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PAST SIMPLE

PRETÉRITO IMPERFECTO
EL “PAST SIMPLE” inglés
equivale a PRETÉRITO PERFECTO SIMPLE

Yo jugaba al baloncesto
I played basketball
Yo jugué al baloncesto
PAST SIMPLE OF “TO BE” (ser,estar)

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE


I was = fui, era, estuve, estaba I wasn’t was I?
You were You weren’t were you?
He, She, It was He, She, It wasn’t was he/she/it?
We were We weren’t Were we?
You were You weren’t Were you?
They were They weren’t Were they?

I was in Madrid yesterday


She wasn’t at home this morning
Were they in London last week?
THERE WAS, THERE WERE
HABÍA, HUBO HABÍA, HUBO

THERE WAS
THERE WERE

Con nombres en SINGULAR


Con nombres en PLURAL
There was an accident last week
There were five books on the table
Complete the sentences with WAS, WERE,
WASN’T, WEREN’T

1. _________
Were you at the party?
2. There______
was some cofee but there _________
wasn’ any
milk t
Weren’t
3. _There_________ any students in the classroom
was
4. Picasso __________ a famous artist
5. Anna and I ____________
were in Barcelona last year.
TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PAST TENSE:

LAST AGO YESTERDAY


(=pasada) (=hace) (=ayer)
last night 10 minutes ago yesterday
last week an hour ago Yesterday morning
last weekend 3 days ago Yesterday afternoon
last month a week ago Yesterday evening
last year a month ago The day before yesterday
last Monday… a year ago… Yesterday night

Ex. I played basket yesterday afternoon


SE USA:
Para hablar de acciones y situaciones
pasadas:

I played tennis yesterday


I went to the cinema last weekend
She visited Paris last summer
REGULAR VERBS
- Para formar el pasado de los verbos regulares se añade al
infinitivo: - ed Watch - watched

PERO:

- Si el verbo termina en –e -d
Like - liked
- Si el verbo es monosílabo y termina Doble consonante + ed
en vocal+consonante
Stop - stopped

- Si el verbo termina en consonante + y y ied


Study - studied
- Si el verbo termina en vocal + y - ed
Play - played
PRONUNCIATION of –ed:
There are three ways to pronounce the –ed ending:

After the sounds: /p/, /k/, /s/, /ch/, /sh/, /f/, /x/

Help-ed
Work-ed
Dance-d
/t/
Watch-ed
Finish-ed
Laugh-ed
Mix-ed
After vowel and the sounds: /b/, /g/, /l/, /v/, /m/, /n/,
/r/, /z/
close-d live-d
describe-d slamm-ed
/d/ belong-ed clean-ed
call-ed appear-ed

After the sounds: /t/, /d/ /id/ Start-ed


End-ed
IRREGULAR VERBS
Los verbos irregulares os los tenéis que aprender de
memoria, porque no siguen ninguna regla. (2ª
columna de la lista de verbos irregulares)

INFINITIVE PAST
To bring brought
To buy bought
To understand understood
To drink drank
To eat ate
To break broke
To go went
FORMA:
Affirmative Negative
S + Verb in the Past S + didn’t + bare infinitive
I played I didn’t play
He, She, It played He, She, It didn’t play

Wh- Questions (and answers) Yes/No Questions and short


answers)
Wh- word + did + S + bare infinitive Did + S + bare infinitive

Where did you go? I went to Madrid Did you study? Yes, I did.

Where did she go? She went to Paris Did she study? No, I didn’t.
ASK YOUR PARTNER:

1. Where did you go on holidays last summer?


2. What did you do yesterday afternoon?
3. Who did you see last weekend?
4. Did you meet your friends yesterday?
5. Did you read a magazine the day before yesterday?

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