Friday 15 February 2013

El Pasado Simple -verbos regulares /Past Simple (regular verbs)



PAST SIMPLE

We use the Past Simple to talk about finished actions in the past.

- With regular verbs, we usually add 'ed' to the verb.

Examples: talk: talked  watch: watched wait: waited

- If the verbs ends in 'e' (for example, live), we add 'd' to the verb.

Examples: use:used like: liked celebrate: celebrated

- If a short verb ends in a vowel + consonant (for example, plan), we double the consonant and add 'ed'.

Examples: stop:stopped admit: admitted travel: travelled

- If the verb ends in consonant + 'y' (for example, try), we change the 'y' to 'i'and add 'ed'.

Examples: study: studied carry: carried marry: married

Signal words: 'yesterday', '2 minutes ago', 'in 1990', 'the other day', 'last Friday'…

Affirmative
Interrogative
Negative
I walked
Did I walk?
I didn’t walk
You walked
Did you walk?
You didn’t walk
She/he/it walked
Did she/he/it walk?
She/he/it didn’t walk
We walked
Did we walk?
We didn’t walk
You walked
Did you walk?
You didn’t walk
They walked
Did they walk?
They didn’t walk




Attention to this:



I was born in 1966.

When were you born?

A video about the Past Simple:

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