Past simple

What do we use the simple past for?

• To talk about a past habit

• To talk about experiences

• To talk about a completed action

• To talk about an action that happened before another action.

Answer explanation

Remember:

Utilizamos el pasado simple para hablar de acciones completas que empezaron en el pasado y terminaron en el pasado. Usualmente, encontramos una expresión de tiempo específica.

''Yesterday, I failed the exam''.

''Ayer, reprobé la prueba''.

What is the main characteristic of REGULAR VERBS?

• They don't follow rules.

• They end with -ed

• They end with -d.

• The two previous ones.

Answer explanation

Remember:

Los verbos REGULARES siguen la regla de que se conjugan con las letras ''ed'' o ''d'' si la palabra ya contiene ''e''.

Live ----- Lived

Play------ Played.

Una 3ra opción a la respuesta podría haber sido:

''They end with -ied''

• FALSE

• TRUE

Answer explanation

Learn!

Si un verbo termina con una

consonante + y

se le agrega ed.

PERO

Si el verbo termina en

vocal + y

Se cambia la ''y'' por ''i'' y se le agrega ''ed''.

Which of the following is NOT a REGULAR VERB?

• Wrote

• Slept

• Studied

• All of the previous ones.

Which is the main characteristic of IRREGULAR VERBS?

• They end in

  -ed/-d/-ied.

• They don't follow any rule.

• They are on the list.

• None of the previous ones.

Answer explanation

Remember:

Los verbos rebeldes, los irregulares, son impredecibles, no siguen reglas, es por ello que se encuentran en la lista de los verbos irregulares

lBase form l Past simple l

l l l

l be l was/were l

l see l saw l

l l l

Which of the following sentences uses the correct structure for an AFFIRMATIVE sentence using the past simple?

• I saw a movie yesterday.

• Last week, I have been to Bariloche.

• She had seen him before.

• None of the previous ones.

Answer explanation

Remember:

Tenemos que seguir la siguiente estructura para formar una oración afirmativa en pasado:

Sujeto - verbo- (rest of the sentence).

''I played football last week''.

''Jugué al fútbol la semana pasada''.

Which of the following is a grammatically correct NEGATIVE sentence using the past simple?

• I read a book.

• I didn't read a book.

• I haven't read a book

• I had not read a book.

Answer explanation

Remember:

Para hablar de forma negativa en el pasado, usamos el auxiliar ''didn't'' que es una combinación entre ''did + not''. Además el verbo no se conjuga.

''I did not understand this''

''No entendí esto''.

Which of the following sentences uses a structure for an INTERROGATIVE sentence using the simple past?

• Did you study?

• Have you studied?

• Do you study?

• None of the previous ones.

Complete the following sentence:

She _____ (see) a movie last weekend.

Complete the following sentence:

He _____ (not play) tennis well.