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1. Past Simple to be
infinitive past simple past participle
to be = ser, estar was - were = era, estaba been = sido - estado
fui, estuve

Forma Afirmativa Forma Interrogativa

I was was I ?
you were were you ?
he was was he ?

we were were we ?
you were were you ?
they were were they ?

Forma Negativa Forma Contracta

I was not I wasnt

you were not you werent
he was not he wasnt

we were not we werent

you were not you werent
they were not they werent
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2. Past Simple to have

to have = haber had = tena, tuve had = habido

infinitive past simple past participle

Had se usa como auxiliar para formar el past perfect.

> I had worked (Yo haba trabajado)

You had worked (T habas trabajado)
He had worked etc. (l haba trabajado etc.)

Forma Afirmativa Forma Interrogativa

I had worked had I worked?

you had worked had you worked?
he had worked had he worked?

we had worked had we worked?

you had worked had you worked?
they had worked had they worked?

Forma Negativa Forma Contracta

I had not worked I hadnt worked

you had not worked you hadnt worked
he had not worked he hadnt worked

we had not worked we hadnt worked

you had not worked you hadnt worked
they had not worked they hadnt worked
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3. Past Simple to have

usado como verbo principal

Forma Afirmativa Forma Interrogativa

I had got had I got?
you had got had you got?
he had got had he got?
we had got had we got?
you had got had you got?
they had got had they got?

Forma Negativa Forma Contracta

I had not got I hadnt got
you had not got you hadnt got
he had not got he hadnt got
we had not got we hadnt got
you had not got you hadnt got
they had not got they hadnt got

Forma Afirmativa Forma Interrogativa

I had did I have?
you had did you have?
he had did he have?
we had did we have?
you had did you have?
they had did they have?

Forma Negativa Forma Contracta

I did not have I didnt have.

you did not have you didnt have.
he did not have he didnt have.
we did not have we didnt have.
you did not have you didnt have.
they did not have they didnt have.
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4. Past Simple to have

had usado como auxiliar para formar el past perfect

> She had worked for the company for 5 years.

(Ella haba trabajado para la empresa durante 5 aos.)

> When I arrived home my wife hadnt prepared any dinner yet, so
we went to a restaurant.
(Cuando llegu a casa mi mujer todava no haba preparado la cena,
as que fuimos a un restaurante.)

> Had you done that kind of work before?

(Habas hecho aquel tipo de trabajo antes?)

> If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken
better care of myself. ...si hubiera sabido
Eubie Blake 1887 - 1983

I had got - Had I got? - I hadnt got

Hablando de propiedad, familia, enfermedades...

> Erika had got a beautiful house at the seaside.

> Had Richard got a cold?
> Monica didnt have any brothers or sisters.

I had - Did I have? - I didnt have

En la conversacin, con el significado de propiedad

> Belinda had a large house at the seaside.

> Did Belinda have a large house at the seaside?
> Belinda didnt have a large house at the seaside.
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5. Past Simple Regular Verbs

El past simple de los verbos regulares se forma aadiendo

-ed o -d a la forma base del verbo.

to work = trabajar to live = vivir

I worked I lived
you worked you lived
he worked he lived

we worked we lived
you worked you lived
they worked they lived

El past simple se usa para acciones que empezaron y

terminaron en el pasado. Traduce el indefinido y el imperfecto.

Indefinido

> Last week Barbara invited Abel to her birthday party. (invit)

Imperfecto

> When Abel was a little boy he lived in Seville. (viva)

Nota

El past simple y el past participle de los verbos regulares son

iguales.

infinitive to work = trabajar

past simple worked = trabajaba, trabaj
past participle worked = trabajado
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6. Past Simple Regular Verbs

Forma Afirmativa Forma Interrogativa

I worked did I work?

you worked did you work?
he worked did he work?

we worked did we work?

you worked did you work?
they worked did they work?

Forma Negativa Forma Contracta

I did not work I didnt work

you did not work you didnt work
he did not work he didnt work

we did not work we didnt work

you did not work you didnt work
they did not work they didnt work

Past Simple Irregular Verbs

No hay una regla para formar el past simple y el past

participle de los verbos irregulares.
Por lo tanto es necesario conocerlos individualmente.

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hay una lista completa de los verbos irregulares ms usados, con la
transcripcin fontica de la pronunciacin y la traduccin en espaol.
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7. Past Simple

observa

Cuando el verbo termina por consonante

1. want wanted
se aade -ed.

2. Cuando termina por -e se aade -d. live lived

Cuando termina por -y precedida por study studied

3. una consonante, esta se cambia en i y
luego se aade -ed.

4.
Cuando termina por -y precedida por play played
una vocal, se aade -ed.

Los verbos de una slaba que terminan stop stopped

5. por una vocal y una consonante, duplican
la consonante y aaden -ed.

6.
Los verbos que terminan por l travel travelled
precedida por una sola vocal, duplican
la l.

Nota

En el ingls de los Estados Unidos el past de to travel es traveled.

present simple past simple

I want I wanted
I live I lived
I study I studied
I play I played
I stop I stopped
I travel I travelled
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Pronunciacin de -ed regla general

1. La e del sufijo -ed del past y del past participle no se

pronuncia.

loved lvd
lived livd
smiled smaild
arrived etc Eraivd

Excepcin

Cuando -ed se aade a un verbo que termina por t o d,

2. la e se pronuncia i.

wanted wntid ended endid

waited weitid offended Efendid
hated heitid needed ni:did
shouted shautid founded faundid
started sta:tid added Adid
===
to found = fundar
to add = aadir

Cuando -ed se aade a los verbos que terminan por ch - f - k

3.
- p - s - sh - x, o sus sonidos, la -ed se pronuncia t.

ch watched wtSt
sniffed snift
f
laughed la:ft
k looked lukt
p stopped stpt
s kissed kist
sh washed wSt
x mixed mikst
===
to sniff = olfatear
to mix = mezclar >>>
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La siguiente lectura contiene verbos que terminan por ch - f -

k - p - s - sh - x, o sus sonidos.

While the little boy watched television, he sniffed

incessantly because he had a bad cold, but he looked
happy. In fact, he laughed all the time as he watched the
cartoons.
When his mother came into the room, he stopped
watching TV, ran to his mother, hugged and kissed her.
The mother smiled happily, took him to the bathroom and
washed his hands and face. Then she went to the kitchen,
mixed some hot milk and some honey in a large bowl and
gave it to him. - After drinking the milk, the little boy,
miraculously, stopped sniffing.

8. Past Simple
El past simple se usa para hablar de acciones o situaciones
que empezaron y terminaron en el pasado.

> In 2010 I spent a wonderful holiday in Paris.

Last week I saw an interesting film about Abraham Lincoln.
Yesterday I received an email from my parents.
Two years ago I spent a whole month in London.
When I was a child we lived in Colorado.

Tpicas expresiones de tiempo usadas con el past simple

> yesterday, yesterday morning, yesterday evening...
last night, last week, last month, last year...
in 2010, at eight oclock, on my birthday, at Christmas...
two minutes ago, a week ago, a month ago...
during the spring, the summer, the winter....
when I was a child, when I lived in France...
for an hour, for a week, for a month, for a year...