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Use of Simple Past: English REF

The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It provides examples of how to use the simple past tense to talk about actions that are completed in the past. It also discusses how to form questions and negatives in the simple past tense.

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English REF
Use of simple past
Integrantes
Cristian Gutiérrez
Juan Sánchez
Camilo Susa
Simple Past Tense
The simple past is a verb tense that is
used to talk about things that happened
or existed before now. Imagine
someone asks what your brother
Wolfgang did while he was in town last
weekend.
Example :Wolfgang participó en un
concurso de hula hoop.
Example: Wolfgang entered a hula hoop
contes
Example: He won the silver medal.
Example: Él ganó la medalla de plata.
The simple past tense shows that you are talking
about something that has already happened.
Unlike the past continuous tense, which is
used to talk about past events that happened
over a period of time, the simple past tense
emphasizes that the action is finished
Example :Wolfgang admired the way the
light glinted off his silver medal.
Example : Wolfgang admiró la forma en que la luz
se reflejaba en su medalla de plata.
Use gramatical past simple

1. The simple past is used to talk about a specific action that


began and ended in the past, which is usually equivalent to the
Spanish indefinite past. We use it with adverbs of time like "last
year", "yesterday", "last night" ...
Ej.: Did you meet your boss last Monday? (¿Te encontraste con tu
jefe el lunes pasado?)
Ej.: I needed to buy that delicious chocolate cake. (Yo necesitaba
comprar esa deliciosa torta de chocolate).
Ej.: Loren checked her notes in school. (Loren chequeó sus notas
en la escuela).
2. The past simple is used for a set of actions carried
out in the past.

Ej.: We started our homework on time and then


we asked for an ice cream (Comenzamos nuestra
tarea a tiempo y luego preguntamos por un helado).
Ej.: You visited your friends right after your mom told
you not to go outside today. (Visitaste tus amigos
justo después que tu madre te dijo que no podías
salir hoy)
Learn how Negation is formed in the
Past Simple in English

Even in cases of regular


verbs, the formation
of the negation in
"past simple" is
simpler than the
statement, since its
structure is reduced
to the following
expression:
The question in the past simple
Even if the verbs
are regular, the
auxiliary verb “to
do” is used in the
past tense (did) to
formulate a
question. The
proper structure
of this verb tense
is as follows:
Excepciones
1. For verbs that end in an "e", we just add "-d“
Ej.: reduce         reduced

2. If the verb ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant (except


“y” or “w”) and also the last syllable is a tonic, we double
the final consonant.
Ej.: drag            dragged

3. With verbs that end in a consonant and an “y”, the “y” is


changed to an “i”.
Ej.: modify         modified
Thanks!

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