The Simple Past Tensea / Pasado simple

It is used to represent an action/event that took place in the past, and is form, the simple by adding an ‘ed’ or ‘d’
to the end of the base verb. (regular verbs) / Se utiliza para representar una acción/evento que tuvo lugar en el
pasado, y se forma de forma sencilla añadiendo una 'ed' o una 'd' al final del verbo base. (verbos regulares)

Structure Affirmative form: estrutura de la forma afirmativa

Subject + Verb in past “Ed or D” + complement

I Filed All the letter yesterday
You Walked Two blocks
He Saved The documents
She Applied The bill clearly
It Printed For the job
We Omitted Some details
You Planed The meeting
They Changed The order

What are regular verbs? Those are the verbs that have the “ED” ending but with three different sounds ending
depending of the last consonant.

¿Qué son los verbos regulares? Esos son los verbos que tienen la terminación “ED”, pero con tres sonidos finales
diferentes dependiendo de la última consonante.

Rules for regular verbs to add the “ED” / Reglas para verbos regulares para agregar el 'ED' /

1. For the most of the verbs we add “ED” to form the simple past
1. Para la mayoría de los verbos se añade “DE” para
formar el pasado simple

2. If the verb ends “y”, we change the “y” to “I” and added -ed.
2. Para la mayoría de los verbos se añade “DE” para
formar el pasado simple

base form simple past

3. If the verb ends “vowel” + “Y” just adds “ed” play played
survey surveyed
3. Si el verbo termina en 'vocal' + 'Y' solo se agrega 'ed' enjoy enjoyed

Base form Simple past

Exceptions: Say Said
Excepciones: Buy Bought
pay paid
4. If the verb ends in “e” Just add “D”

4. Si el verbo termina en “e” Solo agrega “D”

5. verbs with a consonant (except: w, y) preceded by a stressed vowel: double the consonant and add -
ed:
5. verbos con una consonante (excepto: w, y) precedida de una vocal acentuada: duplicar la consonante y
añadir -ed:

Exercise: write two sentences per each rule to add the "ed" ending of
the affirmative form of the regular verbs
Ejercicio: escriba dos oraciones por cada regla para agregar la terminación 'ed' de la forma afirmativa de
los verbos regulares
Tips to pronounce the “ED” ending Consejos para pronunciar la terminación “ED”
-Voiced sounds used the vocal cord and they produced vibration in the throat.
-unvoiced sounds do not produced vibration in the throat.
-Los sonidos sonoros utilizan las cuerdas vocales y producen vibraciones en la garganta.
-los sonidos sordos no producen vibración en la garganta.

Regular verbs have three different ending sounds depending of the last consonant phonetic
sound and those are: d / t / id

The sound /d/ for voiced sounds: b, g, l, n, m, r, s, v, z, th

Described, damaged, called, opened, named. Entered, closed, lived, amazed, smoothed

The /t/ sound for voiceless sounds: c, f, k, p, ss x, sh, ch gh, th

Danced, sniffed, liked, stopped, kissed, fixed, washed, watched, laughed, unearthed

The /id/ sound for verbs that end in t or d

Waited, wanted, needed, decided

Los verbos regulares tienen tres sonidos finales diferentes dependiendo del sonido
fonético de la última consonante y esos son: d / t / id

El sonido /d/ para sonidos sonoros: b, g, l, n, m, r, s, v, z, th

Describió, daño, llamo, abrió, nombro, Entro, cerro, vivió, asombro, aliso

El sonido /t/ para sonidos sin voz: c, f, k, p, s, x, sh, ch, gh, th

Bailó, olió, gustó, paró, besó, arregló, lavó, miró, río, desenterró.

El sonido /id/ para verbos que terminan en t o d

Espero, quiso, necesitó, decidió.

Exercise: Classify verbs in simple pas according to its final sound

Ejercicio: Clasifique verbos en pasado simple de acuerdo a su sonido final
PDF 1000 Verbos: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I-
ybLNGmr9ubfFZoZNWLJazHaBHOvHQn/view?usp=sharing
/d/ sound /t/ sound /id/ sound
What are irregular verbs? Those are the verbs that change their written form and those must be
memorized, because those do not follow a patter as regular verbs.
¿Qué son los verbos irregulares? Esos son los verbos que cambian su forma escrita y hay que
memorizarlos, porque no siguen un patrón como los verbos regulares.

Example:

Verbs which have the same written form

in simple present and past simple.
Verbos que tienen la misma forma escrita
en presente simple y pasado simple.

Exercise: write 5 sentences applying irregular verbs (affirmative

form)
Ejercicio: escriba 5 oraciones aplicando los verbos irregulares (forma afirmativa)
 To form the negative form, we use the auxiliary “did + not” and do not add ED to the verb
Para formar la forma negativa, usamos el auxiliar “did + not” y no agregamos ED al verbo

Negative form: To deny something in past Forma negativa: Negar algo en pasado.
Subject + Auxiliary “did” + Not + Verb base form + complement Contraction
I did not File All the letter yesterday
You did not Walk Two blocks
He did not Save The documents
She did not Apply The bill clearly Didn’t
It did not Print For the job For all the pronouns
We did not Omit Some details
You did not Plan The meeting
They did not Change The order

Exercise: write 5 sentences applying simple past in its negative form

Ejercicio: escriba 5 oraciones aplicando el pasado simple en su forma de negativa
 To form the question form, we use the auxiliary “did at the beginning of the sentence” and do not add
ED to the verb.

Para formar la forma de pregunta, usamos el auxiliar “did al inicio de la oración” y no agregamos ED al
verbo.

Question form: to ask, for something in past Forma de pregunta: preguntar, por algo en pasado
Auxiliary “did” + Subject + Verb base form + Complement + Q.m. Sort answer
did I File All the letter yesterday ? Yes, you did/no, you didn’t
did You Walk Two blocks ? Yes, I did/ no, I didn’t
did He Save The documents ? Yes, He did/no, He didn’t
did She Apply The bill clearly ? Yes, She did/no, She didn’t
did It Print For the job ? Yes, It did/no, It didn’t
did We omit Some details ? Yes, you did/no, you didn’t
did You Plan The meeting ? Yes, we did/no, we didn’t
did They Change The order ? Yes, they did/no, they didn’t

Exercise: write 5 sentences applying simple past in its question form

Ejercicio: escriba 5 oraciones aplicando el pasado simple en su forma de pregunta, , recuerde añadir las
respuestas cortas.
Sugerencias para practicar

Dialogues:

https://eslyes.com/easydialogs/

https://agendaweb.org/listening/practical-english-conversations.html

to practice listening:

https://agendaweb.org/listening/elem_interm.html

“Ed”

ending sound in regular verbs in simple present:

https://youtu.be/A7hi-ipU2n0