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? |
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? |
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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 |
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