SIMPLE PAST

We use the past simple to complete actions in the past. The time period of these actions is not important as in Spanish. 1. GRAMMATICAL RULES GRAMATICALES) (REGLAS

Note: There are many irregular verbs in English. Unfortunately, there are no setrules to make them. Then you have the three most common irregular verbs that act as auxiliary verbs. Verb be Past Simple was (I, he, she, it) / were (you, we, they) did had

c. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas) Examples: Did you want to dance? (Queras bailar?) Was she a doctor? (Era doctora?) Did they learn English? (Aprendieron ingles?) Did you believe him? (Le creste?) Verbo auxiliar ("did") + sujeto + verbo principal?

Form (Forma) To form the simple past with regular verbs, we use the infinitive and add the ending "-ed". The form is the same for all persons (I, you, he, she, it, we, They). Examples: want wanted learn learned stay stayed walk walked show showed Exceptions: a. For verbs ending in "e", just add "-d. Examples: change changed believe believed b. If the verb ends in a short vowel and a consonant (except "and" or "w"), double the final consonant. Examples: stop stopped commit committed c. With verbs that end in a consonant and "y", change the "y" to an "i". Examples: study studied try tried

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REGULAR VERBS
2. STRUCTURE (ESTRUCTURA) a. Affirmative Sentences (Frases afirmativas) Examples: I wanted to dance. (Quera bailar.) She was a doctor. (Era doctora.) They learned English. (Aprendieron ingls.) We believed him. (Le cremos.) Sujeto + verbo principal. b. Negative Sentences (Frases negativas) Examples: I didn't want to dance. (No quera bailar.) She wasn't a doctor. (No era doctora.) They didn't learn English. (No aprendieron ingls) We didn't believe him. (No le cremos.) Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("did") + "not" + verbo principal. In English regular verbs are called those who make up the past by adding the suffix 'ed' or 'd' to the root of the verb. SPELLING: a) For the verbs ending in-e is added a-d to form the past Examples: phone / phoned smile / smiled b) For the verbs that end in-e-ed is added to form the past. Examples: ask / asked clean / cleaned c) Verbs that are spelled with one vowel and is followed by a single consonant double the consonant them. Examples: beg / begged rub / rubbed

d) Verbs of two syllables in the last syllable has a single stressed vowel (laden voice), they double the last consonant. Examples: Prefer / preferred refer / referred e) When the verb ends in-y preceded by a consonant, the-y changes to-i being the ending-ied. Examples: carry / carried fry / fried

b) In some verbs the infinitive ends in-d and-t in the past. PAST VERB SPANISH SIMPLE Lend Send Lent Sent prestar enviar

c) Some verbs have a change in the consonants in the form of the past. PAST VERB SPANISH SIMPLE Have Make Had Made haber,tener hacer,fabricar

Curso

Ingls Electrnica Janeth Malca III - Diurno

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IRREGULAR VERBS
Unlike regular verbs irregular verbs do not have a marker that helps to recognize past. Fortunately, the group of irregular verbs is formed by a limited number of verbs (about 350), while there are thousands of regular verbs.

d) Some verbs undergo vowel changes in the past. PAST VERB SPANISH SIMPLE Drink Drive Eat Drank Drove Ate beber manejar comer

GAMARRA ORTIZ JORGE PALOMINO ALVARADO KENNY QUEQUEJANA MAMANI JOSE VSQUEZ EGUIZBAL ALEXIS

SPELLING: a) In some cases the form of the infinitive and the past is the same. PAST VERB SPANISH SIMPLE Cut Cost Cut Cost cortar costar e) Some irregular verbs undergo consonant and vowel changes in the past tense. PAST VERB SPANISH SIMPLE Was / Be ser, estar were Bring traer Brought Buy comprar Bought