Past Simple.docx

 Past simple Usamos el pasado simple para hablar de acciones terminadas, o eventos y situaciones pasadas. Se emplean estos indicadores de tiempo: yesterday, ago, last year, month, week, at 3 o’clock , three months agoyesterday

ayer

last night

anoche

last week

la semana pasada

last month

el mes pasado

last year

el año pasado

in 1970

en 1970

affirmative I went You

bought

We They

met studied

She

wrote

He

lived

It

walked

PRONOMBRE + VERBO (PASADO) Negative Interrogative I go I - yes, I did You buy You - no, I didn`t We meet Did We They didn`t They study She She - yes, she write did He live He - No, he didn`t It walk It

Auxiliar DID + verbo (presente) Cuando utilizamos un pronombre interrogativo la construcción de la pregunta es la siguiente: PRONOMBRE INTERROGATIVO + DID + PRONOMBRE PERSONAL+ VERBO (PRESENTE) Example: What time did you get up? I got up at seven o’clock - I watched TV last night. She wrote a letter yesterday.  Rules for adding “ed”:  Agregamos “ed” a la forma base del verbo (wash- washed)  Si la forma base termina en “e” , agregamos “d” (live- lived)  Si la forma base del verbo termina en una consonante precedida por una vocal , duplicamos la última consonante y agregamos “ ed” ( stopstopped)  Si la forma base del verbo termina en “y” precedida por una consonante , omitimos la “y” y agregamos “ied” ( carry- carried)

 Past of “to be”: era o estaba affirmative Negative I was I You We They She He It

were

was

You We They She He It

wasn`t weren`t

wasn`t

Interrogative Was I? was You? Were We? They? She?No, wasn`t Was He? It?

yes, I

she