Simple past to be and regular and irregular verbs

SIMPLE PAST OFTHE
VERB “TO BE”

PAST OF THE VERB TO BE: AM-IS –ARE
 I – HE – SHE – IT __________WAS –WASN’T
 WE-YOU-THEY ___________WERE-WEREN’T

 Put in was or were into the gaps.
 1) I----- in Canberra last spring.
 2)We -----at school last Saturday.
 3)Tina----- at home yesterday.
 4) He -----happy.
 5) Robert and Stan----- Garry's friends.
 6)You----- very busy on Friday.
 7)They ------in front of the supermarket.
 8) I----- in the museum.
 9) She----- in South Africa last month.
 10) Jessica and Kimberly------ late for school.

 Put in was not or were not into the gaps.
 1)They--------- ill.
 2)You -------tired.
 3)The children --------quiet.
 4) Max --------in Helsinki last week.
 5) She-------- home for dinner.
 6)The water---------- cold.
 7)There--------- a good film onTV yesterday.
 8)We-------- in Brazil last winter.
 9) Betty and Florence------- at school this morning.
 10) I------ happy when I heard about the accident.

SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR AND
IRREGULAR VERBS

 El tiempo Pasado Simple se usa para
hablar de acciones terminadas en el
pasado. Como hacen referencia a acciones
que ya ocurrieron, siempre deben ir en un
contexto pasado, ya sea porque se está
contando una historia que ya pasó, o bien
usando complementos de tiempo pasado,
como:

 yesterday (ayer)
 last night (anoche )
 last week (la semana pasada)
 last month (el mes pasado )
 last year (el año pasado )
 in 1970 (en 1970)
 A year ago (un año atràs)

 Para usar otros verbos en este tiempo, se usa
la forma del verbo en pasado simple, que es
igual para todas las personas. La formación
del pasado simple depende si el verbo es
regular o irregular.
 SUBJECT +VERB +ED OR IRREGULAR + …

 Verbos regulares
En el caso de los verbos regulares, el pasado simple
se forma tomando el propio verbo y agregando "ed",
o "d" si termina en vocal. Si termina en "y", se
cambia por "ied".
 We played tennis for two hours.
Jugamos tenis por dos horas.
She arrived late.
Llegó tarde.
You studied a lot.
Estudiaste mucho.

 Verbos irregulares
Los verbos irregulares tienen su propia forma del pasado
simple y la única manera de aprenderlos es memorizarlos.
Normalmente son los que aparecen en la segunda columna
de los listados de verbos irregulares en los diccionarios de
inglés.
 Por ejemplo el pasado del verbo to go (ir) es "went". El
pasado de to see (ver) es "saw". Siempre es igual para todas
las personas.
 We went to London in 1994.
Fuimos a Londres es 1994.
We saw the double-decker buses.
Vimos los autobuses de dos pisos.

 La forma interrogativa se compone del
auxiliar DID seguido de la persona y el verbo
en infinitivo. El auxiliar es igual para todas las
personas.
 DID + SUBJECT+ INFINITIVEVERB?

 Para realizar una pregunta se usa la "question
word" adelante.
 WHWORD + DID + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE
VERB + …?
 Where did you go?
¿Dónde fuiste?
When did you go to London?
¿Cúando fuiste a Londres?

 La forma negativa se compone de la persona,
seguido del auxiliar DID, seguido de NOT y el
verbo en infinitivo. En lenguaje informal,
puede usarse la forma contracta didn't.
 SUBJECT + DIDN’T+ INFINITIVEVERB

 Presentamos aquí una pequeña lista de algunos verbos irregulares con
su pasado simple. Intenta recordarlos!
 INFINITIVO- PASADO SIMPLE
 go (ir) went
 have (tener) had
 write (escribir) wrote
 read (leer) read
 catch (atrapar) caught
 fall (caer) fell
 hear (escuchar) heard
 see (ver) saw
 say (decir) said
 give (dar) gave
 know (saber) knew


 Exercise 1
 Complete with the past form of the verb.For
example: go - went.
 go -
 visit -
 cook -
 catch -
 see -
 recover -
 invite -
 discover -
 look -
 know -

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 Exercise 2; Write the sentences in the negative form:
 1.The people screamed.
 2. Lisa was very happy.
 3.You went to Paris last year.
 4. Sofia visited her grandmother yesterday.
 5. I was in Hong Kong last month.
 6. John went to the cinema last week.
 7. Shakespeare wrote a lot of books.
 8.You were at school yesterday.
 9. It was very cold yesterday.

 Exercise 3: Write the sentences in the past form:
 1. I go to school in the morning.
 2. Diane is very tired.
 3.You are at home.
 4. I have breakfast.
 5.Thomas and Nick play tennis all day.
 6.The plane arrives at half past ten.
 7. I study English at home.
 8.They stay all night in front of the computer.
 9. It is ten past eleven.

 Erxercise on questions
 Write questions in simple past.
 Anna / the window / open
 she / home / walk
 you / in the garden / work
 you / a song / sing
 she / on a chair / sit
 you / the castle / visit
 Jenny / the door / lock
 she / happy / be
 Greg / the ball / kick
 the car / at the corner / stop

 Put the verbs into the correct form (simple
past).
 Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.
 It (be) great.
 I (travel) around by car with two friends and
we (visit) lots of interesting places.
 In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
 One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.
 We (be) very lucky with the weather.
 It (not / rain) a lot.
 But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
 Where (spend / you) your last holiday?

Simple past to be and regular and irregular verbs

SIMPLE PAST VS PAST
CONTINUOUS

 PRESE NT SIMPLEVS PRESENT
CONTINUOUS

 COMPARATIVESAND SUPERLATIVES

 PRESENT PERFECTVS PAST SIMPLE

PASSIVE VOICE
 PASSIVEVOICE

Simple past to be and regular and irregular verbs

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