SIMPLE PAST
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 |
Regular Verb (to work) Statements
+ | Regular Verb (to work) Statements
- | Questions | Short answer
+ | Short answer
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| I worked. | I didn't work. | Did I work? | Yes, I did. | No, I didn't. |
| He worked. | He didn't work. | Did he work? | Yes, he did. | No, he didn't. |
| She worked. | She didn't work. | Did she work? | Yes, she did. | No, she didn't. |
| It worked. | It didn't work. | Did it work? | Yes, it did. | No, it didn't. |
| You worked. | You didn't work. | Did you work? | Yes you did. | No, you didn't. |
| We worked. | We didn't work. | Did we work? | Yes we did. | No, we didn't. |
| They worked. | They didn't work. | Did they work? | Yes they did. | No, they didn't. |
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 irregularesLos 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.
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