Past simple for esl students.... (1).ppt
- 1. PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS
- 2. PAST SIMPLE • Los verbos irregulares pueden ser: – REGULARES: I played tennis yesterday. – IRREGULARES (segunda columna de los verbos irregulares) She ate ice-cream in winter.
- 3. Forming the simple past tense (REGULAR VERBS) • Para formar el pasado simple de los verbos regulares añadimos -ED al verbo: BOIL --- BOILED FILL --- FILLED • Cambios a realizar: – Si acaba en –E: añadir –D LIVE --- LIVED DATE --- DATED – Si acaba en consonante + Y: cambiar la Y a I TRY --- TRIED CRY --- CRIED – Si acaba en –L o –P duplicamos la conconante: TRAVEL --- TRAVELLED WORSHIP --- WORSHIPPED – Si acaba en una vocal + un a consonante (expecto W o Y): duplicar la consonante TAP --- TAPPED COMMIT --- COMMITTED
- 4. PAST SIMPLE: affirmative, negative or interrogative • AFIRMATIVA: – He painted the wall – We woke up very early • NEGATIVA: – He didn’t paint the wall – We didn’t wake up very early • INTERROGATIVA: – Did he paint the wall? – Did we wake up very early?
- 5. PAST CONTINUOUS Para formar el pasado continuo vamos a utilizar el verbo to be en pasado y un verbos en gerundio: Was / were + verbo con –ING He was playing golf They were studying
- 6. PAST CONTINUOUS: affirmative, negative or interrogative • AFIRMATIVA: – He was painting the wall – We were waking up very early • NEGATIVA: – He wasn’t painting the wall – We weren’t waking up very early • INTERROGATIVA: – Was he painting the wall? – Were we waking up very early?
- 7. PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS PARA HABLAR DE UNA ACCIÓN ACABADA EN UN TIEMPO ANTES DE AHORA EN UN MOMENTO DETERMINADO. John Cabot sailed to America in 1498. EXPRESIONES DE PASADO SIMPLE: frecuencia: often, sometimes, always; un punto determinado en el tiempo: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago. un punto no determinado en el tiempo: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago etc. Ejemplos: •Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva. •She always played the piano when she was a child. EXPRESA UNA ACCIÓN LARGA O INCOMPLETA EN EL PASADO: "I was going to spend the day at the beach but I've decided to go on an excursion instead.” PARA DESCRIBIR UNA ACCIÓN LARGA INTERRUMPIDA POR OTRA CORTA: “I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang.“ PARA DESCRIBIR EL CONTEXTO EN QUE SE DESARROLLA UNA ACCIÓN: “It was getting dark. The prince was walking silently around the hall...”
- 8. Construcciones con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo juntos • WHEN + la acción breve en pasado simple, que es la que interrumpe a la larga en pasado continuo. – John was watching TV when his friend arrived. • WHILE + la acción larga en pasado continuo, que es la que fue interrumpida por la corta en pasado simple. – While / as I was talking on the phone, the dorrbell rang .