Day 8 - Simple Past

Simple Past

Past tense

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about actions or events that
happened in the past. Regular verbs form the simple past by adding -ed to the base
form of the verb, but there are some irregular verbs with different forms. The simple
past can also describe past habits and generalizations, or actions that happened one
after the other in the past.

Affirmative simple past

●- I studied for the test. / Estudié para el examen.

●- You cooked a delicious meal. / Cocinaste una comida deliciosa.

●- He played the piano. / Él tocó el piano.

●- She danced all night. / Ella bailó toda la noche.

●- It rained a lot. / Llovió mucho.

●- We watched a comedy show. / Vimos un programa de comedia.

●- They traveled to Japan. / Ellos viajaron a Japón.

Subject + verb past + complement

Negative simple past

●I did not study for the test. / No estudié para el examen.

●You did not cook a delicious meal. / No cocinaste una comida deliciosa.

●He did not play the piano. / Él no tocó el piano.

●She did not dance all night. / Ella no bailó toda la noche.

●It did not rain a lot. / No llovió mucho.

●We did not watch a comedy show. / No vimos un programa de comedia.

●They did not travel to Japan. / Ellos no viajaron a Japón.

You can also use the contraction didn’t instead of did not. For example:

●I didn’t study for the test. / No estudié para el examen.

●You didn’t cook a delicious meal. / No cocinaste una comida deliciosa.

Subject + did not + infinitive verb + complement

Interrogative simple present

●Did I study for the test? / ¿Estudié para el examen?

●Did you cook a delicious meal? / ¿Cocinaste una comida deliciosa?

●Did he play the piano? / ¿Él tocó el piano?

●Did she dance all night? / ¿Ella bailó toda la noche?

●Did it rain a lot? / ¿Llovió mucho?

●Did we watch a comedy show? / ¿Vimos un programa de comedia?

●Did they travel to Japan? / ¿Ellos viajaron a Japón?

Did + subject + infinitive verb + complement + ?

Simple past conversation

Hi, Isaac. How was your weekend?

That sounds nice. Did you swim a lot of?

Hi, Gema. It was great. I visited my grandparents in
the countryside. They are near a beach.

Yes, I did. I love to swim. They are my favorite
hobby. And you? How was your weekend?

It was good. I stayed at home and relaxed. I watched
some movies and read some books.

That sounds good too. What movies did you watch?

I watched a comedy and a thriller. They were both very
entertaining.