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bien.

GUÍA # 2: PAST SIMPLE

USES

This tense is used to talk about actions finished in the past

For example: Yesterday, My mom prepared a delicious pizza.

My brother broke a window last week

GRAMMAR
To use this tense is necessary to differentiate between two type of verbs: regular and irregular verbs.

IRREGULAR VERBS IN PAST

As you already know irregular verbs don’t follow any rules to be conjugated so you must learn them by heart. In the next
chart you are going to find a list of some of the most common irregular verbs in English, so memorize them.

Infinitive Meaning Past Infinitive Meaning Past

Be Ser o estar Was/were Learn Aprender Learnt
Become Convertirse Became Leave Abandonar Left
Begin Empezar Began Loose Perder Lost
Bite Morder Bit Make Hacer Made
Break Romper Broke Meet Conocer Met
Bring Traer Brought Pay Pagar Paid
Build Construir Built Put Colocar Put
Buy Comprar Bought Read Leer Read
Catch Atrapar Caught Ride Montar bici Rode
Choose Escoger Chose Ring Timbrar Rang
Come LLegar Came Run Correr Ran
Cost Costar Cost Say Decir Said
Cut Cortar Cut See Ver Saw
Do Hacer Did Sell Vender Sold
Draw Dibujar Drew Send Enviar Sent
Dream Soñar Dreamt Sing Cantar Sang
Drink Beber Drank Sit Sentarse Sat
Drive Conducir Drove Sleep Dormir Slept
Eat Comer Ate Speak Hablar Spoke
Fall Caer Fell Spend Gastar Spent
Feel Sentir Felt Steal Robar Stole
Find Encontrar Found Swim Nadar Swam
Fly Volar Flew Take Tomar, Llevar Took
Forget Olvidar Forgot Teach Enseñar Taught
Forgive Perdonar Forgave Tell Contar,Decir Told
Get Obtener Got Think Pensar Thought
Give Dar Gave Throw Lanzar Threw
Go Ir Went Understand Entender Understood
Have Tener Had Wear Llevar puesto Wore
Hear Oir Heard Win Ganar Won
Know Saber Knew write Escribir wrote

REGULAR VERBS IN PAST

This type of verbs follow some rules to form the past of the verb. So practice them before learn more about the past
simple.

SPELLING RULES

To form the past or conjugate the regular verbs in past simple you must follow the next rules
1. If the verb ends in -e, add -d Ex: live – lived
2. If the verb ends in a vowel plus -y, add -ed Ex: play – played
3. If the verb ends in a consonant plus -y, change -y for -I and add -ed Ex: study – studied
4. If the verb has 1 syllable and ends in c-v-c, repeat the las consonant and add -ed Ex: snap – snapped
5.If the verb does not belong to the before rules only add -ed. Ex: paint – painted
STRUCTURE VERB TO BE STRUCTURE OTHER VERBS

AFFIRMATIVE FORM AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Subject + was / were + complement Subject + verb in past + complement
Example: Beethoven was a great composer Example: He played football

NEGATIVE FORM: NEGATIVE FORM:

Subject + was / were + not + complement Subject + did + not + verb in infinitive + complement
Example: Beethoven wasn’t a soccer player Example: He didn’t play football

INTERROGATIVE FORM INTERROGATIVE FORM

YES/NO QUESTIONS YES/NO QUESTIONS

was + Subject + complement + ? did + Subject + verb in infinitive form + complement + ?

Example: was Beethoven a great composer? Example: did he play football?

Answers Answers

Yes, subject + was / were Yes, subject + did

Ex: Yes, he was Ex: Yes, he did
No. subject + wasn’t / weren’t No. subject + didn’t
Ex: No, he wasn’t Ex: No, he didn’t

Nota: si en la pregunta el sujeto esta en forma de Nota: si en la pregunta el sujeto esta en forma de
nombre propio para contestar se debe remplazar por un nombre propio para contestar se debe remplazar por un
pronombre personal pronombre personal
Ex: Was Mary in England last year? Ex: Dis Mary read a book?
Yes, she was Yes, she did

-WH QUESTIONS -WH QUESTIONS

-WH word + was / were + Subject + complement + ? -WH word + did + Subject + verb in infinitive form +
complement + ?
Ex: Who was Freddy Mercury? Ex: What did you do yesterday night?

Answers Answers

To answer this type of questions you must answer with a To answer this type of questions you must answer with a
sentence in affirmative o negative form giving the sentence in affirmative o negative form giving the
information required. information required.
Ex: Who was Freddy Mercury? Ex: What did you do yesterday night?
He was a famous singer. I did my homework.

TIME EXPRESSIONS

There are some time words that help us to know when to use the past simple

Last: …pasada Ago: hace.. Yesterday: ayer others

Last night 10 minutes ago Yesterday night In 1990, in 2020, in March, in December…
Last week An hour ago Yesterday morning On Sunday, on Monday…
Last weekend 3 days ago Yesterday afternoon When I was born
Last month A week ago Yesterday evening When I was a child
Last year A month ago The day before yesterday In the past
Last Monday /Sunday… A year ago recently
Activity #2
Complete the dialogues with was, wasn't, were, or weren't.
Anny: Where were you last night?
Ben: I ____ at work all evening.
Anny: No, you ____. You ____ with Miriam!
Ben No, I ____!
Lucy: ____Gloria Estefan a teacher?
John: No, she ____. She ____ a translator.

Andrew: ____ you in Milan yesterday?

Jane: No, we ___. We ____ in Rome.

Alice: ____ the film good?

Mark: No, it ____. It ____ very slow!

Highlight the correct option to complete the sentence as in the example.

1. It ____ very cold last winter. a) was b) were
2. Where ___ yesterday at six o'clock? a) you were b) were you
3. Kelly ____ at work yesterday. a) wasn't b) weren't
4. I ____ to Brazll last summer. a) go b) went
5. I got up late and I ____ breakfast. a) dont had b) didnt have
6. ____ a shower this morning? a) Did you have b) Had you
7. My sister ____ medicine at university. a) studied b) studied
8. They ____ at a cafe. a) stoped b) stopped
9. What time ____ ? a) did they arrive b) did theY arrived
10. I ____ a lot of people at university a) meted b) met

Complete with a verb from the chart, conjugate the verb in the past form.

arrive buy Come back Not find rent stay

Example: I bought a new car last Monday.

1. We _______ a flat in the city centre.
2. Oh no, I _______ my keys.
3. We ________ in London on the second of February.
4. Did you ________ in a hotel in Berlin?
5. When did you _________ from Mexico?

What did they do yesterday? write sentences in past according to the pictures

1. Robert __________________________________________________________

2. Anny and Jack ____________________________________________________

3. Diana ___________________________________________________________

4. The children ______________________________________________________