grammar past tense

PAST SIMPLE
AF
NEG
o
o
o
o
o
o
INT
I visited
did not visit(didn´t visit)
did I visit….?
You visited
He/she/it sings
did not visit(didn´t visit)
did he/she/it visit…?
We sing
we visit….?
You sing
did you not visit (didn´t visit)
Did you visit…?
The sing
they visit…?
--Se usa para expresar hechos Pasados y acciones.
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Hay verbos regulares (+ed) e irregulare (listado*)
Excepciones de los verbos regulares:
o Si acaba en e solo se añade D(live.. lived)
o Si tiene 1 sílaba y acaba en vocal+consonante se dobla la consonante
(stop---stopped)
o Si acaba en Y se cambia la Y por I (study---studied)
o 2 sílabas vocal+ consonante se dobla la consonante (permit—
permitted)
o Si tiene 2 sílabas y acaba el L ó P dobla (kidnap—kidnapped)
El presente simple suele ir acompañado de expresiones temporale que indican en qué
momento sucedió la acción.(yesterday, ago, last night, in the past, at+1 hora, ). EJ:
They went to school yesterday
THE PAST CONTINUOUS
AF
NEG
o
o
o
o
o
o
I was singing
You were singing
He/she/it was singing
We were singing
You were singing
They were singing
INT
was not(wasn´t)
was I singing….?
were not (weren´t) were you singing…?
was not(wasn´t)
was it/he/she singing…?
were not (weren´t)
were you singing?
Se forma con el pasado del verbo TO BE(WAS/WERE)
Se utiliza para expresar lo que estaba sucediendo en el pasado y para describir 2 ó más
acciones prolongadas y simultaneas en el pasado unidas por WHILE or AS Ej: they were
watching Tv while/as their father was sleeping
El verbo que va en ING :
o Si acaba en e muda pierde esa vocal (write-wrting)
o I tiene 1 silaba y acaba en vocal y consonante dobla la consonante (sitsitting)
o Con 2 sílabas y acaba en vocal+1 consonante dobla (refer-referring)
o Si tiene 2 sílabas y acaba en L ó P dobla (travel-travelling)
o Si acaba en ie cambia ie por Y (die dying)
CONTRASTE THE PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
El primero Expresa que indica que la acción ocurrió y terminó en en tiempo indicado en
la frase mientras que el segundo habla de acciones prolongada que estaban ocurriendo en
el pasado.
Ej: She studied English yesterday
She was studing all day
Conn el past simple se suele utilizar WHEN y con el past continuos WHILE or AS
David came while I was doing the homework