PAST TENSES

PAST SIMPLE
FORM
Para formar el pasado simple con verbos regulares, aadimos la
terminacin "-ed" al verbo. La forma es la misma para todas las
personas (I, you, he, she, it, we, they).
want wanted
learn learned
stay stayed
walk walked
show showed
Excepciones:
1. Para verbos que terminan en una "e", slo aadimos "-d.
change changed
believe believed
2. Si el verbo termina en una vocal corta y una consonante
(excepto "y" o "w"), doblamos la consonante final.
stop stopped
commit committed
3. Con verbos que terminan en una consonante y una "y", se
cambia la "y" por una "i".
study studied
try tried
Nota: Hay muchos verbos irregulares en ingls. (VER TABLA LIBRO). A
continuacin tienes los tres verbos irregulares ms comunes y los que
actan como verbos auxiliares.
Verb

Past Simple

be

was (I, he, she, it) / were (you, we,

they)

do

did

have

had

STRUCTURE
1. Affirmative Sentences
Sujeto + verbo principal...
She was a doctor. (Ella era doctora.)
The keys were in the drawer. (Las llaves estaban en el cajn.)
I wanted to dance. (Quera bailar.)
He learned English. (Aprendi ingls.)
They believed him. (Le cremos.)
2. Negative Sentences (Frases negativas)
To be:
Sujeto + "to be" + "not"...
She wasn't a doctor. (Ella no era doctora.)
The keys weren't in the drawer. (Las llaves no estaban en el
cajn.)
Nota: El verbo "to have got", que en el presente simple sigue las
mismas reglas que el verbo "to be", no puede ser utilizado en el
pasado. Para indicar la posesin en el pasado, usamos el verbo "to
have".

Todos los dems verbos:

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to do") + "not" + verbo principal...

I didn't want to dance. (No quera bailar.)
He didn't learn English. (No aprendi ingls)
They didn't believe him. (No le cremos.)
Nota: En frases negativas, el verbo auxiliar va en pasado ("did") y el
verbo principal se queda en el infinitivo.

3. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas)

To be:

"To be" + sujeto...?

Was she a doctor? (Ella era doctora?)
Were the keys in the drawer? (Estaban las llaves en el cajn?)
Todos los verbos dems:
Verbo auxiliar ("to do") + sujeto + verbo principal...?
Did you want to dance? (Queras bailar?)
Did he learn English? (Aprendi ingls?)
Did they believe him? (Le creste?)
Nota: Al igual que en las frases negativas, el verbo auxiliar va en
pasado ("did") y el verbo principal se queda en el infinitivo.
USES (USOS)
1. El pasado simple se utiliza para hablar de una accin
concreta que comenz y acab en el pasado. En este caso
equivale al pretrito indefinido espaol. Generalmente, lo
usamos con adverbios de tiempo como "last year",
"yesterday", "last night"...
Tom stayed at home last night. (Tom se qued en casa
anoche.)
Kate worked last Saturday. (Kate trabaj el sbado
pasado.)
I didn't go to the party yesterday. (No fui a la fiesta ayer.)
Did they walk to school this morning? (Han andado a la
escuela esta maana?)
2. Se usa el pasado simple para una serie de acciones en el
pasado.
I received the good news and immediately called my
husband. (Recib la buena noticia y llam de inmediato a
mi marido.)
He studied for an hour in the morning, worked all
afternoon and didn't return home until 10 at night.
(Estudi durante una hora por la maana, trabaj toda la
tarde y no regres a casa hasta las 10 de la noche.)

3. Tambin lo usamos para acciones repetidas o habituales

en el pasado, como se usa el pretrito imperfecto espaol.
We always traveled to Cancun for vacation when we were young.
(Siempre viajbamos a Cancun durante las vacaciones cuando
ramos jvenes.)
He walked 5 kilometers every day to work. (Caminaba 5 kilmetros
hasta el trabajo cada da.)
4. Lo usamos para narraciones o acciones de perodos de
largo tiempo en el pasado, como el pretrito imperfecto
espaol.
I worked for many years in a museum. (Trabajaba en un museo
durante muchos aos.)
She didn't eat meat for 6 years. (No coma carne durante 6 aos.)
5. Se utiliza para hablar de generalidades o hechos del
pasado.
The Aztec lived in Mexico. (Los aztecas vivan en Mxico)
I played the guitar when I was a child. (Tocaba la guitarra cuando era
nio.)

USED TO (SOLER - ESTAR ACOSTUMBRADO A). USED TO =

SOLA

El verbo "use" significa "usar" o "utilizar". Sin embargo, cuando

utilizamos este verbo en el pasado simple, ms la preposicin "to",
como verbo modal, el significado cambia.

To used to (Soler)
El verbo "used to" se emplea para indicar algo que ocurra o
sucedera en el pasado de manera habitual. Tambin, se utiliza para
algo que antes era verdad pero ya no lo es. Como con los otros verbos
modales, "used to" est seguido por la forma base del verbo (el
infinitivo sin "to").

STRUCTURE
1. Affirmative Sentences (Frases afirmativas)
Estructura Sujeto + "used to" + verbo...
We used to go to the beach every summer when I was
young. (Cuando era joven solamos ir a la playa cada
verano.)
He used to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day, but he quit
last year. (Sola fumar un paquete de cigarrillos al da,
pero lo dej el ao pasado.)
Estructura Sujeto + "didn't" + "use to" + verbo...

I didn't use to like mushrooms, but now I do. (No me

solan gustar las setas, pero ahora si.)
Food didn't use to be so expensive. (La comida no sola
ser tan cara.)
2. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interogativas)
Estructura "Did" + sujeto + "use to" + verbo...?
Didn't he use to smoke a lot? (l sola fumar mucho, no?)
Did you use to live here? (Vivas aqu antes?)
Nota: No utilizamos "used to" para acciones habituales en el
presente. En vez de este verbo modal, se usa un adverbio como
"usually" o"normally" por ejemplo.
We usually go to the beach every summer. (Solemos ir a la
playa cada verano.)
He normally smokes a pack of cigarettes every day.
(Normalmente l fuma un paquete de cigarrillos cada da.)

EXERCISES
1-. Completa el texto con la forma verbal que le corresponda.
Trip to Johannesburg
Last summer my brother Freddie and I (1) _______ to South Africa. We
(2) _______ to Johannesburg and our friend David (3) _______ us at the
airport. We (4) _______ with his family in Johannesburg. One day we (5)
_______ Cape Town with David and his family. Its a really beautiful city
near the sea. It (6) _______ hotter than Britain, of course, and sunny
every day! One weekend we (7) _______ Table Mountain. It was
fantastic, but you must be careful because its dangerous.
We (8) _______ to go to Cape Town again, but David (9)
________________ to Great Britain next year. We (10)
_______________ him camping in the Lake District. I hope it isnt too
cold!

2.-Completa la siguiente tabla:

Infinitive

Past simple

Infinitive

Walk

Watch

Stay

Study

Visit

Cook

Turn

Cry

pass

Rob

Past simple

3.- Completa las frases con uno de los verbos que te dan:
VISIT, WORK, PLAY, ARRIVE, START, LIVE.
- I __________ tennis at the club yesterday morning.
- She _________ very hard for her exams.
- He __________ his brother in Madrid last month.
- The train ________ at the station at ten oclock.
- She ________ in an apartment for ten months.
- He learnt German, so he __________ to I prove his
German.
4.-Completa la tabla de los siguientes verbos:

Infinitive

Past simple

Infinitive

Send

Write

Meet

Give

Past simple

Take

See

Buy

Send

eat

do

Spend

Find

Meet

Bring

5.- Completa las frases con uno de los verbos que te dan, en
pasado: DRIVE, SEND, TAKE, WIN, FLY, GO.
- Fanny __________ to Salamanca two years ago.
- Paul _______ me a postcard from Morocco.
- She _________ her new car from London to
Southhampton.
- We ________ a lot of photographs on holiday last year.
- At the beginning of the year, Nuria ________ to Munich.
- Real Madrid _________ the Cup eight years ago.

6-.Completa la postal con los tiempos verbales

correspondientes.
Hi Jackie!
Were (1) ___________ a great time here in Spain. The
hotel (2)
___________ next to the beach. I get up late and then I (3)
___________ to the beach every morning. At the moment, Mum and
Dad
(4) ___________ swimming in the sea and my brother Toby (5)
___________ playing with some other children.
Yesterday, we (6) ___________ go to the beach because we (7)
___________ to Granada. We visited the Alhambra. It (8) ___________
a fantastic day!
(9) ___________s very sunny here. Tomorrow, were (10) ___________
to Seville.
Elsa

7-.Lee el texto. Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, England on 13th January

1977.
His mum was interested in the arts and she often took Orlando and
his
sister to the theatre. That is when Orlando decided to become an
actor.
When he finished school, he went to the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama in London.
In 1998, when he was 21, Orlando had a terrible accident. He fell from
a
window and he broke his back. But one year later, he started working
as
an actor. Orlandos first important role was in The Lord of the Rings
trilogy. He was the hero, Legolas. He lived in New Zealand while he
was
making the films.
Orlando Bloom doesnt live in England now. He moved to Los Angeles
in
2001. His first film in America was Black Hawk Down. In the film,
Orlando
played a young soldier who fell from a helicopter and broke his back.
Orlandos favourite football team is Manchester United. He also enjoys
horse-riding and listening to music, and he loves his dog Sidi.
Responde a las siguientes cuestiones:
1-. What did Orlandos mum like doing with her children?
2-. Do you think that Orlando enjoyed doing this? Why? / Why n
3-. In what year did Orlando first work as an actor?
4 -.Why did Orlando live in New Zealand?5 -.What role did Orlando
play in Black Hawk Dow?