affirmative form: I/he/she/ it was you/we/they were
Negative form: long forms: I/he/she/it was not you/we/ they were not
short forms: I/he/she/it wasn’t you/we/ they weren’t
Interrogative form: Was I/he/she/it? were you/we/ they?
Expresiones temporales que se usan con el Past Simple:
yesterday, the day before yesterday, last night, last week, last year, last Summer, last Saturday, a long time ago. a week ago, two years ago.
Examples: Last month we were at the sea I was at the disco last Saturday. My sister wasn’t in bed two weeks ago.
Questions and short answers:
Was your birthday last week? No, it wasn’t / yes, it was Were your friends at the disco last Sunday? Yes, they were / no, they weren’t
Exercises : Complete the sentences with was/were/wasn’t/weren’t
1.- The concert …….. very good. I liked it.
2.- Diana ………….. at the park yesterday and Sonia ………. at the shopping center.
3.- Last winter it …………………. very cold. The children ………….. in the mountains.
4.- Rick ……… at the Internet cafe last Saturday. He ………………… with his friend Alan.
5.- I ……………….. (not) at the gym last Friday afternoon. I ………… at home.
6.- You ……………….. at the school yesterday. Where ………………. you? I ………….. ill in bed.
7.- They ……………… at the cinema last Saturday but the film ………………… (not) very good.
Complete the text with was/wasn’t /weren’t
Yesterday, it ……………..Sunday, so I ………….. at work. I ………. at home. My husband goes to the gym on Sundays, but he ……………. at the gym yesterday. He ………….. at home with me. But our children ……….. at home. They ………. at the zoo in the morning. In the evening, we ………. at a concert. But it …………… good. It was awful!
PAST SIMPLE - REGULAR VERBS
Para formar el pasado simple de los verbos regulares se añade la terminación -ED a la raíz del verbo correspondiente.
A) Según sea la terminación del verbo, a veces es necesario hacer algunos cambios:
1) Si el verbo termina en -y precedida de una consonante, se cambia la -y por -i y se añade la terminación -ED
hurry—— hurried study—–studied reply—- replied
2) Si el verbo termina en -e, sólo se añade la -D
arrive——arrived close—–closed
3) Algunos de los verbos regulares forman el pasado duplicando la consonante final y añadiendo -ED cuando su última sílaba está formada por una vocal seguida de una consonante y sobre ella recae el énfasis al pronunciarla.
stop—–stopped travel——travelled unwrap——
El pasado simple es igual para todas las personas (es muy fácil)
I worked you walked he listened they talked
La forma negativa del Past Simple:
Sujeto + did not/didn’t + verbo
Example: I didn’t work he didn’t walk he didn’t listen
La forma interrogativa del Past Simple:
Did + sujeto + verbo
Did you see my father? Did he paint the table? Did she wash her hands?
Usamos los pronombres interrogativos para hacer preguntas.
What did you do yesterday? Who did you see last night?
Where did you go last weekend? When did you visit Madrid?
How did you go to the cinema? Why did he fail the exam?
watch this video about Past Simple tense
LOS VERBOS IRREGULARES HABRÁ QUE ESTUDIARLOS MUY BIEN, PUES NO SIGUEN NINGUNA REGLA FIJA PARA SU FORMACIÓN.
