1. The 'Past Simple' (or Past Simple), is
used to talk about past actions, who
have completed at some specific time
in the past.
The following examples will be used
in the explanation. We use two
examples to check for changes in the
third person singular.
2. WHAT IT IS?
This tense is used to talk about actions
that occurred or were completed in the
past. In addition, time is often
indicated or at least the context intuit
HOW TO FORM?
It forms the base form of the verb by
adding the ending '_Ed'. When we talk
about how we refer to the infinitive
basis without the preposition 'to', ie
the verb 'to watch' the base form
would 'watch', and the way past would
be 'watched'.
3. THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
The simple past expresses a one-time completed
past event. “Regular” verbs form their past
tense by adding ED to the infinitive:
Work – Worked
When a verb ends in Y after a consonant, change the
Y to I before adding ED:
Try – Tried
When a verb ends in E add only D:
Share – Shared
When a one-syllable verb has one vowel and ends in a
single consonant (excepting C, W, X or Y), this
consonant is doubled before adding ED:
4. Dig – Digged
C ending verbs add K before ED:
Traffic – Trafficked
When a verb of two or more syllables ends in a
single consonant, by a single vowel, the final
consonant is doubled if the stress falls on the
last syllable:
Submit – Submitted
But if the last syllable is unstressed, the final
consonant, is not doubled:
Listen – Listened
However, in british english, L in this position is
doubled:
Travel - Travelled
5. Past simple of the
verb "To be"
The simple past of the verb "To be" (to be) is formed by changing
the forms "am" and "is" for "was" and with "were".
affirmative
I was
Negative
I was not
interrogative
was I ?
You were
You were not
He was
he was not
was he ?
She was
she was not
was she ?
It was
were you ?
It was not
was It ?
We were
We were not
were we ?
You were
You were not
were you ?
They were
they were not
were they ?
6. Past simple of the
verb "To be"
Example
He was my friend when I was twelve years old
I wasn't at school at half-past eleven
Were they at home yesterday?
Finally, say that contracted negative forms are
was not → wasn't
were not → weren't
The so formed as follows
I
He
She
we
= was
you =were
they
7. THE SIMPLE PAST
TENSE NEGATIVE
The negative is formed with did
(didn’t) and the infinitive (without to)
EXAMPLE:
Mr. Stevens didn’t like London
I did not sing
yo no canté
he did not sing
él no cantó
not
8. THE SIMPLE PAST
TENSE AFFIRMATIVE
its structure is:
SUBJECT + VERB (PAST TENSE) +
COMPLEMENT
EXAMPLE:
She Liked
London
9. THE SIMPLE PAST
TENSE INTERROGATIVE
To build the query using the auxiliary
verb to do in the past (did).
ITS STRUCTURE IS:
Did + Subject + Infinitive (without to)
Did
He
Like
London?
10. IRREGULAR VERBS
Para los verbos irregulares hay que memorizar su
forma de pasado y de participio.
Os mostramos un par de ejemplos de verbos
irregulares:
Verbo
Pasado
to go
went
to buy
bought
to have
had
to be
was/were
I went to the University of Oxford
Fui a la universidad de Oxford
Significado
ir
comprar
tener
ser o estar
