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Simple Past: Gestión de Formación Profesional Integral Procedimiento Desarrollo Curricular Guía de Aprendizaje

The document provides guidance for curriculum development procedures as part of an integrated vocational training management process. It outlines the steps for developing a learning guide, including determining the training needs, defining learning objectives, selecting appropriate content and learning activities, and establishing an evaluation plan. The guide aims to help design curricula that equip students with relevant and up-to-date skills for the labor market.

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Simple Past: Gestión de Formación Profesional Integral Procedimiento Desarrollo Curricular Guía de Aprendizaje

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GESTIÓN DE FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL INTEGRAL

PROCEDIMIENTO DESARROLLO CURRICULAR


GUÍA DE APRENDIZAJE

Simple Past

The simple past (also called past simple, past indefinite or preterite) is a verb tense which
is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the past. The
simple past is also frequently used to talk about past habits and generalizations. Read on
for detailed descriptions, examples, and simple past exercises.

Simple Past Forms

The simple past is formed using the verb + ed. In addition, there are many verbs with
irregular past forms. Questions are made with did and negative forms are made with did
not.

 Statement: You called Debbie.
 Question: Did you call Debbie?
 Negative: You did not call Debbie.

Complete List of Simple Past Forms

Simple Past Uses

USE 1 Completed Action in the Past

Use the simple past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific
time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but
they do have one specific time in mind.

Examples:

 I saw a movie yesterday.


 I didn't see a play yesterday.
 Last year, I traveled to Japan.
 Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
 Did you have dinner last night?
 She washed her car.
 He didn't wash his car.

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USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions

We use the simple past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions
happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on.

Examples:

 I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.


 He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the
others at 10:00.
 Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?

USE 3 Duration in the Past

The simple past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration
is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes,
all day, all year, etc.

Examples:

 I lived in Brazil for two years.


 Shauna studied Japanese for five years.
 They sat at the beach all day.
 They did not stay at the party the entire time.
 We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
 A: How long did you wait for them?
B: We waited for one hour.

USE 4 Habits in the Past

The simple past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can
have the same meaning as "used to." To make it clear that we are talking about a habit,
we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child,
when I was younger, etc.

Examples:

 I studied French when I was a child.


 He played the violin.
 He didn't play the piano.
 Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid?
 She worked at the movie theater after school.
 They never went to school, they always skipped class.
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+ USED TO Example: I used to go to the beach every day.

It is better not to use used to in questions or negative forms; however, this is sometimes
done in informal spoken English. It is better to ask questions and create negative
sentences using simple past.

USE 1 Habit in the Past

Used to expresses the idea that something was an old habit that stopped in the past. It
indicates that something was often repeated in the past, but it is not usually done now.

Examples:

 Jerry used to study English.
 Sam and Mary used to go to Mexico in the summer.
 I used to start work at 9 o'clock.
 Christine used to eat meat, but now she is a vegetarian.

Exercises:

https://www.really-learn-english.com/simple-past-exercises.html

https://bristolenos.com/2017/06/26/lista-de-verbos-irregulares-en-ingles/

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/past-simple.htm

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