Simple past

​Simple past

​By: Miss Mary Mauricio

• Simple past tense only refers to events that completely finished in the past.

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(acciones finalizadas y completadas)​

​When do you use it?

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​Rules:

​Affirmative

​-ed

​I

you

he

she

it

we

they​

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​worked

• cleaned

• ​jumped

• ​cooked

• ​closed

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​Easy

peasy!

​Some details...

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#Regla de la Y

Cuando hay una vocal antes de un verbo que termina en y cambia por i+ ed. Por ejemplo:

Study - Studied: I studied all night for the last test (Estudié toda la noche para el examen final).

• Try - Tried: They tried to repair car all the morning (Ellos intentaron reparar el carro toda la mañana).

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#Regla del sandwich

​(consonant - vowel - consonan)

​Stop - Stopped: You stopped just in time, before the train crossed (Te detuviste justo a tiempo, antes de que el tren cruzara). Plan - planned: The musicians planned their last concert a year ago. (Los músicos planearon su último concierto hace un año)

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​to be	​was / were
​buy	​bought
​do	​did
​eat	​ate
​drink	​drank
​go	​went
​have	​had
​know	​knew
​make	​made
​say	​said
​speak	​spoke
​sleep	​slept

​Irregular verbs

​More irregular verbs

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​take	​took
​give	​gave
​win	​won
​write	​wrote
​sing	​sang
​run	​ran
​pay	​paid
​hear	​heard
​get	​got
​drive	​drove
​come	​came

​Negative sentences

​didn't did not

​The verb doesn't change!!!

• ​I did not eat pizza

• He didn't ​go to the bank.

• We didn't watch the movie​.

• They didn't visit me.​

​Questions...?

​did + noun + verb + complement

• ​Did you work yesterday?

• Did she go to the cinema?

• Did he cook pasta last night?​

• ago

• yesterday

• last night

• last + (month, day, year)

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​Time expressions

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