SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERB “TO BE”

PAST OF THE VERB TO BE: AM-IS –ARE

I – HE – SHE – IT __________ WAS – WASN’T

WE-YOU-THEY ___________ WERE- WEREN’T

Put in was or were into the gaps. 1) I----- in Canberra last spring. 2) We -----at school last Saturday. 3) Tina----- at home yesterday. 4) He -----happy. 5) Robert and Stan----- Garry's friends. 6) You----- very busy on Friday. 7) They ------in front of the supermarket. 8) I----- in the museum. 9) She----- in South Africa last month. 10) Jessica and Kimberly------ late for

school.

Put in was not or were not into the gaps. 1) They--------- ill. 2) You -------tired. 3) The children --------quiet. 4) Max --------in Helsinki last week. 5) She-------- home for dinner. 6) The water---------- cold. 7) There--------- a good film on TV yesterday. 8) We-------- in Brazil last winter. 9) Betty and Florence------- at school this

morning. 10) I------ happy when I heard about the

accident.

SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

El tiempo Pasado Simple se usa para hablar de acciones terminadas en el pasado. Como hacen referencia a acciones que ya ocurrieron, siempre deben ir en un contexto pasado, ya sea porque se está contando una historia que ya pasó, o bien usando complementos de tiempo pasado, como:

yesterday (ayer) last night (anoche ) last week (la semana pasada) last month (el mes pasado ) last year (el año pasado ) in 1970 (en 1970) A year ago (un año atràs)

Para usar otros verbos en este tiempo, se usa la forma del verbo en pasado simple, que es igual para todas las personas. La formación del pasado simple depende si el verbo es regular o irregular.

SUBJECT + VERB +ED OR IRREGULAR + …

Verbos regularesEn el caso de los verbos regulares, el pasado simple se forma tomando el propio verbo y agregando "ed", o "d" si termina en vocal. Si termina en "y", se cambia por "ied".

We played tennis for two hours.Jugamos tenis por dos horas.

She arrived late.Llegó tarde.

You studied a lot.Estudiaste mucho.

Verbos irregularesLos verbos irregulares tienen su propia forma del pasado simple y la única manera de aprenderlos es memorizarlos. Normalmente son los que aparecen en la segunda columna de los listados de verbos irregulares en los diccionarios de inglés.

Por ejemplo el pasado del verbo to go (ir) es "went". El pasado de to see (ver) es "saw". Siempre es igual para todas las personas.

We went to London in 1994.Fuimos a Londres es 1994.

We saw the double-decker buses.Vimos los autobuses de dos pisos.

La forma interrogativa se compone del auxiliar DID seguido de la persona y el verbo en infinitivo. El auxiliar es igual para todas las personas.

DID + SUBJECT+ INFINITIVE VERB?

Para realizar una pregunta se usa la "question word" adelante.

WH WORD + DID + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE VERB + …?

Where did you go?¿Dónde fuiste?

When did you go to London?¿Cúando fuiste a Londres? 

La forma negativa se compone de la persona, seguido del auxiliar DID, seguido de NOT y el verbo en infinitivo. En lenguaje informal, puede usarse la forma contracta didn't.

SUBJECT + DIDN’T+ INFINITIVE VERB

Presentamos aquí una pequeña lista de algunos verbos irregulares con su pasado simple. Intenta recordarlos!

INFINITIVO- PASADO SIMPLE

go (ir) went have (tener) had write (escribir) wrote read (leer) read catch (atrapar) caught fall (caer) fell hear (escuchar) heard see (ver) saw say (decir) said give (dar) gave know (saber) knew  

Exercise 1 Complete with the past form of the

verb.For example: go - went. go - visit - cook - catch - see - recover - invite - discover - look - know -

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Exercise 2; Write the sentences in the negative form: 1. The people screamed.

2. Lisa was very happy.

3. You went to Paris last year.

4. Sofia visited her grandmother yesterday.

5. I was in Hong Kong last month.

6. John went to the cinema last week.

7. Shakespeare wrote a lot of books.

8. You were at school yesterday.

9. It was very cold yesterday.

Exercise 3: Write the sentences in the past form: 1. I go to school in the morning.

2. Diane is very tired.

3. You are at home.

4. I have breakfast.

5. Thomas and Nick play tennis all day.

6. The plane arrives at half past ten.

7. I study English at home.

8. They stay all night in front of the computer.

9. It is ten past eleven.

Erxercise on questions Write questions in simple past. Anna / the window / open she / home / walk you / in the garden / work you / a song / sing she / on a chair / sit you / the castle / visit Jenny / the door / lock she / happy / be Greg / the ball / kick the car / at the corner / stop

Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland. It (be) great. I (travel) around by car with two friends and

we (visit) lots of interesting places. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub. One night we even (learn) some Irish

dances. We (be) very lucky with the weather. It (not / rain) a lot. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?

PAST CONTINUOUS

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

SIMPLE PAST VS PAST CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESE NT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE