PAST SIMPLE

EL “PAST SIMPLE” inglés

equivale a

PRETÉRITO IMPERFECTO

PRETÉRITO PERFECTO SIMPLE

I played basketball

Yo jugaba al baloncesto

Yo jugué al baloncesto

PAST SIMPLE OF “TO BE” (ser,estar)

AFFIRMATIVEAFFIRMATIVE

I was = fui, era, estuve, estaba

You were

He, She, It was

We were

You were

They were

NEGATIVENEGATIVE

I wasn’t

You weren’t

He, She, It wasn’t

We weren’t

You weren’t

They weren’t

INTERROGATIVINTERROGATIVEE

was I?

were you?

was he/she/it?

Were we?

Were you?

Were they?

I was in Madrid yesterday

She wasn’t at home this morning

Were they in London last week?

THERE WAS, THERE WERE

THERE WAS THERE WERE

Con nombres en SINGULAR

HABÍA, HUBO HABÍA, HUBO

Con nombres en PLURALThere was an accident last week There were five books on the

table

Complete the sentences with WAS, WERE, WASN’T, WEREN’T

1. _________ you at the party?

2. There______ some cofee but there _________ any milk

3. _There_________ any students in the classroom

4. Picasso __________ a famous artist

5. Anna and I ____________ in Barcelona last year.

Were

was wasn’t

Weren’twas

were

TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PAST TENSE:

LAST (=pasada)

AGO (=hace)

YESTERDAY (=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

- ed- Para formar el pasado de los verbos regulares se añade al infinitivo:

- Si el verbo termina en –e

PERO:

- d

- Si el verbo es monosílabo y termina en vocal+consonante

Doble consonante + ed

- Si el verbo termina en consonante + y

y ied

- Si el verbo termina en vocal + y

- ed

Watch - watched

Like - liked

Stop - stopped

Study - studied

Play - played

PRONUNCIATION of –ed:

There are three ways to pronounce the –ed ending:

/t/

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

Help-ed Work-edDance-dWatch-edFinish-edLaugh-edMix-ed

/d/

After vowel and the sounds: /b/, /g/, /l/, /v/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /z/ close-d live-d

describe-dslamm-edbelong-ed clean-edcall-ed appear-ed

After the sounds: /t/, /d/

/id/ Start-edEnd-ed

IRREGULAR VERBSLos 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

S + Verb in the Past

I playedHe, She, It played

Negative

S + didn’t + bare infinitive

I didn’t playHe, 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

Where did she go? She went to Paris

Did you study? Yes, I did.

Did she study? No, She 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?