What did you do yesterday?

Simple Past Tense

Regular Verbs & Irregular
verbs

SIMPLE PAST es un tiempo verbal
que se utiliza para describir
acciones que han sucedido en un
tiempo anterior y que ya han
finalizado.
Example:
Laura cleaned her house.
(laura limpi su casa)
I broke the window.
(yo romp la ventana)
Reglas para la formacin del
pasado simple de los verbos
regulares
1. Cuando el verbo termina en e, se
le aade nicamente la letra d.
Ejemplo:
Decide
Use
Arrive
Believe
Decided

Used

Arrived

Believed

2. Cuando el verbo termina en una
consonante precedida por una vocal y
que tenga la mayor fuerza de voz en la
ultima silaba se duplica la ultima
consonante y se le agrega ed.
Ejemplo:
Stop
Transmit
permit



Stopped

Transmitted

permitted

3. Cuando el verbo termina en y
precedida por una consonante se le
cambia la y por la i y aadimos
ed.

Ejemplo:
Study
Copy
Try




Studied

copied

tried

REGULAR VERBS
Want
Talk
Walk Play
Listen
Jump
Close
Open
Watch TV
Play TV games Dance
Cry
Wait
Climb
Use a computer
Clean
Play football
Play the piano
Cook Call
Share
Study
Fix
visit
Wash
Ask
Write the past tense form.
1. Dance _________
2. Wash _________
3. Work _________
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

/ d / / t / / id /
Play played Walk walked Need needed
Mail mailed Stop stopped Wait waited
Try tried Look looked Visit visited
PRONUNCIATION. Practice with a partner and locate the regular
verbs according to their pronunciation. (See the verb list in the
appendix).
Expressions for Past Tense
last ago yesterday
last night 10 minutes ago yesterday
last Sunday an hour ago yesterday morning
last week three days ago yesterday afternoon
last weekend a week ago yesterday evening
last year a month ago the day before yesterday
last month a year ago
IRREGULAR VERBS
Give
Find
Break
Take a picture
Think Cut
Buy
Read Write
Sleep Run
Fly
Take a bath Win
Throw
Draw
Lose
Swim
Make a sandcastle
Fight
Speak
Ride
Sing
Go
Come
Eat
Drink
Look for the Past Form of the following
verbs in your list.
1. Win Won 10.- take Took 19.- fly Flew
2. Break Broke 11.- buy Bought 20.- draw Drew
3.- Find Found 12.- write Wrote 21.- lose Lost
4.- Give Gave 13.-read Read 22.- swim Swam
5.- think Thought 14.- sleep Slept 23. speak Spoke
6. Go Went 15.- run Ran 24. make Made
7. fight fought 25. eat Ate
8. come Came 17. ride Rode 26. drink Drank
18. sing sang
LETS PRACTICE
1. He _______(write) his homework last
Sunday.
2. Mary _______(go) to school last week.
3. you _______(play) basketball two weeks
ago?
4. I ______(study) French last year.
5. They _______(buy) a new bicycle last month.
6. John _____(take) his driving test yesterday.
7. Tim _____ (go) to Paris last summer.
8. your parents ______(visit) at university?
9. When I was a child, I ______(speak)
German.
NEGATIVE FORM
La estructura del pasado simple en
forma negativa es:


Esto se aplica tanto en los verbos
regulares como en los irregulares
Subject + did + not + verb (base form) + ...
Example:
Con el verbo regular to study.

I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY

DID NOT STUDY LAST NIGHT



Forma larga Forma corta
I did not work I didn't work
You did not go You didn't go
He did not work He didn't work
We did not go We didn't go
You did not work You didn't work
They did not go They didn't go
Escribe las oraciones en pasado simple
1.She go to Italia
2.James play in class
3.We lose the race
4.I visit my grandparetnts
5.Mary watch tv all afternoon
6.A child cry in the supermarket
7.He fly on a helicopter
8.They dance in the square


9. We read many books in class.
10. I buy many videogames.
11. My friend break the window.
12. I clean my bedroom.
13. My friends and me drink a cup of tea.
14. Julia eat a cake.
15. I think that Mexico is the most beautiful
country of the world.
16. My brother call to leave.


SIMPLE PRESENT
POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE STATEMENT
I work in Mushrooms Company. I dont work in The Coke Company.
He lives in that small house. He doesnt live in the big one.
We study in the CETis We dont study in the CBTis
Maria knows how to cook. Maria doesnt know how to make
tortillas
Today I have a party. Today I dont have classes.
My mom has my wallet My mom doesnt have her purse
SIMPLE PAST
POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE STATEMENT
I worked in Mushrooms Company in
May.
I didnt work in The Coke
Company.
He lived in that small house 2 years
ago.
He didnt live in the big one.
We studied in the CETis last year. We didnt study in the CBTis
Maria knew how to cook. Maria didnt know how to make
tortillas
Yesterday I had a party. Today I didnt have classes.
My mom had my wallet last night. My mom didnt have her purse
WH- AND DID QUESTIONS
QUESTION ANSWER
What did you do last
Sundays?
I played soccer with my friends.
Where did you play soccer? I played soccer in the park.
How long did you stay there? We stayed there for about 2 hours.
Did you enjoy the match? Yes, I did. I got so exhausted but I
liked it.
Did you do something else that
day?
No, I didnt. Well, I just called my
girlfriend and went out with her.
Ask the following Questions to your
partener and answer back too
1. Where did you go on vacation?
2. What did you do?
3. Who did you see?
4. Which movie did you watch on vacation?
5. Did you like it?
6. Did you meet someone special?
7. Did you study anything?
8. Did you read a magazine?

FIND SOMEONE WHO...
Name
1. watched the news. ____________________
2. listened to the radio. ____________________
3. ate at a restaurant. ____________________
4. visited grandparents. ____________________
5. studied for an exam. ____________________
6. went to the movies. ____________________
7. cleaned your room. ____________________
8. took a shower. ____________________
9. played an instrument. ____________________
10. worked in the computer. ____________________
Now, Its time for
practicing in class!
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