DANIELA GALVIS

NGELA GONZLEZ
ALEJANDRA MARTNEZ

SIMPLE PAST ALEJANDRA RODRIGUEZ

ALEJANDRO NARANJO
FABIN CALDERN
SANTIAGO JIMENEZ
SANTIAGO SANCHEZ
CARLOS NAVARRO
 AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

Subject + verb in past + complement

STRUCTURE Example:
She was a doctor
I wanted to dance
The keys were in the drawer
I bought a blue car
 NEGATIVE SENTENCES

TO BE
VERBS
Subject + Verb to be +
not + Complement Subject + auxiliar verb +
not + verb in infinitive +
Complement
STRUCTURE Example
She was not a doctor Example
The keys were not in the I did not want to dance
drawer
I did not buy a blue car
 INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

TO BE VERB
Verb to be + Subject + Auxiliar verb + subject +
Complement + ? verb in infinitive +
complement + ?

STRUCTURE Example
Example
Was she a doctor?
Did you want to dance?
Were the keys in the
drawer? Did you buy a blue car?
 Verbs ending in consonant +
Verbs ending in "e", add +d. y, you must change the y for
i, then add +ed.

Examples:
Examples:



VERBS
 Verbs ending in s, z,
Verbs ending in vowel + y, sh, or ch.
you only add +ed.
Examples:
Examples:





VERBS
 CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT
When the accent falls on the When the accent doesnt fall
vowel of the last syllable. You on the vowel of the last
must duplicate the last syllable. you only add +ed.
consonant and add + ed
(except for verbs ending in y Examples:
and w).
Examples:
VERBS
Note: Only the last consonant
must be duplicated, when the
verb ends in l.
Examples:


 IRREGULAR VERBS:
The irregular verbs don't have a specific rule, and must be
learned one by one.

INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST MEANING

VERBS GET GOT COGER
TAKE TOOK TOMAR
WIN WON GANAR
SPEAK SPOKE HABLAR
SEE SAW VER
CUT CUT CORTAR
 We pronounce the ending -ed differently depending
on the letter that goes to the end of the infinitive.
Usually the letter e is mute.

1.With the infinitives that ending in p, f, k or s,

PRONUNCIATION we pronounce the ending -ed like a t
Example:
Looked
Kissed
 2.With the infinitives that ending in b, g, l, m
,n, v, z , or a vocal, we pronounce only the d.
Example:
Yelled
Cleaned
PRONUNCIATION
PRONUNCIATION

3. With the infinitives that ending in d or t, we

pronounce the e .
Example :
Ended
Waited
 1. The simple past is used to talk of a concrete
action that began and ended in the past. Generally,
we use it with adverbs of time like "last year",
"yesterday", "last night" ...
USES OF
SIMPLE PAST For example :
Tom stayed at home last night.
Kate worked last Saturday.
I didnt go to the party yesterday.
 2. The simple past is used for a series of actions in
the past.

USES OF For example :

SIMPLE PAST I received the good news and immediately called
my husband.
He studied for an hour in the morning, worked all
afternoon and didnt return home until 10 at night.
 3. we use it for repeated or habitual actions in the
past.

For example:
USES OF We always traveled to Cancun for vacation when
we were young.
SIMPLE PAST
He walked 5 kilometers every day to work.
 4. We use it for narratives or actions of long periods
of time in the past.
For example:
I worked for many years in a museum
She didnt eat meat for years.
USES OF
SIMPLE PAST 5. It is used to talk of generalities or facts of the
past.
For example:
The Aztec lived in Mexico.
I played the guitar when I was a child.
 We use past simple to talk We use the present perfect to
about: talk about something that
happened in the past but is
A single finished action connected to the present.
in the past.
It happened in a present
A finished State in the time period
PAST SIMPLE past. Ex: I've been very busy today.
VS PRESENT A repeated action in It happened some time in
the past. my life up to now
PERFECT We often say when it Ex: Ive broken my arm three
happened. times
 PRESENT PERFECT
PAST SIMPLE
I have had three
I had three exams
exams already this
this week
week.
(It means the week
(means the week is
EXAMPLES has just ended)
not over yet)

I went to Cuba last

I have been to Cuba
year.
in the last year.