5th Lesson: Past simple

USE 1 Completed Action in the Past

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

REGULAR VERBS

Forma afirmativa Presente simple Pasado simple I listen to music I listened to music He walks to work He walked to work They work a lot They worked a lot We watch TV We watched TV Forma negativa Sujeto Verbo auxiliar Verbo principal I did not (didn't) listen to him yesterday You play the guitar He / she / it walk thorugh the park We talk French They work last year Forma interrogativa Verbo auxiliar Sujeto Verbo principal Did I listen to him yesterday? you play the guitar? he / she / it walk through the park? we talk French? they work? Exercise 1 Exercise 2 IRREGULAR VERBS Afirmativa Presente simple Pasado simple I go to London every week I went to London last week He reads a lot of books He read a lot of books They eat lunch early They ate lunch early Negativa Sujeto Verbo auxiliar Verbo principal I did not (didn't) go to London last year You read the book He / she / it eat any apples for lunch We have a new car last year They speak to her yesterday Interrogativa Verbo auxiliar Sujeto Verbo principal Did I go to London last year? you read the book? he / she / it eat any apples for lunch? we have a new car last year? they speak to her yesterday?

VIDEO Reglas para la formación del pasado simple Añaden -ed Si el verbo termina en consonante, añade -ed. return / returned I returned the book to the library. (Devolví el libro a la biblioteca). help / helped She helped them move house. (Les ayudó a mudarse the casa). cook / cooked He cooked lunch for everyone. (Cocinó el almuerzo para todos). play / played They played football at the weekend. (Jugaron al fútbol el fin the semana). Añade -e Si el verbo termina en -e, añade -d. live / lived Ann lived in London last year. (Ana vivió en Londrés el año pasado). die / died My dog died last year. (Mi perro murió el año pasado). change / changed Suzy changed her hairstyle last week. (Suzy cambió de estilo de peinado la semana pasada). Verbos de una sílaba Si el verbo termina en consonante-vocal-consonante (CVC), duplica la última consonante y añade -ed. Si el verbo termina -w, -x, o -y, añade -ed stop / stopped (CVC) We stopped to have a rest. (Paramos para tomar un descanso). plan / planned (CVC) They planned a holiday to Greece. (Programaron unas vacaciones a Grecia). mix / mixed (-x) He mixed the ingredients for the cake carefully. (Mezcló cuidadosamente los ingredientes para hacer una tarta.). snow / snowd (-w) It snowed a lot in the mountains. (Nevó mucho en las montañas). stay / stayed (-y) Some friends stayed with us last weekend. (Unos amigos estuvieron con nosotros el pasado fin de semana). Dos o más sílabas Si el verbo termina en CVC, duplica la consonante si la última sílaba está acentúada. prefer / preferred They preferred chocolate to milk (Última sílaba acentúada). (Prefirió chocolate a leche). visit / visited He visited his parents last weekend (La última sílaba no está acentúada). (Visitó a sus padres el pasado fin de semana). Consonante + y Si el verbo termina en consonante, + y, cambia la-y en -i y añade -ed. worry / worried She was worried that you would forget the spelling rules. (Estaba preocupada por que olvidaras las reglas de deletreo). dry / dried He dried my hair after having a shower. (Se secó el pelo después de tomar una ducha). study / studied Peter studied a lot for the exam. (Pedro estudió mucho para el examen). Vocal + y Si el verbo termina en vocal + y, añade -ed. (No cambia la -y en -i.) play / played We played football last weekend. (Jugamos al fútbol el pasado fin de semana). annoy / annoyed I was annoyed that I didn't pass the exam. (Me molestó que no aprobara el examen). EXCEPTIONS pay - paid / lay - laid / say - said

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

GAME

4th Lesson: Past Simple. Verb TO BE

Hi children! Today we are going to practise the past simple of the verb to be. Let's do it!

                   Simple past de "to be"

Affirmative

I was

You were

He was

She was

It was

We were

You were

They were

La forma afirmativa del pasado NO se puede contraer.

Exercise 1 Affirmative

Exercise 2 Affirmative

Negative

Subject + was/were + not + ...

Long form	Short form
I was not	I wasn´t
You were not	You weren´t
He was not	He wasn´t
She was not	She wasn´t
It was not	It wasn´t
We were not	We weren´t
You were not	You weren´t
They were not	They weren´t

La forma negativa SÍ se puede contraer.

Exercise 3 Negative

Exercise 4 Negative

Interrogative

Was/Were + Subject + ...?

Affirmative	Negative
Was I...?	Was I not...?
Were you...?	Were you not...?	Weren´t you...?
Was he...?	Was he not...?	Wasn´t he...?
Was she...?	Was she not...?	Wasn´t she...?
Was it...?	Was it not...?	Wasn´t it...?
Were we...?	Were we not...?	Weren´t we...?
Were you...?	Were you not...?	Weren´t you...?
Were they...?	Were they not...?	Weren´t they...?

Exercise 5 Interrogative

Exercise 6 Quiz