Past-Simple

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Past Simple

Usamos el Past Simple para hablar de acciones que ya terminaron en el pasado: ayer, la semana pasada, en 2024…

I played football yesterday.

She watched a movie last night.

They visited their grandparents.

💡 Idea clave: la acción ya terminó. No sigue ocurriendo.

Drag and Drop

PRESENT

PAST

I played football yesterday.

We study English.

They visited London.

She watches TV every day.

They went to Africa.

Verbos Regulares

La mayoría de los verbos forman el pasado agregando -ed al final del verbo base.

Base

Past Simple

play

played

watch

watched

visit

visited

clean

cleaned

listen

listened

Verbos Regulares (3 casos)

Para la mayoría de los verbos regulares, agregamos -ed:

work

worked

2. Si el verbo ya termina en e, solo agregamos -d:

like

liked

3. Si el verbo termina en consonante + y:

study

studied

Carol _____ Martin 2 years ago.

A

likes

B

like

C

likeed

D

liked

She _____ the zoo yesterday.

A

visit

B

visits

C

visited

D

visiting

They _____ because the movie was sad.

A

cryed

B

cry

C

cried

D

cryied

Verbos Irregulares

Algunos verbos no siguen la regla del -ed sino que son IRREGULARES. Estos cambian de forma completamente y hay que memorizarlos.

¡Cuidado con estos errores!

❌ goed → ✅ went

❌ eated → ✅ ate

❌ goed → ✅ went

Los verbos irregulares se memorizan. No hay regla universal.

Los 15 Verbos Irregulares Más Comunes

Base

Past

Base

Past

be (ser/estar)

was/were

make (hacer)

made

go (ir)

went

know (saber)

knew

have (tener)

had

think (pensar)

thought

do (hacer)

did

take (agarrar/tomar)

took

say (decir)

said

see (ver)

saw

get (obtener)

got

come (venir)

came

give (dar)

gave

find (encontrar)

found

eat (comer)

ate

He made a cake.

They thought the movie was boring.

I found my keys.

Verbos irregulares: Elegir el verbo en pasado

make → made

eat → ate

know → knew

see → saw

take → took

do → did

find → found

have → had

come → came

think → thought

say → said

go → went

give → gave

get → got

made

ate

knew

saw

took

did

found

had

came

thought

said

went

gave

got

Forma Negativa

Estructura

Sujeto + didn't + verbo base

❌ They didn't watched TV.

✅ They didn't watch TV.

Después de didn't, el verbo va siempre en forma base.

El pasado ya está marcado en didn't.

Turn this sentence into the negative form:

'MARTIN AND TOM WENT SHOPPING LAST WEEK.'

A

They didn't go shopping last week

B

They don't go shopping last week.

C

They did go shopping last week.

D

They didn't went shopping last week.

Preguntas en Past Simple

Estructura

Did + sujeto + verbo base

Ejemplos

Did you play tennis?

Did she watch the film?

Did they go to the concert?

Respuestas cortas

Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.

Yes, she did. / No, she didn't.

💡 Con DID, el verbo vuelve a infinitivo/base.

Write a question in the simple past. Remember the structure: DID + SUJETO + VERBO ( BASE) + ... + ?

Responde esta pregunta:

Did they play videogames?

A

Yes, they didn't.

B

Yes, they did.

C

No, they did.

D

No, they don't

Responde esta pregunta:

Did Martin study in the weekend?

A

Yes, he does.

B

Yes, they did.

C

No, he did.

D

No, he didn't

¡Cuidado con los Errores Más Comunes!

❌ I goed to school.

✅ I went to school.

Go es irregular → went

❌ She didn't watched TV.

✅ She didn;t watch TV.

Tras didn;t, verbo en base

❌ Did you ate pizza?

✅ Did you eat pizza?

Tras Did, verbo en base

📌 Regla de oro: Positivo → verbo en pasado / Negativo y preguntas → didn't/did + verbo base.

CASO ESPECIAL: El Verbo TO BE en Pasado

Was y were son el pasado del verbo TO BE. Tienen dos formas según el sujeto.

WAS

I · He · She · It

I was tired yesterday.

WERE

You · We · They

They were happy after the concert.

✅ Afirmativa

I was tired yesterday.

She was happy after the concert.

They were excited.

CASO ESPECIAL: El Verbo TO BE en Pasado

❌ Negativa

Estructura:

Sujeto + was/were + not

Examples:

He wasn’t at school.

They weren’t sad.

💡 En negativo NO usamos “didn’t” con TO BE.

❌ She didn’t was happy.

✅ She wasn’t happy.

❓ Preguntas

Estructura:

Was/Were + Sujeto + RESTO de oración + ?

Examples:

Was she happy?

Were they at the party?

💡 En preguntas, WAS/WERE va al principio.

❓ Respuestas cortas

Estructura:

Yes/No + , + Sujeto + was/were/wasn't/weren't.

Examples:

Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t.

Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.

Fill in the blanks

Last Saturday, Emma and her friends WERE at the zoo. The weather WASN'T sunny and the animals WEREN'T very active. Emma WAS excited because giraffes are her favorite animals.

WERE

WASN'T

WEREN'T

WAS

Repaso Final: Past Simple

✅ Afirmativa

I played football.

She went home.

❌ Negativa

I didn't play.

She didn't go.

❓ Preguntas

Did you play?

Did she go?

❓ Respuestas

Yes, I did

No, she didn't.

La idea clave

El Past Simple describe acciones terminadas en el pasado.

Verbos regulares → agregan -d, -ed o -ied.

• Verbos irregulares → cambian de forma

Negativas → didn't + base

Preguntas → Did + sujeto + base

💡 El auxiliar DID aparece en negativas y preguntas. ¡El verbo vuelve a base!

⛔ El verb to be es especial: se afirma, niega y pregunta con WAS/WERE

Fill in the blanks

She WASN'T very happy after the concert because the band didn't play her favourite song.

They DIDN'T PLAY football in the park yesterday because it RAINED.

I WAS tired after school, it was a long day.

My sister WATCHED TV after dinner.

We WENT to the cinema last night.

WERE your friends at the party?

DID Susan pass the exam?

Mary and her sister DIDN'T miss the party.

WASN'T

DIDN'T PLAY

RAINED

WAS

WATCHED

WENT

WERE

DID

DIDN'T

FINAL TOUGHTS? ¿Qué aprendí? ¿Qué necesito reforzar?