ASAuC SlMLL

Acclones Ln el pasado que Loman lugar una nlnguna o varlas veces 1amblen puede ser
uLlllzada para acclones que Loman lugar una despues de oLra o en medlo de una accln

lorma del pasado slmple
AfflrmaLlve negaLlve CuesLlon
8egular She loved hlm She dldn'L love hlm (Wh) uld she love hlm?
lrregular ?ou became a
lawyer
?ou dldn'L become a
lawyer
(Wh) uld you become a
lawyer?

CuesLlons
ara pregunLas se usa el auxlllary ulu al comlenzo de la pregunLa o [usLo despues de la quesLlon
word o wh" (why whaL where when how how long)
uld you go? ( lulsLe?)
When dld you go? (Cuando fulsLe? )

negaLlve
ara negaclon se usa el auxlllary ulun'1 que es la conLraccln del auxlllar ulu y la negacln
nC1 Lo usual es uLlllce la conLraccln aunque Lamblen se usa en su forma compleLa dld noL
generalmenLe cuando se qulere enfaLlzar en la negacln
?ou dld'L go Lo Lhe parLy yesLerday

AfflrmaLlve
ara las frases aflrmaLlvas se uLlllza el vL88C Ln ASAuC SlMLL ya sea regular o lrregular
l waLched a movle on 1v lasL nlghL
Pe wroLe a beauLlful poem

ASAuC SlMLL uL LCS vL88CS 8LCuLA8LS (uLlllzados SCLC en la frase aflrmaLlva)

1 uespues ue una e solo agrega d
love loved
llke llked
dance danced

2 Las consonanLes flnales despues de una vocal dupllcan la consonanLe
admlL admlLLed
Lravel Lravelled
sLop sLopped

3 La y flnal despues de una consonanLe se Lransforma en l
hurry hurrled
Lry Lrled
O Sl anLerlor a la y hay una vocal se manLlene la y y se agrega ed
play played

usos del pasado slmple
*Acclon que ocurre en el pasado una o varlas veces
Pe vlslLed hls parenLs every weekend unLll Lhey dle (vlslL)
*Acclones en el pasado que ocurren una Lras oLra
Pe came ln Look off hls coaL and saL down (come Lake slL)
*Acclones en el pasado que ocurren en medlo de oLra acclon
When l was havlng breakfasL Lhe phone suddenly rang (rlng)
*La clausula lf del Second CondlLlonal (solo para que lo sepas pero Lodavla no lo esLudlamos
asl que esLe en parLlcular no enLra)

alabras claves para ldenLlflcar el pasado slmple
?esLerday (ayer)
2 mlnuLes ago (hace dos mlnuLos)
Lhree days ago (hace Lres dlas)
1he day before yesLerday (anLeayer)
ln 1990 (en 1990)
Lhe oLher day (el oLro dla)
lasL lrlday (el vlernes pasado)
lasL year (el ano pasado)




O Ll verbo 1C 8L funclona dlsLlnLo Ll proplo verbo en sus formas de pasado
slmple WAS y WL8L CCuA LA CSlSClCn uLL AuxlLlA8 ulu
LL vL88C 8L nC u1lLlZA AuxlLlA8!!!!!



Lxerc|ses on S|mp|e ast
I Was or were?
1 l happy
2 ?ou angry
3 She ln London lasL week
4 Pe on hollday
3 lL cold
6 We aL school
7 ?ou aL Lhe clnema
8 1hey aL home
9 1he caL on Lhe roof
10 1he chlldren ln Lhe garden

II Aff|rmat|ve sentences |n s|mp|e past

1 he / Lhe quesLlon / answer
2 you / a quesLlon / ask
3 Lhe dog / bark
4 Lhey / call / us
3 we / a mounLaln / cllmb
6 !ohn / sLamps / collecL
7 we / ln London / llve
8 l / hungry / be
9 Lhey / a hamsLer / have
10 he / Lo school / go

III nave a |ook at Iames's |ast week's d|ary and answer the quest|ons |n
comp|ete sentences Wr|te the t|me express|on at the end of the
sentence
Monday 1uesday Wednesday 1hursday Ir|day Saturday Sunday
looLball shopplng meeLlng rlng !ane buy
flowers
concerL salllng
clnema 1ennls Lngllsh lLallan
resLauranL


1 When was hls Lngllsh course?
2 When dld he go shopplng?
3 When dld he buy flowers?
4 When was hls meeLlng?
3 When dld he play fooLball?
6 When dld he go Lo Lhe lLallan resLauranL?
7 When dld he rlng !ane?
8 When dld he play Lennls?
9 When dld he go Lo Lhe clnema?
10 When was Lhe concerL?
11 When dld he go salllng?

IV Negat|ve Sentences |n S|mp|e ast
8ewrlLe Lhe senLences ln Lhe negaLlve
1 1hey collecLed posLcards 1hey dldn'L collecL posLcards
2 ?ou [umped hlgh
3 AlberL played squash
4 1he Leacher LesLed our Lngllsh
3 llona vlslLed her grandma
6 Pe washed Lhe car
7 ?ou were LhlrsLy
8 Pe had a compuLer
9 l boughL bread
10 l saw Lhe house




V uest|ons |n S|mp|e ast
WrlLe a quesLlon ln slmple pasL
1 Anna / Lhe wlndow / open uld Anna open Lhe wlndow?
2 she / home / walk
3 you /ln Lhe garden / work
4 you / a song / slng
3 she / on Lhe chalr / slL
6 you / Lhe casLle / vlslL
7 !enny / Lhe door / lock
8 she / happy / be
9 Creg / Lhe ball / klck
10 Lhe car / aL Lhe corner / sLop
Ask for Lhe bold parL of Lhe senLence
1 She pushed her b|ke
2 She carrled a bag
3 We walLed |n the park
4 1he pollce man arresLed the th|ef
3 We aLe flsh
6 She waLched Lhe maLch |ast n|ght
7 She asked her frlends because she d|d not know what to do
8 I opened Lhe door?
9 1he Leacher checked our homework
10 |ndy had a dog










SIMLL AS1 vs AS1 N1INUUS (ast rogress|ve)

Simple Past Past Continuous (Progressive)
rregular verbs: Ver las segunda columna
de la lista de verbos
spoke (speak)
Regular verbs: verb + ed
worked (work)
was / were (pasado simple del verbo
to be) + main verb en gerundio (-ing)
was speaking
You were speaking
He / she / it was speaking
We were speaking
They were speaking
Exceptions
Exceptions when adding 'ed' (lo mismo
que esta explicado arriba, pero ahora en
ingles :D )
When the final letter is 0, only add /.
Example: love - loved
After a short, stressed vowel, the final
consonant is doubled
Example: admit - admitted
Final is always doubled in British
English (not in American English)
Example: travel travelled
*en ingles norteamericano es traveled (no se
repite la consonante)
After a consonant, final becomes .
(but: not after a vowel)
Example: worry - he worried
but: play - he played
Exceptions when adding 'ing' :
Silent 0 is dropped (but: does not
apply for 00)
Example: come - coming
but: agree - agreeing
after a short, stressed vowel, the
final consonant is doubled
Example: sit - sitting
final is always doubled in British
English (not in American English)
Example: travel - travelling
final 0 becomes .
Example: lie - lying
uSLS uSCS
1ter another or at the same time? Despus de otra o al mismo tiempo?
Do you want to express that the actions in the past happened one after another or at
the same time? Quieres expresar que una accin en el pasado ocurri una tras otra o al mismo
tiempo?
Simple Past Past Continuous (Progressive)
a1ter another despues de otra
She came home, switched on the computer
and checked her e-mails. (come, switch,
check)
at the same time aI mismo tiempo
Sam ,8playing on the computer
while his brother ,8 watching TV.
ew action or aIready in progress? nueva accion o ya en progreso?
f you want to express that a new action happened in the middle of another action, you
need both tenses: Simple Past the new action and Past Continuous for the action
already in progress.
Si quieres expresar que una nueva accion ocurrio en medio de otra accion, necesitas ambos
tiempos: Pasado Simple para la accion nueva y Pasado Continuo para la accin ya en
progreso.
Simple Past Past Continuous (Progressive)
new action nueva accion
My mobile rang (when was sitting
in a meeting.)
action aIready in progress
While ,8sitting in a meeting, (my mobile
suddenly rang.)

nIy mentioning or emphasizing progress? Solo mencionando o enfatizando el "desarrollo
Do you just want to mention that an action took place in the past (also used for short
actions)? Or do you want to put emphasis on the progress, e.g. that an action was
taking place at a certain time?
Quieres mencionar que una accin ocurri en el pasado (tambin utilizado para acciones cortas)? O
quieres poner nfasis en el "desarrollo, ej.: que una accin estaba ocurriendo en cierto momento?
Simple Past Past Continuous (Progressive)
just mentioning (soIo mencinando)
Colin played football yesterday.
emphasising progress (en1atizando
desarroIIo)
Yesterday at six o'clock, Colin ,8
playing football.

L SIGUIE%E ES SL P# CCE#L (P# #), ES
ECES#I P#EE#L E MEM#I
O The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Past (not in the
progressive form).
Los siguientes verbos son usualmente utilizados solo en Pasado Simple (no en la
forma progersiva o continua)
O state verbs: be, cost, fit, mean, suit verbos de estado:ser costar,
encajar, significar, convenir.
Example: We were on holiday.
O Possession verbs: belong, have verbos de posesion: pertenecer, tener.
Example: Sam had a cat.
O Senses verbs: feel, hear, see, smell, taste, touch verbos de
sentidos: sentir, oir, oler, saborear, tocar.
Example: He felt the cold.
O eeIings verbs: hate, hope, like, love, prefer, regret, want, wishv
verbos de sensaciones: odiar, esperar (tener esperanza) gustar, amar, preferir,
lamentar, querer, desear.
Example: Jane loved pizza.
O brain work verbs: believe, know, think, understand procesos
mentales: creer, saber, pensar, comprender.
Example: did not understand him.
O introductory verbs 1or direct speech: answer, ask, reply, say
verbos introductorios para discurso directo: responder, preguntar, decir.
Example: " am watching TV," he said.

EXE#CISES

I. Put the verbs into the correct 1orm (simpIe past)
LasL year l (spend) my hollday ln lreland lL (be) greaL! l
(Lravel) around by car wlLh Lwo frlends and we (vlslL) loLs of
lnLeresLlng places ln Lhe evenlngs we usually (go) Lo a pub Cne nlghL we
even (learn) some lrlsh dances We very lucky wlLh Lhe weaLher lL
(noL raln) Loo much buL we (see) some beauLlful
ralnbows Where (spend / you) your lasL holldays?