Grammar Unit 2. 1º BACH.PAST SIMPLE, CONT AND PAST PERF

Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect Simple
Past Simple
Uso:
Para expresar acciones acabadas que ocurrieron en el
pasado.
Formas:
Afirmativa: Si el verbo es regular añade la terminación
–ed, (irregulares estudiar lista). No se añade –s/-es en la 3ª
persona.
We travelled to Italy
We went to Italy.
Past Simple
Negativa: Se forma con el auxiliar didn´t + el verbo en
infinitivo.
The train didn´t stop
Interrogativa: (Wh) + did (n´t) + sujeto + V inf
What did she buy at the shop?
Did your parents go with you?
Past Continuous
Usos:
Expresar una acción que estaba ocurriendo en un determinado
momento del pasado.
I was cooking dinner last night.
Expresar que algo estaba ocurriendo cuando pasó otra cosa. En este
caso se usa when , while y as.
I was eating when he called me
While she was studying I arrived
Expresar dos acciones simultáneas que ocurrieron en el pasado.
I was playing paddle while he was doing his homework.
Past continuous
Formas:
Afirmativa: Pasado del to be was /were + verbo
acabado en –ing.
She was cooking last night
Negativa: wasn´t / weren´t + verbo en –ing.
He wasn´t sleeping in his room.
Past Continuous.
Interrogativa: (Wh) + was / were + suj + V ing.
was your cousin working yesterday?
Where were your friends living last year?
Past Perfect
Usos:
Indicar que una acción tuvo lugar antes que otra (que
aparece en Past Simple).
she had gone before I arrived
Formas:
Afirmativa: Se forma con el pasado de have , had + el
participio del verbo.
Mary had finished her homework
Past Perfect
Negativa: Añadimos hadn´t + participio.
They hadn´t stopped drinking
Interrogativa: (Wh) + had + suj + participio
Where had they gone when you arrived?
Time expressions in the past
yesterday , the day before yesterday.
last year / month / week
two days ago
last night
By the time