Simple past (pasado simple)

it is used for Actions that started and finished in the past.( se usa para
acciones que comenzaron y finalizaron en el pasado.)

Actions that happen one after the other in the past (like in a story)
(Acciones que ocurren una después de la otra en el pasado (como en una
historia)
2 types of verbs/ 2 tipos de
verbos

REGULAR
IRREGULAR
 Regular verbs form
1ra ruler Rule 2: If a verb has a syllable and they end CVC
(Regla 1: Si un verbo tiene una sílaba y que acaban
- en CVC)
ed is added for all verbs (se
agrega ed para todos los stop – stopped
verbos)
swap - swapped
Play  played
Work  worked Rule 3: If a verb has two syllables and the last syllable is
Stay  stayed tonic (accented) and ends CVC, the consonant is doubled
Listen  listened before adding –ed
(si un verbo tiene dos sílabas y la última sílaba es tónica
(acentuada) y termina una sola consonante, la
consonante se duplica antes de agregar –ed)
Refer referred
Admit admitted
Debug debugged
Regular verbs form
2)Add only –d, when the verb ends with –e (Agregue solo -d, cuando el verbo termine
con –e)
 love – loved
 save – saved
3)Verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant: (Verbos que terminan en 'y' precedidos
por una consonante)
Change 'y' to 'i' Then add -ed.
hurry - he hurried (watch out! play – played)
4) Verbs that end in 'and' preceded by a vowel: (Los verbos que terminan en 'y' precedidos
por una vocal)
 play → played
 enjoy enjoyed
Irregular verbs form

There is no simple rule to deduce the simple past in English of

these verbs and therefore they must be memorized.(No existe una
regla simple para deducir el pasado simple en inglés de estos
verbos y, por lo tanto, deben ser memorizados.)

speak  spoke
eat  ate
see  saw
fly  flew
think  thought
Time expressions/
expressiones de tiempo
Last Ago Yesterday
Last night 10 minutes ago Yesterday
Last Sunday An hour ago Yesterday morning
Last weekend Three days ago Yesterday afternoon
Last week A week ago Yesterday evening
Last month A month ago The day before yesterday
Last year
Affirmative sentences (oraciones positivas)
PRONOUN+VERB (base past simple)+COMPLEMENT

◦ You worked very hard last week. (Tú trabajaste muy duro la semana pasada)
◦ She lived in Japan last year. (Ella vivió en Japón el año pasado)
◦ He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
◦ I went into the disco and I saw my favourite girl, then I asked her to dance,...

Negative Sentences(oraciones negativas)

PRONOUN+DID NOT + VERB (simple form)+ COMPLEMENT

Example:
• she did not lived in japan last year (Ella no vivío en Japón el año pasado)
• she didn’t lived in japan last year

INCORRECT: I didn’t worked

Questions senteces / answers
(Preguntas y respuestas)

DID + subject + verb + complement+ ?

Example (ejemplo):
Did she lived in japan last year? (¿Ella Vivió en Japón el año pasado?)

- Yes, She did.

- No, She didn’t.
Past simple
Affirmative sentences:
◦ He played football yesterday (el jugo fútbol
ayer)
◦ Carlo and maria went to cinema last week (ellos
fueron al cine la semana pasada)

Negative sentences:
◦ He didn’t play football yesterday (el no jugo
fútbol ayer)
◦ They didn’t go to cinema last week(ellos no
fueron al cine la semana pasada)

Yes/No questions:
◦ Did you play football yesterday?(¿Jugaste al
fútbol ayer?)
◦ Did they go to cinema last week? (¿Fueron al
cine la semana pasada?).
Past progressive
To show what somebody was doing at a particular time in the past, we use the
Past progressive (Para mostrar lo que alguien estaba haciendo en un momento
particular en el pasado, usamos el tiempo continuo pasado).

Afirmative pronoun + was / were + v”ing”+ c

• They were playing soccer in the stadium yesterday/ ellos jugaban fútbol en el
estadio ayer
• You were working very hard yesterday. (Tú estabas trabajando muy duro ayer)

Negative pronoun+wasnt / werent + v”ing”

• You were not working very hard yesterday. (Tú no estabas trabajando muy duro ayer)
• They weren’t playing soccer in the stadium yesterday/ ellos no jugaban futbol en
el estadio ayer

Interrogative was/were + pronouns+ v”ing” +c?

• Were you working very hard yesterday?
Yes, he was
• Were they playing soccer in the stadium yesterday?
No, They Weren’t
When we form past continuous, we use the verb in ING form. In the next chart, you can check some
spelling rules adding ING.
(Cuando formamos el pasado continuo, nosotros usamos el verbo en gerundio. En el siguiente
cuadro, puedes revisar algunas reglas de escritura para añadir ING)
RULES EXAMPLES

Most verbs: add ING  Work = working (trabajar = trabajando)

(A la mayoria de los verbos se  Wait = waiting (esperar = esperando)
les agrega ING)  Go = going (ir = iendo)
 Answer = answering (responder = respondiendo)

Verbs ending in –E; take off -E and add – ING
(En los verbos con la terminación –E; se
elimina –E y se agrega -ING)
 Live = living (vivir = viviendo)
 Write = writing (escribir = escribiendo)
 Wake up = waking up (levantarse = levantándose)
 Move = moving (moverse = moviéndose)

Verbs ending in consonant + vowel +  Get = getting (obtener = obteniendo)

consonant: double the last consonant and add –
ING
(En los verbos con terminación en consonante
+ vocal + consonante: se duplica la ultima
consonante y se agrega ING)
 Stop =stopping (detener = deteniendo)
 Travel = travelling (viajar = viajando)
 Put = putting (colocar = colocando)
 RULES EXAMPLES
Rule 3: If a verb has two syllables and the last  Occur occurring ocurriendo
syllable is tonic (accented) and ends CVC, the  Begin beginning comenzando
consonant is doubled before adding –ed
(si un verbo tiene dos sílabas y la última sílaba
es tónica (acentuada) y termina una sola
consonante, la consonante se duplica antes de
agregar –ed)
 Die dying muriendo
If the basic form of a verb ends in ie it changes • lie lying mintiendo
the ie to y before adding -ing to the base form  Tie tying atando
Si la forma básica de un verbo termina en ie cambia la ie
a 'y' antes de añadir -ing a la forma base
I was playing badminton
at this time yesterday.

She was cycling

at 9:00am yesterday.

They were playing

table tennis at 6:30 last night.
Used to is used to talk about past habits or things that do not happen any
more. It has the same form in all persons, singular and plural. It is followed
by infinitive.
es usado para hablar sobre hábitos pasados ​o cosas que ya no ocurren. Tiene la misma forma
en todas las personas, singular y plural. Es seguido por infinitivo.

We form questions and negations with the auxiliary verb

did/did not (didn’t), the subject and the verb “use” without
–d.
Formamos preguntas y negaciones con el verbo auxiliar did / did not (did not), el sujeto y el verbo "use"
sin -d.

Did Peter use to eat many sweets?

Mary didn’t use to stay out late.
 Affirmative sentences
Pronouns + used to + VERBO + complement

Examples
We used to go to the beach every summer when I was young. (Cuando era joven solíamos ir a
la playa cada verano.)

• He used to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day, but he quit last year. (Solía fumar un paquete de
cigarrillos al día, pero lo dejó el año pasado.)

Negative senteces
Pronouns + “didn’t” + “use to” + verbo+complement
I didn’t use to like mushrooms, but now I do. (Antes no me gustaban las setas, pero ahora sí.)
We didn’t use to go away on holiday very often when I was young. (No solíamos ir de vacaciones
menudo cuando era joven.)
Interrogative
Did + pronouns + “use to” + verbo+complement…?

• Didn’t he use to smoke a lot?(Él fumaba mucho

antes, ¿no?)
• Did you use to live here?(¿Vivías aquí antes?)
• Did they use to go to the beach in the
summers?(¿Solían ir a la playa durante los
veranos?)
 Verb to be (verbo ser/estar)

was I ,she , he ,it

were You, they, we

Affirmative pronouns + was/were + c

I was in Europá last year. Estuve en Europá el año
We were old friends. pasado. Éramos viejos amigos

Negative pronouns + wasnt/werent + c

The door wasnt opened. La puerta no estaba abierta.

We werent members of club last year No fuimos miembros del
club el año pasado

Interrogative was/were +pronouns+ c ?

Was she a good student? Yes she was ¿Era ella una buena estudiante?

Were Carlos and Marco best friends in the school? No, they werent
¿Carlos y Marco eran mejores amigos de la escuela? No, ellos no fueron