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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English and Spanish. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the past tense, including their pronunciation. Time expressions that are commonly used with the past tense are listed. Sample questions are provided to ask about actions in the past using the past simple tense.

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    PAST SIMPLE

    PRETÉRITO IMPERFECTO
    EL “PAST SIMPLE” inglés
    equivale a PRETÉRITO PERFECTO SIMPLE

    Yo jugaba al baloncesto
    I played basketball
    Yo jugué al baloncesto
    PAST SIMPLE OF “TO BE” (ser,estar)

    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE


    I was = fui, era, estuve, estaba I wasn’t was I?
    You were You weren’t were you?
    He, She, It was He, She, It wasn’t was he/she/it?
    We were We weren’t Were we?
    You were You weren’t Were you?
    They were They weren’t Were they?

    I was in Madrid yesterday


    She wasn’t at home this morning
    Were they in London last week?
    THERE WAS, THERE WERE
    HABÍA, HUBO HABÍA, HUBO

    THERE WAS
    THERE WERE

    Con nombres en SINGULAR


    Con nombres en PLURAL
    There was an accident last week
    There were five books on the table
    Complete the sentences with WAS, WERE,
    WASN’T, WEREN’T

    1. _________
    Were you at the party?
    2. There______
    was some cofee but there _________
    wasn’ any
    milk t
    Weren’t
    3. _There_________ any students in the classroom
    was
    4. Picasso __________ a famous artist
    5. Anna and I ____________
    were in Barcelona last year.
    TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PAST TENSE:

    LAST AGO YESTERDAY


    (=pasada) (=hace) (=ayer)
    last night 10 minutes ago yesterday
    last week an hour ago Yesterday morning
    last weekend 3 days ago Yesterday afternoon
    last month a week ago Yesterday evening
    last year a month ago The day before yesterday
    last Monday… a year ago… Yesterday night

    Ex. I played basket yesterday afternoon


    SE USA:
    Para hablar de acciones y situaciones
    pasadas:

    I played tennis yesterday


    I went to the cinema last weekend
    She visited Paris last summer
    REGULAR VERBS
    - Para formar el pasado de los verbos regulares se añade al
    infinitivo: - ed Watch - watched

    PERO:

    - Si el verbo termina en –e -d
    Like - liked
    - Si el verbo es monosílabo y termina Doble consonante + ed
    en vocal+consonante
    Stop - stopped

    - Si el verbo termina en consonante + y y ied


    Study - studied
    - Si el verbo termina en vocal + y - ed
    Play - played
    PRONUNCIATION of –ed:
    There are three ways to pronounce the –ed ending:

    After the sounds: /p/, /k/, /s/, /ch/, /sh/, /f/, /x/

    Help-ed
    Work-ed
    Dance-d
    /t/
    Watch-ed
    Finish-ed
    Laugh-ed
    Mix-ed
    After vowel and the sounds: /b/, /g/, /l/, /v/, /m/, /n/,
    /r/, /z/
    close-d live-d
    describe-d slamm-ed
    /d/ belong-ed clean-ed
    call-ed appear-ed

    After the sounds: /t/, /d/ /id/ Start-ed


    End-ed
    IRREGULAR VERBS
    Los verbos irregulares os los tenéis que aprender de
    memoria, porque no siguen ninguna regla. (2ª
    columna de la lista de verbos irregulares)

    INFINITIVE PAST
    To bring brought
    To buy bought
    To understand understood
    To drink drank
    To eat ate
    To break broke
    To go went
    FORMA:
    Affirmative Negative
    S + Verb in the Past S + didn’t + bare infinitive
    I played I didn’t play
    He, She, It played He, She, It didn’t play

    Wh- Questions (and answers) Yes/No Questions and short


    answers)
    Wh- word + did + S + bare infinitive Did + S + bare infinitive

    Where did you go? I went to Madrid Did you study? Yes, I did.

    Where did she go? She went to Paris Did she study? No, I didn’t.
    ASK YOUR PARTNER:

    1. Where did you go on holidays last summer?


    2. What did you do yesterday afternoon?
    3. Who did you see last weekend?
    4. Did you meet your friends yesterday?
    5. Did you read a magazine the day before yesterday?

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