SIMPLE PAST

Uso 1. Acciones completadas en el pasadoUsamos el pasado simple para expresar la idea de que una acción empezó y terminó en un momento específico en el pasado.

Examples: I saw a movie yesterday. I didn't see a play yesterday. Last year, I traveled to Japan.

Uso 2. Una Serie de Acciones.Usamos el pasado simple para enumerar varias acciones que fueron completadas en el pasado.

Examples: I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim. He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.

Uso 3. Duración de un Evento PasadoSe puede usar el pasado simple para expresar la duración o prolongación de un evento pasado. Expresiones de tiempo como: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.

Examples: I lived in Brazil for two years. They sat at the beach all day.

Uso 4. Hábitos en el PasadoSe puede usar el pasado simple para describir un hábito del pasado, usando expresiones como:: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc.

Examples: I studied French when I was a child. He played the violin. He didn't play the piano.

El Pasado de los Verbos Regulareshttp://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/simple_past_tense02.html Se forma el pasado de los verbos regulares al agregarles -d o -ed, al final.

1. Sólo se agrega d, sii el verbo termiina en ebaked, cared, filed, hated, liked, piled, seized, smiled, typed

2. Se cambia la y por i, si ésta va precedida de una consonante:apply / applied; bury / buried; cry / cried;fry / fried; hurry / hurried; marry / married;pry / pried; spy / spied try / triedvary / varied worry / worried

3. Sólo se agrega –ed a los verbos terminados en consonants.asked, belonged, clapped, filled, guessed,hopped, looked, marked, needed, pulled, reached, started, washed, yelled,

4. A los verbos monosílabos, terminados en una vocal y una consonante (excepto X), se le duplica la consonante final, antes de agregar le -ed

beg / begged; clap / clapped; hop / hopped; jog / jogged; rip / ripped;

5. Si el verbo tiene dos silabas, lleva el acento en la última silaba, y termina en una vocal y una consonante, se le duplica la consonante final. También se duplica la l o r final.

Compel / compelled; control / controlled; fulfil / fulfilled; prefer / preferred;propel / propelled

Si la sílaba final no está acentuada, no se duplica la consonante..cancel / canceled; honor / honored; suffer / suffered; travel / traveled

Typical Time ExpressionsAn hour ago YesterdayLast week Last month2 years ago Last Monday (days of the week)Last June (month of the year) In 1974

FrequencyEvery day, every month, Once a week, twice a week, Frequently, Often

Simple Past – Exercise 01

1. Dan ______ (leave) very early today. 2. Sam and Sue ________ (buy) a new house last year.

3. I ________ (visit) Germany last week. 4. You _______ (play) very well.

5. They _______ (find) this book on their trip to Italy. 6. I _______ (bake) this cake by myself.

7. We ______ (open) the store in 1987. 8. The rain finally _______ (stop), and we ______ (go) home.

9. She ________ (plan) to come, but she ______ (have) some problems.

10. Kate _______ (have) a big house, but she _______ (sell) it.

Simple Past – Exercise 02

1. Barbara _______ (eat) the whole cake last night.

2. I _______ (save) some money last year.

3. You _______ (give) me all the books yesterday.

5. I _______ (come), I _____ (see), I ______ (leave).

6. They _______ (drink) too much.

7. We _______ (be) very happy together.

8. The cat _______ (jump) on the tree, and the bird ______ (fly) away.

9. We always _______ (cook) together.

10. She _______ (arrive) in 1978.