The document discusses the simple past tense in language. The simple past tense refers to actions that were completed in the past. It uses verbs in their past form to indicate an action that occurred at a specific moment in the past. The simple past tense has a simple subject-verb structure and uses time expressions to indicate when the action occurred, even though the past verb form already indicates it happened in the past. Examples are given of using the simple past tense to talk about past habits, permanent past situations, and specific past events. The document also discusses regular and irregular verb conjugations in the past tense.

1. Valeria Brito
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Cesar Velasquez.

2. The simple past is one of
these verb 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 completed).

3.  Indicates the action performed at a specific moment
in the past. The main verb of the sentence is always
in the past.
 It has a simple composition of "subject and
predicate verb".

4.  It is the only grammatical time that uses verbs
in the past.
 The predicate can use expressions that
determine the time of the sentence, although it
was always the verb that indicates whether the
sentence is or is not in the past tense.

5. 1. To talk about something we did habitually
in the past.
We use the present simple to talk about
habits we have today and use the simple
past to talk about habits in the past.
Obvious!
• I played soccer every Friday.
• They watched television in the morning.

6. 2. To talk about something permanent or almost
permanent in the past
 I lived in Madrid.
 My father worked in a factory.
3. To talk about a specific event in the past
Especially an event or action that ended at a
moment in the past.
 James opened the door yesterday.
 Real Madrid won the League in 2003.

7. 1.) REGULAR: Are those
verbs that are
conjugated in a uniform
way, without modifying
its root and using the
corresponding endings in
each mode and time to
the conjugation that
belong.

8. 2.) IRREGULAR VERB:
In an inflectional language, an irregular verb is a
verb that has particular or idiosyncratic
conjugations according to the time or way in which
it is conjugated. Experience changes in the
paradigm, since it takes different endings than
those that are usual in regular verbs.

9. Did she want to learn French?
 Yes, she wanted to learn French.
Did they work together for many years?
 Yes, they worked together for many years.
Did you study in my class last
semester?
 Yes, I studied in your class last semester.

10. Did we listen music until ten
o’clock last night?
• No, we didn’t listen music until ten o’clock
last night.
Did she want to visit London?
• No, she didn’t want to visit London.
Did he answer all the questions?
• No, he didn’t answer all the questions.