The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple is used to talk about finished actions in the past. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the past simple tense. For regular verbs, the past simple is formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb. Irregular verbs have unique past simple forms that must be memorized. The document also discusses how to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in the past simple tense and provides practice questions.

1. UNIT 5

2. What is the past simple?
• We use the past simple when we speak
about finished actions.
– Examples:
Yesterday I cleaned up my bedroom.(Ayer, limpié mi
habitación)
This morning I brushed my teeth. (Esta mañana me
lavé los dientes)
Last Saturday I went to the cinema. (El sábado
pasado fui al cine)
In the past, there were lots of trees. (En el pasado
había muchos árboles)

3. Regular verbs
• We add –ed at the end of regular verbs
in the past simple.
- Examples:
CLEAN – CLEANED (limpiar) LIKE – LIKED (gustar)
LOVE – LOVED (amar, querer) JUMP – JUMPED (saltar)
PLAY – PLAYED (jugar) WATCH – WATCHED (mirar
tv)
CALL – CALLED (llamar) DANCE – DANCED (bailar)

4. Regular verbs

5. ANSWEREDANSWER ARRESTEDARREST BRUSHEDBRUSH CARRIEDCARRY CLIMBEDCLIMB
CLOSEDCLOSE COMBEDCOMB COOKEDCOOK COUNTEDCOUNT CRIEDCRY
DANCEDDANCE DROPPEDDROP FINISHEDFINISH FRIGHTENEDFRIGHTENHELPEDHELP

6. JUMPEDJUMP LEARNEDLEARN LISTENEDLISTEN LIVEDLIVE LOOKEDLOOK
OPENEDOPEN PAINTEDPAINTED PLANTEDPLANT PLAYEDPLAY PRAYEDPRAY
PULLEDPULL PUSHEDPUSH REMEMBEREDREMEMBER RETURNEDRETURN SAVEDSAVE

7. SCREAMEDSCREAM SHOWEDSHOW SMELLEDSMELL SMILEDSMILE STARTEDSTART
STAYEDSTAY STOPPEDSTOP STUDIEDSTUDY TALKEDTALK TASTEDTASTE
TELEPHONEDTELEPHONE TRAVELLEDTRAVEL WALKEDWALK WATCHEDWATCH WORKEDWORK

8. How to make sentences
• There are 3 types of sentences:
- Affirmative: I washed my face this morning.
- Negative: I didn´t wash my face this morning.
- Interrogative: Did I wash my face this
morning?

9. How to make sentences

10. Irregular verbs
• These verbs don´t follow rules, we have
to learn them by heart (de memoria).
- Examples:
BE – WAS/WERE (ser/estar) GO – WENT (ir)
EAT – ATE (comer) DRINK- DRANK (beber)
MAKE – MADE (hacer) DO- DID (hacer)
WRITE – WROTE (escribir) READ – READ (leer)

11. Questions
• Did you eat breakfast this morning?
- Yes, I did. / No, I didn´t.
• Did she have a shower?
- Yes, she had. / No, she hadn´t.
• Was there any pollution in the past?
- Yes, there was. / No, there wasn´t.
• Were you at the park yesterday?
- Yes, I was. / No, I wasn´t.
• Were there any forests in the past?
- Yes, there were. / No, there weren´t.
• Did they clean up the class?
- Yes, they did. / No, they didn´t.

12. Let´s play with the past
simple!!

26. I hope you liked it!!