PAST SIMPLE

Se utiliza para referirse a acciones que se desarrollaron en el pasado y que hace ya algún
tiempo que finalizaron. 

I love my dog. I
change my backpack.

I loved my dog. I
changed my backpack

Go – went fly - flew

buy- bought

Know – knew come - came

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).

Ejemplos:

  want →     wanted
  learn →     learned
  stay →     stayed
  walk →     walked
  show →     showed

Subject + verb + complement

I want a hamburger. ------ I wanted a hamburger

She walks at park. ---------- She walked at park.

They stay at home. -------- They stayed at home.

1. Para verbos que terminan en una “e”, sólo añadimos “-d”.

Ejemplos:

  change →     changed changeed

  believe →     believed

2. Si el verbo termina en consonante, vocal y una consonante (excepto “y” o “w”), doblamos la

consonante final.

Ejemplos:

  stop →     stopped
  commit →     committed

3. Con verbos que terminan en una consonante y una “y”, se cambia la “y” por una “i”.

Ejemplos:

  study →     studied
  try →     tried

En estas oraciones no se da información sobre el presente:

I walked yesterday.

Con frecuencia se indica el periodo en el que se desarrolló la acción:

I cooked enchiladas the last month.

La estructura de la frase es similar a la del presente, utilizando el verbo principal en su forma

pasada.

Subject + past verb + complement

Luis bought a car.

Luis buys a car.

Carlos asks a question to his teacher. //Carlos asked a question to his teacher.
Laura breaks her pencil /// Laura broke her pencil.

Susana and me watch TV. /// Susana and me watched TV.

En las formas negativas e interrogativas se emplea, asimismo, una estructura similar: se utiliza el
verbo auxiliar "to do" en su tiempo pasado, que acompaña al verbo principal en su forma
infinitiva:

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

SUJETO + AUXILIAR EN PASADO + VERBO PRESENTE + COMPLEMENTO

My dog ran at park.

My dog didn’t run at park.

They stayed at home.

They didn’t stay at home.

AFF Susana drinks Soda

AFF Susana drank Soda.

NEG Susana doesn’t drink soda. PRESENT

NEG Susana didn’t drink soda. PAST

Alberto climbs the mountain. AFF ---- VERB

Alberto climbed the mountain. AFF --- VERB

Alberto doesn’t climb the mountain. NEG - NEG

Alberto didn’t climb the mountain. NEG - NEG

Carlos walked in the morning.

Carlos didn’t walk at park in the morning.

Sarah studied for an exam.

Sarah didn’t study for an exam.

Ivan and me cooked a Delicious pasta.

Ivan and me didn´t cook a Delicious pasta.

INTERROGATIVES
Verbo auxiliar (to do) + sujeto + verbo principal en presente + complement+?
Did you study yesterday?

PRE Rosa travels to London PRE Oscar buys an x-box

AFF Rosa traveled to London. AFF Oscar bought an x-box

NEG Rosa DIDN’T travel to London. NEG Oscar didn’t buy an x-box

INT Did Rosa travel to London? INT Did Oscar buy an Xbox?

PRE Rrodrigo and Ana fly in an airplane. flew

AFF Rodrigo and Ana flew in an airplane

NEG Rodrigo and Ana didn’t fly in an airplane.

INT Did Rodrigo and Ana fly in an airplane?

I dance jazz.

AFF I danced jazz.

NEG I didn’t dance jazz.

INT Did I dance jazz?

We deliver a homework.

AFF We delivered a homework.

NEG We didn’t deliver a homework.

INT Did we deliver a homework?

Clara and Melissa sing a song for christmas. Sang

Clara and Melissa sang a song for Christmas.

Clara and Melissa didn’t sing a song for Christmas.

Did Clara and Melissa sing a song for Christmas?

En la formación del tiempo pasado hay que distinguir entre verbos regulares e irregulares: los
verbos regulares forman el tiempo pasado añadiendo "-ed" a la forma infinitiva, mientras que los
irregulares no siguen un patrón determinado, hay que estudiarlos individualmente.

La forma pasada de los verbos es única para todas las personas, no hay una forma distinta para la
3ª persona del singular como ocurría en el presente.

Carlos visits his family

Carlos visited his family

Did Carlos visit his family?

1.-Rocío comes to the city.

Rocío didn’t come to the city .

Rocío came to the city.

Did Rocío come to the city?

2-Abigail and Elena choose new clothes.

Abigail and Elena chose new clothes

Did Abigail and Elena choose new clothes?

3.-My uncle counts his money.

My uncle counted his money.

Did my uncle count his money?

4.-Alberto don’t change his mood.

Alberto didn´t change his mood.

Did Alberto change his mood?

SUBJECT MAIN VERB AUX VERB

Present affirmative--- Daniel takes a shower

PAST

AFFIRMATIVES Daniel took a shower.

NEGATIVES Daniel didn’t take a shower.

QUESTIONS Did Daniel take a shower?

PRESENT AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE You dance at a dance school.

PAST

AFFIRMATIVE: You danced at a dance school.

NEGATIVE: You didn’t dance at a dance school.

QUESTION: Did you dance at a dance school?

REPASAR LOS 3 TIEMPOS QUE HEMOS VISTO CON SUS FORMAS NEGATIVAS TOMANDO COMO
BASE LA LISTA DE VERBOS QUE TENEMOS AL PRINCIPIO DE ESTE ARCHIVO.
Affirmative present: Laura sleeps.

Negative present: Laura doesn’t sleep.

Affirmative present continuous: Laura is sleeping.

Negative present continuous: Laura is not sleeping.

Affirmative past: Laura slept.

Negative past: Laura didn’t sleep.

Lucía bakes a cake for her friend’s birthday.

Lucía baked a cake for her……

Lucía didn’t bake….

Did Lucía bake…

My father sleeps a lot.

My father slept a lot

My father didn’t sleep a lot.

Did my father sleep a lot?

I know my homework is well done.

I knew my ……

I didn’t know…..

Did I know ….

My girlfriend and me buy a car.

My gf and me bought….

My gf and me didn’t buy…

Did my gf and me buy

Julián borrow a pencil during class.

Julian borrowed ….

Julián didn’t borrow

Did Julian borrow ….?