simple past' tense, noting its use for actions completed before the present. It distinguishes between regular verbs, which form their past tense by adding -d or -ed, and irregular verbs, which do not follow a specific rule. It provides examples and exercises related to affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in the simple past tense.

1. SIMPLE PAST - PASADO
SIMPLE
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2. WHAT IS THE “SIMPLE
PAST”?

3. WHAT IS THE
“SIMPLE PAST”?
The “simple past” is the form of a verb used to describe an action that
happened before the present time and is no longer happening, the verb
that we use to describe the past, can be a regular or irregular verb.
We use the past simple to talk about past and finished action at a certain
moment or a period in the past:
A week/ a month/ a year ago
Last year/ month/ week
Example: You worked very hard last year.
We ate together last Saturday.
They talked on the phone last week.
I drove to work yesterday.

4. USES OF
THE SIMPLE
PAST

5. USES OF THE SIMPLE
PAST
We use the past simple to talk about definite time in
the past (often we specify when something happened,
e.g. yesterday, three weeks ago, last year, when I was
young):
Did you watch that film yesterday?
He left at the end of November.
When they were young, they hated meat.

6. TYPES
• VERBS
• AFIRMATIVE
SENTENCES
• NEGATIVE
SENTENCES
• INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCES

7. VERBS
Verbs are subdivided into two groups, regular
verbs and irregular verbs, on the basis of how their past tense
and past participles are formed. See below for tips on how to
distinguish between them.
REGULAR VERBS:
Most verbs are regular verbs. Regular verbs are those whose past
tense and past participles are formed by adding a -d or an -ed
to the end of the verb.
Example: Arrive – Arrived Fix – Fixed Request – Requested
IRREGULAR VERBS
There is no formula to predict how an irregular verb will form its
past-tense and past-participle forms. There are over 250
irregular verbs in English. Although they do not follow a formula,

8. AFIRMATIVE
SENTENCES:
The word "affirmative" simply means that you are stating
something is so, an affirmative statement is any sentence or
declaration that is positive. To make an affirmative/positive
sentence in simple past you need to follow the rule above:
SUBJECT + PAST VERB (REGULAR/IRREGULAR) + COMPLEMENT
Example: Nancy drove to New Orleans from Florida. (Drove –
Drive: irregular)
I painted my house last weekend. (Painted – Paint:
regular)

9. NEGATIVE
SENTENCES
A negative sentence is a sentence that states that something is
false. In English, we create negative sentences by adding the
word 'not' after the auxiliary, or helping, verb.
To make a negative sentence in simple past, you need to follow
the rules above:
Subject + did not + infinitive verb + complement
Example: She didn’t pass the exam.
He didn’t wash the car.
(didn’t – did not: auxiliary
verb)

10. INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCES
An interrogative sentence asks a direct question and is
punctuated at the end with a question mark. It is one of the four
basic types of sentences, and it's a highly useful one.
Interrogative sentences allow you to gather information and
clear up confusion as well as engage in interesting
conversations with others. To make interrogative sentences in
simple past you need to follow the rule above:
Did + subject + infinitive verb + complement + ?
Example: Did you go to the Mall?
Did you know about the new movies
on Netflix?

11. EXERCISES

12. EXERCISE ON POSITIVE
SENTENCES
WRITE POSITIVE SENTENCES IN SIMPLE PAST.
•he / the question / answer He answered the
question
•you / a question / ask You asked a
question____
•the dog / bark The dog barked _______
•they / us / call They called us__________
•we / a mountain / climb We climbed a
mountain__
•John / stamps / collect John collected
stamps____
•we / in London / live We lived in
London______

13. EXERCISE ON
SIMPLE PAST
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
When was his English course? His English course was on
Thursday.
When did he go shopping? He went shopping on
Tuesday.
When did he buy flowers? He bought flowers on
Friday.
When was his meeting? His meeting was on
Wednesday.
When did he play football? He played football on
Monday.
When did he ring Jane? He rang Jane on Thursday.
When did he go to the cinema? He went to the cinema on

14. EXERCISE ON QUESTIONS WITH
INTERROGATIVE
ASK FOR THE BOLD PART OF THE SENTENCE.
She pushed her bike. What did she push?
She carried a bag. What did she carry?
We waited in the park. Where did we wait?
We ate fish. Who ate fish?
She watched the match last night. When did she
watch the match?
I opened the door. Who opened the
door?
Cindy had a dog. Who had a dog?

15. EXERCISE ON NEGATIVE
SENTENCES
REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE NEGATIVE
They collected postcards. They did not collect
postcards.
You jumped high. You did not jump high.
Albert played squash. Albert did not play
squash.
The teacher tested our English. The teacher did not
test our English.
Fiona visited her grandma. Fiona did not visit her
grandma.
He washed the car. He did not wash the car.

16. REGULAR
&
IRREGULAR VERBS

17. REGULAR VERBS

18. IRREGULAR VERBS

19. THE END
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