TEMA: PASADO SIMPLE

AUTOR: María José Cárdenas.

USAGESWAS/WERE FORM REGULAR IREGULAR PAST FORM NEGATIVE FORM QUESTION FORM CONCLUSION

CONTENTS

USAGES

1.To express an action that started and finished at a specific time in the past.

Examples:

I saw a movie yesterday.

Last year, I traveled to Japan.

2.To list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen first, second…

Examples:

I finished work, walked to the swimming pool,

and found a nice place to relax

3.It can be used with a duration which starts and stops

in the past. A duration is a longer action often

indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for

five minutes, all day, all year, etc.Examples

I lived in London for five years.

4.The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past.

It can have the same meaning as “used to.” To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc

Examples: I studied English when I was a child.

He played the guitar.

He didn't play the piano.

5. The Simple Past can also be used to describe past facts or

generalizations which are no longer true. As in USE 4

above, this use of the Simple Past is quite similar to the

expression “used to."Examples:

She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing.

He didn't like potatoes and vegetables before.

TIME EXPRESSIONS

in 2011

yesteday

When I was….

A month, a year ago…

suddenly

IHeSheIt

WeYouThey

waswasn’t sick yesterday.

wereweren’t at the beach last week.

AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE FORM

Form: Verb “to be”

was

were

I, HE, SHE, IT

WE, YOU THEY

EXERCISES

I was born in Quito. He was a doctor. She was in Germany. We were in the park yesterday.

NEGATIVE FORM

I, he, she, it - was not (wasn’t)

we, you, they – were not (weren’t)

EXERCISES

I wasn’t sad last week. He wasn’t in Puyo last summer. She wasn’t at school on Friday

Was

Were

IHeSheIt

WeYouThey

hungry?

Yes, she was hungry.

Yes, she was.

No, she wasn’t hungry.

No,she wasn’t.

at the theatre last weekend?

Yes, we were.

No,we weren’t.

QUESTION FORM

Past Simple:

Regular and

Irregular Verbs

IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

worked in the garden yesterday.

danced at the party last night.

carried the heavy box.

bought new shoes.

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

didn’t play tennis last weekend.

didn’t clean the windows.

didn’t go the dentist.

NEGATIVE FORM

Did

IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

find your umbrella?

Yes, I found my umbrella.Yes, I did.No, I didn’t find my umbrella.

No, I didn’t.

QUESTION FORM

SPELLING RULES• If a regular verb ends in consonant + y change y to i and

add -ed:  carry - carried,    study - studied,    fry - fried,    try - tried

• If a one syllable regular verb ends in consonant + vowel + consonant double the final consonant and add -ed -- > stop - stopped,  plan - planned,   rob - robbed,   beg - begged

•  If a regular verb has more than one syllable and ends in consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant only if the final syllable is stressed -- >  preFER - preferred,    regRET - regretted

EXERCISES

She is at the park now.

(+)(-) - She wasn’t at the park

yesterday.(?) - Was she at the park yesterday?

She goes to the hospital to visit her friend.- She went to the hospital to visit her friend last week.

- She didn’t go to the hospital to visit her friend last week.

- Did she go to the hospital to visit her friend last week?

(+)(-)

(?)

- She was at the park yesterday.

Transform the sentences into Past Simple Tense.

Why do we use Simple Past Tense?

A series of completed actions in the past.

Completed actions in the past.

- I finished my work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

- My mom made some pancake for us yesterday.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Language Book 1

http://faculty.mu.edu.sa/download.php?fid=77142