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We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started
and finished at a specific time in the past.
(Usamos el pasado simple para expresar la idea de una acción que
comenzó y terminó en un momento específico en el pasado.)
When do we need to use the past simple tense in English?
(¿Cuándo necesitamos utilizar el pasado simple en ingles?)
He was at the cinema
(Él estaba en el cine)
They were sad
(Ellos estaban tristes)

SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Verb TO BE
(Verbo To Be)
Verb TO DO
(Verbo To Do)
Negative
Sentenses
(Oraciones
Negativas)
Positive
Sentenses
(Oraciones
Positivas)
Questions
(Preguntas)
To express
existence
(Para expresar
Existencia)
There was
(Había -singular-)
There were
(Había -plural-)
Regular verbs
(Verbos Regulares)
Irregular verbs
(Verbos irregulares)
Adverbs of time
(Adverbios de tiempo)

The past tense of To Be in English has two forms: WAS and WERE
(El pasado simple del verbo To Be en ingles tiene dos formas: “Was” y “Were”
SUBJECT
VERB TO BE IN
PRESENT
VERB TO BE IN
PAST
NEGATIVE FORM
OF VERB TO BE IN
PAST
NEGATIVE
CONTRACTION OF
VERB TO BE IN
PAST
I IS WAS WAS NOT WASN’T
YOU ARE WERE WERE NOT WEREN’T
HE IS WAS WAS NOT WASN’T
SHE IS WAS WAS NOT WASN’T
IT IS WAS WAS NOT WASN’T
WE ARE WERE WERE NOT WEREN’T
YOU ARE WERE WERE NOT WEREN’T
THEY ARE WERE WERE NOT WEREN’T

SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO BE – POSITIVE SENTENSES
The main rule to form positive sentenses is:
(La norma principal para formar oraciones positivas es: )
Subject
(Sujeto)
Verb TO BE in past
(Verbo TO BE en pasado)
Complement
(Complemento)
For example:
(por ejemplo)
We were at home.
(Nosotros estábamos en casa)
She was in the office
Subject To Be
in past
Complement
She was in the office
(Ella estaba en la oficina)
We were at home
Subject To Be
in past
Complement

SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO BE – NEGATIVE SENTENSES
The main rule to form negative sentenses is:
(La norma principal para formar oraciones negativas es: )
For example:
(por ejemplo)
She was not in the office
(Ella no estaba en la oficina)
Subject
(Sujeto)
Verb TO BE in past
(Verbo TO BE en pasado)
Complement
(Complemento)
NOT
( Forma
Negativa)
She was not in the office
Subject To Be
in past
ComplementNegative
Form
We were not at home.
(Nosotros no estábamos en casa)
We were not at home
Subject To Be
in past
ComplementNegative
Form

SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO BE – NEGATIVE SENTENSES
Other rule to form negative sentenses is:
(Otra norma para formar oraciones negativas es: )
For example:
(por ejemplo)
She wasn’t in the office
(Ella no estaba en la oficina)
Subject
(Sujeto)
Negative Contraction of Verb TO
BE in past
( Contracción Negativa del Verbo
TO BE en pasado)
Complement
(Complemento)
She wasn’t in the office
Subject N. C. To Be
in past
Complement
We weren’t at home.
(Nosotros no estábamos en casa)
We weren’t at home
Subject N.C. To Be
in past
Complement

SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO BE – QUESTIONS
Subject
(Sujeto)
WAS/WERE
(Verbo TO BE en
pasado)
Complement
(Complemento)
The rule to form questions in simple past is:
(La norma para formar preguntas en pasado simple es: )
?
For example:
(por ejemplo)
Was She in the office ?
SubjectTo Be
in past
Complement
Was She in the office?
(¿Ella estaba en la oficina?)
Interrogative
Yes, She was / No, She wasn’t
Yes, She was in the office.
No, She was not in the office.
Answers

Were We at home?
(¿Nosotros estábamos en casa?)
Were We at home ?
SubjectTo Be
in past
Complement Interrogative
SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO BE – QUESTIONS
Yes, We were / No, We weren’t
Yes, We were at home.
No, We were not at home.
Answers

SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO BE – TO EXPRESS EXISTENCE
THERE WAS is the form to express the simple past of THERE IS
(THERE WAS es la forma de expresar THERE IS en pasado simple)
We use “THERE IS” to say in singular that something exists.
(Utiliazamos “THERE IS” para decir en singular que existe algo.)
For example:
(por ejemplo) There was a flower in your garden
(Había una flor en tu jardín)
There wasn’t a flower in your garden
( No había una flor en tu jardín)
Was there a flower in your garden?
(Había una flor en tu jardín?)
There was not a flower in your garden
( No había una flor en tu jardín)
Negative

SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO BE – TO EXPRESS EXISTENCE
THERE WERE is the form to express the simple past of THERE ARE
(THERE WERE es la forma de expresar THERE ARE en pasado simple)
We use “THERE ARE” to say in plural that something exists.
(Utilizamos “THERE IS” para decir en plural que existe algo.)
For example:
(por ejemplo) There were flowers in your garden
(Había flores en tu jardín)
There weren’t flowers in your garden
( No había flores en tu jardín)
Were there a flower in your garden?
(Había flores en tu jardín?)
There were not flowers in your garden
( No había flores en tu jardín)
Negative

When using the simple past tense DO becomes DID and it doesn't
change.
(Al utilizar el simple DO tiempo pasado se convierte en DID y no cambia)
The verb TO DO is another common verb in English. It can be used
as an auxiliary and a main verb. It is often used in questions.
(El verbo TO DO es otro verbo común en Inglés . Se puede utilizar como
un auxiliar y como verbo principal. Se utiliza a menudo en preguntas)
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SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO DO – REGULAR PAST
Rules to change verbs from present to simple past:
(Reglas para cambiar verbos de presente a pasado simple: )
1. If a verb ends in -e, you add -d.
agree → agreed like → liked escape → escaped
2. If a verb ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant is
usually doubled before -ed.
stop → stopped plan → planned
3. If a verb ends in consonant and -y, you take off the y and add -ied.
try → tried carry → carried
4. If the verb ends in a vowel and -y, you add -ed.
play → played enjoy → enjoyed
5. If the verb ends in -l, this consonant is doubled before adding -ed.
distil → distilled equal → equalled
6. If the verb ends with a single vowel plus a consonant, and the stress is
at the end of the word, then you need to double the final consonant before
adding -ed
commit → committed refer → referred

SIMPLE PAST- VERB TO DO – REGULAR PAST- AFFIRMATIVE SENTENSES
The main rule to form positive sentenses is:
(La norma principal para formar oraciones positivas es: )
Subject
(Sujeto)
Verb in simple past
(Verbo en pasado simple)
Complement
(Complemento)
For example:
(por ejemplo)
He Played baseball yesterday
Subject Verb in
Simple past
Complement
He played baseball yesterday
(El Jugó beisbol ayer)

Other examples:
(Otros ejemplos)
They studied Math last week
(Ellos estudiaron matematicas la semana pasada)
We decided to visit another country
(Decidimos visitar otro país.)
SIMPLE PAST- VERB TO DO – REGULAR PAST- AFFIRMATIVE SENTENSES
María spotted her dress with mud
(María manchó su vestido con barro)
You admitted your guilt.
(Admitiste tu culpa)
I travelled by car to the mountain
(Viajé en carro a la montaña)

SIMPLE PAST- VERB TO DO – IRREGULAR PAST
An irregular verb is one that does not take the -ed ending.
(Un verbo irregular es aquel que no toma la terminación –ed)
Some irregular verbs follow patterns, such as drink–drank,
spring–sprang, know-knew, and blow-blew but you can’t use
those patterns with predictability.
(Algunos verbos irregulares siguen patrones, como “drink-drank”, “spring-
sprang”, “know-knew”, y “blow-blew” pero no puedes usar esos patrones con
previsibilidad)
In the next table you can see: 50 Common Irregular Verbs .
(En la siguiente tabla puedes ver: 50 comunes verbos irregulares)

INFINIVITE PAST SIMPLE
Be was/were
Become Became
Begin Began
bring brought
buy bought
choose chose
come came
do did
drink drank
drive drove
eat ate
fall fell
feel felt
find found
fly flew
forget forgot
get got
INFINIVITE PAST SIMPLE
give gave
go went
have had
hear heard
keep kept
know knew
leave left
lend lent
let let
lose lost
make made
meet met
pay paid
put put
read Read (red)
run ran
say said
INFINIVITE PAST SIMPLE
see saw
sell sold
send sent
sing sang
sit sat
sleep slept
speak spoke
stand stood
swim swam
take took
teach taught
tell told
think thought
understand understood
wear wore
write wrote

SIMPLE PAST- VERB TO DO – IRREGULAR PAST
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENSES
The main rule to form positive sentenses is:
(La norma principal para formar oraciones positivas es: )
Subject
(Sujeto)
Irregular verb
(Verbo irregular)
Complement
(Complemento)
For example:
(por ejemplo)
She bought an old car
Subject Irregular
verb
Complement
She bought an old car
(Ella compró un carro viejo)

The main rule to form negative sentenses is:
(La norma principal para formar oraciones negativas es: )
SIMPLE PAST- VERB TO DO –NEGATIVE SENTENSES
For example:
(por ejemplo)
Subject
(Sujeto)
Verb in infinitive
(Verbo en infinitivo)
Complement
(Complemento)
Auxiliary “DID”
(Auxiliar “DID”)
NOT
She did not go to school
(Ella no fue a la escuela)
She did not go to school
Subject Verb in
infinitive
Complement
Auxiliar
did + not
She went to school
(Ella fue a la escuela)
Positive
Negative

Other rule to form negative sentenses is:
(Otra norma para formar oraciones negativas es: )
Subject
(Sujeto)
Verb in infinitive
(Verbo en infinitivo)
Complement
(Complemento)
SIMPLE PAST- VERB TO DO –NEGATIVE SENTENSES
For example:
(por ejemplo)
Contraction “ DIDN’T ”
(Contracción de DID NOT)
They didn’t eat a lot
(Ellos no comieron un montón)
They didn’t eat a lot
Subject Verb in
infinitive
Complement
Contractión
did + not
They ate a lot
(Ellos comieron un montón)
Positive
Negative

SIMPLE PAST- VERB TO DO –QUESTIONS
For example:
(por ejemplo)
Yes, She did /No, She didn’t
Yes, She studied yesterday/ No, She did not study yesterday
Did she study yesterday ?
Auxiliary Verb in
infinitive
Complement
Did she study yesterday?
(Ella Estudio ayer?)
Question
Answers
The rule to form questions in simple past is:
(La norma para formar preguntas en pasado simple es: )
Subject
(Sujeto)
Verb in infinitive
(Verbo en infinitivo)
Complement
(Complemento)
Auxiliary “DID”
(Auxiliar “DID”) ?
Subjetc Interrogative

SIMPLE PAST- VERB TO DO – WH QUESTIONS
Wh- questions are questions that require more information in
their answers. Typical wh- words are what, where, when, why,
who, how, how many, how much.
(Preguntas wh- son preguntas que requieren más información en sus
respuestas. Las tipicas Wh son “what, where, when, why, who, how, how
many, how much”)
The rule to form WH questions in simple past is:
(La norma para formar preguntas WH en pasado simple es: )
Subject
(Sujeto)
DID
(Auxiliary verb)
Complement
(Complemento)
WH- Word
(Palabra WH)
?
Verb in infinitive
(Verbo en infinitivo)
…

SIMPLE PAST- VERB TO DO – WH QUESTIONS
For example:
(por ejemplo)
What did they reserve?
(¿Que reservaron ellos?)
They reserved a table
When did you buy that sweater?
(¿Cuando compraste ese suéter?)
I bought this swearter yesterday
Where did he stay?
(¿Dónde estaba el?)
He stayed at hospital

Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened, but also for
how long, and how often.
(Adverbios de tiempo, nos dicen cuando una acción que ocurrió, sino
también por cuánto tiempo y con qué frecuencia)
My father came here yesterday.
(Mi padre vino aquí ayer)
I saw him last week.
(Lo ví la semana pasada)
His father died two years ago.
(Su padre murió hace dos años)
She frequently changed jobs.
(Ella frecuentemente cambia de trabajo)
For example:
(por ejemplo)