Simple past

Estructura:

  

The form of the past simple is the same for all persons (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they).

-The regular verbs form the “past simple” by adding -ed to the base form of the verb.

Verb (base form) + -ED

start / started

jump  jumped

There is only one form of the verb in the past tense.

These exceptions are dependent from the last letter of the base

form of the verb.

-If the verb ends in -E, we add only -D to form the past simple.

Verb (base form) + -D

Live /  lived

save / saved

change / changed

-If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a single vowel, we

double the final consonant and we add -ED to form the past simple.

Verb (base form) + final consonant + -ED

stop / stopped

plan /  planned

flip / flipped

-If the verb ends in -y preceded by a consonant, we change Y with

I, then we add -ED.

Verb (base form y i) + -ED

study / studied

cry / cried

marry / married

Remember...

-If the verb ends in -y preceded by a vowel, we regularly add -ED.

play played

-If the verb ends in -L, we double the L and we add -ED.

Verb (base form) + -L + -ED

travel travelled

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Ejemplos oraciones pasado simple en inglés

El pasado de los verbos regulares se forma escribiendo ed al final del verbo en su forma simple para todos las personas. Cuando el verbo termina en y, se elimina la y y se escribe ied al final: study cambia a studied. Cuando el verbo termina en e solo se escribe una d al final: live cambia a lived.

Ejemplos:

1. You worked very hard last week. (Tú trabajaste muy duro la semana pasada)
2. She lived in Japan last year. (Ella vivió en Japón el año pasado)
3. They learned how to swim two years ago. (Ellos aprendieron a nadar hace dos años)
4. She liked to sit  in the sun. (A ella le gustó sentarse en el sol)
5. He always walked to school. (Él siempre caminó para ir a la escuela)
6. I painted my house last weekend. (Yo pinté mi casa el fin de semana pasado)
7. Mr. Green worked with my uncle. (El Sr. Green trabajó con mi tío)
8. I married Kelly last year. (Me casé con Kelly el año pasado)
9. He worked in his garden yesterday. (El trabajó en su jardín ayer)
10. He studied for his English class. (Él estudió para su clase de inglés)
11. You watched television every night. (Usted vio televisión todas las noches)

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