PAST SIMPLE

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

Short answers

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Utilizamos el past simple para hablar de acciones que sucedieron en un momento concreto del pasado.

Affirmative

Sujeto + verbo en pasado+ …

Verbo regular + -ed

Verbo irregular:

su forma correspondiente

Affirmative Regular Verbs

I walked yesterday .

You cycled last month.

He robbed a bank on Saturday.

We played two hours ago.

They studied English.

Affirmative Irregular Verbs

I swam yesterday .

You built a sand castle last month.

He learnt English in 1990.

We bought a car two hours ago.

They wrote a letter.

Negative

Sujeto + didn’t + infinitivo + …

We didn’t visit the museum on Saturday.

Daniel didn’t go to the cinema yesterday.

I didn’t see the film. They didn’t play football. It didn’t disappear into the sea.

Interrogative

Did + sujeto + infinitivo + …?

Did he play football? What did she say? Did you see the film? When did they go to school? Which sport did you play? Did Peter enjoy the party?

Short answers

Yes, sujeto + did.

No, sujeto + didn’t.

Yes, I did.No, you didn’t.Yes, she did.No, he didn’t.Yes, they did.No, we didn’t.

WH - Questions

WH- did + sujeto + infinitivo + …?

Where did he play? He played in the park.

Where did he go? He went to the park.

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