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USE:
To talk about past events and actions.
AFFIRMATIVE
FORM:
Regular verbs in the Past Simple end in -ed.
[SUBJECT + VERB+ed + REST]
EXAMPLES:
walke
"Joe d home alone last night."
"We played football last week."
SPELLING
Verbs ending in -e, take only -d: live/ lived.
With verbs ending in consonant+y, change the y to i:
carry /
carried try/ tried
NOTE: Past Simple is often used with adverbs: Yesterday, Last
week/month/year, ... ago.
NEGATIVE
FORM:
Put did not (didn't) in front of the verb.
[SUBJECT+ DID NOT+ VERB+ REST OF SENTENCE]
/DIDN'T
They did not call me last week.
Ruth didn't study last night.
EXAMPLES:
"He didn't work at all last week."
"I didn't like the movie last night."
FORM:
Some verbs have irregular forms in the Past Simple.You will have to learn them
by heart.
FORMAR:
Algunos verbos tienen formas irregulares en el
pasado simple. Tendrás que aprenderlos de
memoria.
USE:
To ask questions about past actions/events that need an answer of "yes" or
"no".
FORM:
Put DID / DIDN'T in front of the subject.
[DID / DIDN'T + SUBJECT + VERB + REST]
USE:
To ask questions about the past that begin with these question words: WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE, WHO, WHY, HOW.
FORM:
Questions about the SUBJECT:
[WHO/WHAT + PAST VERB + REST]
Who told him?
What made that noise?
EXAMPLES:
John: "Did you ask the boss about money?"
Rose: "Yes, I did."
John: "Well, what did she say?"
Rose: "She said no."