Simple past Mr. Armando Garriazo.

USE :

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a

specific time in the past.

Past of verb to be.

PRONOUN VERB

I WAS

YOUWE WERETHEY

HESHE WASIT

I am at home.

I was at home.

She is a doctor

She was a doctor

They are students

They were students

Past tense verbs are divided in two types:

REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS

REGULAR VERBS

Add –ed to the verbs

Play – played Look – looked Cook – cooked Work – Worked Dance – danced Watch – watched

IRREGULAR VERBS

Change the verbs completely

Be – was/ were Do – did Eat – ate Go – went See – saw Drink – drank Get up – got up

IMPORTANT

WE USE THE SAME PAST FORM OF THE VERB FOR ALL THE SUBJECTS

I COOKED PIZZA YESTERDAY. SHE COOKED LASAGNA LAST WEEK. WE COOKED CEVICHE LAST SATURDAY

Questions

For verb to be:

Was she sick?

Yes, she was / No, she wasn’t

Were they at the beach?

Yes, they were / No, they weren’t

For other verbs use: DID....?

Did you watch the movie?Yes, I did / No, I didn’t

Did Mario go to the club?Yes, he did / No, he didn’t

Did Laura play volleyball?Yes, she did / No, she didn’t

Negative form

For verb to be , add –NOT

I was in my house yesterday.I was not in my house yesterday. wasn’t

We were at the hospital last week.We were not at the hospital last week weren’t

For other verbs –add DIDN´T

I walked three hours yesterday

I didn’t walk three hours yesterday

She cooked a delicious soup.

She didn’t cook a delicious soup.

I went to the disco last Saturday.

I didn’t go to the disco last Saturday.