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MARZO 2015
SIMPLE PAST
SIMPLE PAST
Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action
started and finished at a specific time in the past.
Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the
specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.
We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed
actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
4th, and so on.
The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts
and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often
indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five
minutes, all day, all year, etc.
PATTERNS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE FOR REGULAR
VERBS
Affirmative
Subject + verb + ed
I skipped.
Negative
Subject + did not + infinitive without to
They didn't go.
Interrogative
Did + subject + infinitive without to
Did she arrive?
Interrogative negative
Did not + subject + infinitive without to
Didn't you play?
To form the past simple tense with a regular
verb we add to the infinitive verb.
These are the rules to form the simple past to regular
verbs.
1) Usually we add ed in the end of the verb in infinive
form.
> visit visited
2) If the verb finish with e just add d
> live lived
3) If the verb finish in consonant + vowel + consonant and
the vowel is accented we must duplicate the last consonant
and then add ed
> stop stopped
4) If the verb finish with consonant+y, we must change
this y for i and then add ed
> study studied
5) If there isnt consonant + y, is used the general rule
(add ed)
> play played
To form the past simple tense with irregular verbs,
changes completely the structure of the verb.
EXAMPLES:
WRITE- WROTE
DRIVE- DROVE
TEAM:
ITZEL RUIZ OROZCO
ALEJANDRA NARANJO LOPEZ
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