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Class #5 - Inglés I

The document provides an overview of the Simple Past tense, explaining its uses for expressing completed actions, past habits, narrating events, and describing past states. It details the structure for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, including the formation rules for regular and irregular verbs. Additionally, it includes examples and common past time expressions to illustrate the tense's application.

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Class #5 - Inglés I

The document provides an overview of the Simple Past tense, explaining its uses for expressing completed actions, past habits, narrating events, and describing past states. It details the structure for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, including the formation rules for regular and irregular verbs. Additionally, it includes examples and common past time expressions to illustrate the tense's application.

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Class #5

Universidad UCEM
MSc. Daniela Yglesias Cubero
Simple Past
Tense
The Simple Past tense, helps us talk about actions and
events that happened in the past. It is a key tool for
expressing past experiences, narrating stories, and
discussing past habits or routines.
It’s often used with adverbs and adverbial phrases
(yesterday, last week, three years ago, etc.).
The past simple helps you talk about completed actions
that took place at a specific time in the past.
Uses of the Simple Past Tense
1) Expressing Completed Actions
Example: "I visited my grandparents last weekend."

2) Talking about Past Habits or Routines


Example: "I used to play soccer every Saturday."

3) Narrating Past Events


Example: "Once upon a time, there was a brave knight."

4) Describing Past States or Conditions


Example: "She was tired after a long day at work."
Simple Past
with
verb to be
Simple Past: verb to be
Affirmative sentences
He was late for the meeting.

It was a beautiful day.

They were the champions last year.

You were a fantastic leader on that project.


Simple Past: verb to be
Negative sentences
It wasn't a good movie.

She wasn't at the office yesterday.

We weren't happy with the service.

The books weren't on the shelf.


Simple Past: verb to be
Yes/No Questions
Was she your teacher in high school?

Was he late for the appointment?

Were you at the conference last week?

Were we on the same flight?


Simple Past: verb to be
Wh- Questions
What was your first job?

Why was he absent from the meeting?

When were they married?

Where were you all weekend?


Simple Past
with
other verbs
Structure
The simple past tense can be formed
in two main ways, depending on
whether the verb is regular or
irregular.
Regular Verbs
For regular verbs, we add "-ed" to the base form of
the verb. Let's take a look at some examples:

Stop → Stopped
Cook → Cooked
Dance → Danced

Example: She cooked a salad for lunch yesterday.


Spelling Regular Verbs
1) Most verbs: Add "-ed" to the base form of the verb
Walk → Walked

2) Verbs ending in "e": Add "-d" to the base form of the verb.
Dance → Danced

3) Verbs ending in a consonant + "y": Change the "y" to "i" and add "-ed"
Carry → Carried

4) Verbs ending in a vowel + a consonant: Double the final consonant


and add "-ed".
Stop → Stopped
Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs have unique forms
for the simple past tense that must
be memorized individually. Here are
some examples:

Go → Went
Eat → Ate
Drink → Drank

Example: He drank a bottle of water.


Irregular
Verbs
Affirmative Sentences
She walked to school yesterday.

We ate dinner at 7 o'clock.

I graduated from college in 2010.

He bought a new car last month.


Negative Form
To form a negative sentence in the simple past tense, we use the
auxiliary verb "did" and add the word "not" before the main verb. Here's
the structure:

Subject + did not (didn't) + base form of the main verb

For example:

They didn't go to the party.


We didn't watch the movie.
Negative sentences
They did not visit Guatemala last summer.

The movie did not end at midnight.

She didn’t read a book before bed.

We didn’t play soccer in the park yesterday.


Interrogative Form
To form an interrogative sentence in the simple past tense, we use the
auxiliary verb "did" before the subject. Here's the structure:

Did + Subject + base form of the main verb?

For example:

Did you go to the party?


Did you take your vitamins?
Yes/No Questions
Did they attend the concert last weekend?

Did it rain heavily yesterday?

Did she bake cookies for the party?

Did you forget your wallet at home?


Information Questions
Information questions in the simple past tense are used to ask about
specific details regarding actions or events that occurred in the past.

Question word + Did + Subject + base form of the main verb?

For example:

What did you eat for breakfast?


Where did they live last year?
Wh- Questions
Why did you miss the meeting yesterday?

What time did the store close yesterday?

Whose book did he borrow from the library?

When did they start their road trip?


Past Time Expressions
Yesterday:
Example: "I went to the park yesterday."

Last (day/week/month/year):
Example: "She traveled to Paris last summer."

In (year/decade/century):
Example: "I was born in 2005"

(A week/two days/a year) ago:


Example: "She got married a year ago"

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