Past Simple

USE:

- Expresar acciones pasadas
- Decir qué se hizo en un momento concreto
- Contar cómo eran las cosas en otro tiempo


 FORM:

Affirmative: subject + *verb in past form + complement

* En Inglés existen verbos regulares y verbos irregulares

Para formar el pasado de los verbos regulares añadiremos -ed a dicho verbo en todas las personas.
Ex. visit - visited ( I visited Larry last night)


En los siguientes casos, hay que fijarse en estas reglas ortográficas para añadir -ed:

- Si el verbo es de una sílaba y acaba en una vocal + una consonante, se dobla esta consonante.
   Ex. stop - stopped

- Si el verbo es de dos sílabas y tiene el acento en la última, se dobla la última consonante.
   Ex. permit - permitted

- Si acaba en -l, se dobla esta letra:
   Ex. travel - travelled

- Si acaba en consonante + y, se cambia la y por una i
   Ex. try - tried

- Si acaba en -e(muda) solo se añade la d




Los verbos irregulares hay que aprendérselos de memoria y no hay ninguna regla.

Ex. She went to the cinema






Negative: subject + did not / didn't + verb (base form)

Ex. She didn't go there






Interrogative: Did + subject + verb (base form)

Ex. Did you call her last night? Yes, I did / No, I didn't
      Did She call me yesterday? Yes, she did / No, she didn't

• Con el Past Simple se suelen usar las siguientes expresiones temporales:

          Ago (hace)
          Last night / week
          In the past
          Yesterday

EXERCISES:

1. Revise the list of irregular verbs.

2. Change these sentences into Past Simple.

Modelo: He plays football. ⇨ Yesterday = Yesterday he played football. 

1) He goes to work by car. ⇨ Yesterday...


2) I write a letter to my mother every week. (letter = carta) ⇨ Last week...


3) They visit me every Friday. ⇨ Last Friday...


4) They buy a new car every two years. ⇨ Last year...


5) We go to Benidorm every summer. ⇨ Last summer...


6) She catches the bus at 8:30 every morning. ⇨ Yesterday morning...


7) They do their shopping every Saturday. ⇨ Last Saturday...


8) They watch television every night. ⇨ Last night...


9) He usually goes to work by car. ⇨ Last Friday...


10) they don't spend their holidays in Salou. - Last August....


11) Does he wear a black hat? -