Past simple
It is used to talk about completed actions or events that happened in the past.
There are regular and irregular verbs.
Regular verbs are those that have the letters ED or D added.
Irregular verbs, on the other hand, change a letter or completely.
Es usado para hablar acerca de acciones completadas o eventos que pasaron en el pasado.
Hay verbos regulares e irregulares. Los regulares son aquellos que se le agrega las letras ED o D. Por otro lado los irregulares cambian completamente o una letra.
Examples/Ejemplos
| Regular | Irregular |
|---|---|
| Want / Wanted | Eat / Ate |
| Need / Needed | Tell / Told |
| Talk / Talked | Have / Had |
| Walk / Walked | Buy / Bought |
| Like / Liked | Write / Wrote |
| Call / Called | See / Saw |
| Say / Said | Meet / Met |
Affirmative / Afirmativa
| Subject (Sujeto) | Verb + ED, D or Irregular | Rest of Sentence (Resto de la oración) | Translation (Traducción) |
|---|---|---|---|
| I, You, We, They | Walked | To the store | Caminé a la tienda |
| He, She | Bought | A new car | Compró un nuevo carro |
| It | Worked | Good the last time | Esto trabajó bien la última vez |
Negative / Negativa
| Subject (Sujeto) | Did not (Didn’t) + Infinitive Verb | Rest of Sentence (Resto de la oración) | Translation (Traducción) |
|---|---|---|---|
| I, You, We, They | Didn’t Walk | To the store | No caminé a la tienda |
| He, She | Didn’t Buy | A new car | No compró un nuevo carro |
| It | Didn’t Work | Good the last time | Esto no trabajó bien la última vez |
When you use didn’t (which is the way of saying no in the past tense), the verb remains in the infinitive. The verb does not change.
Cuando tú usas didn’t (que es la forma de decir no en pasado), el verbo se mantiene en infinitivo. El verbo no cambia.
Interrogative / Interrogativa
| Aux (Auxiliar) | Subject (Sujeto) | Infinitive Verb | Rest of Sentence (Resto de la oración) | Translation (Traducción) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did | I, You, We, They | Walk | To the store? | ¿Caminé a la tienda? |
| Did | He, She | Buy | A new car? | ¿Se compró un nuevo carro? |
| Did | It | Work | Good the last time? | ¿Esto trabajó bien la última vez? |
When you use did (which is the way of asking a question in the past tense), the verb remains in the infinitive. The verb does not change.
Cuando tú usas did (que es la forma de preguntar en pasado), el verbo se mantiene en infinitivo. El verbo no cambia.
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