PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE (+)
Subject pronoun +verb
ended by -ed
I played
You played
She/He/It played
We played
You played
They played
FORMS
NEGATIVE (-)
QUESTION (¿)
Subject pronoun +
auxiliary +not + Verb
Auxiliary+ Subject
pronoun + Verb
I did not play = I didn’t
play
You did not play = You
didn’t play
She/He/It did not play =
She/He/It didn’t play
We didn’t play = We
didn’t play
You did not play = You
didn’t play
They did not play = They
didn’t play
Did I play?
Did you play?
Did she/he/it play?
Did we play?
Did you play?
Did they play
NOTA:
 En la tercera persona del singular no hay cambios. Sólo con el pasado del verbo to
be:
I was /I wasn’t/ Was I?
You were /You weren’t/Were you?
He/She/It was/ He/She/It wasn’t/ Was he/she/it?
We were/We weren’t/Were we?
You were /You weren’t/Were you?
They were/ They weren’t/Were they?
 Para formar el pasado le añadimos –ed al verbo (cuando éste es regular):
Play – played
 En los verbos terminados en –e añadimos una d:
Like – liked
 Cuando el verbo termina en una consonante + y, la y cambia a –ied.
Hurry – hurried
 Cuando un verbo monosílabo termina con una vocal y una consonante dobla la
consonante:
Plan - planned
 Hay algunos verbos que tienen los pasados irregulares, para aprenderlos hay que
estudiarlos (ver listado de verbos):
Become – became - become
USOS:
 Para algo que sucedió en el pasado y ya ha terminado (una acción completa):
Elvis Presley died in 1977
PAST CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE (+)
Subject pronoun +verb
be+ verb ended by –ing
I was playing
You were playing
She/He/It was playing
We were playing
You were playing
They were playing
FORMS
NEGATIVE (-)
Subject pronoun + verb
be +not + verb ended
by -ing
I wasn’t playing
You weren’t playing
She/He/It wasn’t playing
We weren’t playing
You weren’t playing
They weren’t playing
QUESTION (¿)
Verb be + Subject
pronoun + Verb ended
by -ing
Was I playing?
Were you playing?
Was he/She/It playing?
Were we playing?
Were you playing?
Were they playing?
NOTA:
 Para ver cómo las reglas al añadir –ing mira los apuntes del present continuous.
 Recuerda que es el verbo to be en pasado + verbo acabado en –ing.
USOS:
 Cuando estamos en un momento del pasado y estábamos en medio de una acción.
I was cooking when the telephone rang.
We were talking when she appeared.
 Se usa con acciones no con estados. Para estados utilizamos el past simple.
I didn’t know where you were not I wasn’t knowing
I was running through the forest.
PAST CONTINUOUS OR SIMPLE?
 Normalmente utilizamos ambos tiempos juntos cuando una acción más corta sucede
en la mitad de otra más larga.
While Laura was sitting in the garden, it suddenly began to rain.
 Utilizamos el past continuous detrás de while, as o when.
As we were driving down the hill, an strange object appeared in the sky.
You drove right past me when I was waiting for the bus.
While I was studying he prepared dinner.
 También podemos utilizar when delante del past simple.
David was making lunch when the telephone rang.
 Usamos dos formas en past simple para una acción tras otra.
When we saw the spaceship, we stopped the car.
 A menudo usamos el past continuous para describir circunstancias pasadas.
The sun was shining
 Usamos el pasado simple para describir acciones en una historia.
We arrived at the beach