English

Simple Past

In the simple past, there are two ways to distinguish in regulars and irregulars verbs.

The regulars verbs:

Syntax (POSITIVE FORM):
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they + VERB (PAST FORM) + Complement

-The verbs regulars, make up the past adding

Rules:

-Verbs ending in e, add d.
- Consonant + y change y => i + ed.
- Wowel + consonant, double the consonant and add ed.
- y and w, at the end of a word are not consonant sounds. So verbs ending in y or w don't double consonant.

Examples:
- Linten => Linstened
- Like => Liked
- Study=> Studied
- Play => Played

Examples: NO MATTER WHICH IS THE SUBJECT: ALWAYS wear the same CONJUGATION

1) Maria played soccer last week.
2) Pedro and Juan watched TV yesterday
3) We studied for the test but we all failed.
4) They talked on the phone for two hours last night.

NEGATIVE FORM:

In the negative form we need to use the auxiliary did + not (didn’t). remember that when we use the auxiliary we put the verb in the INFINITIVE form. The auxiliary didn’t is used in the negative form with verbs that are not to be. DO NOT USE DIDN’T WITH WAS OR WERE!!!

Subject	Auxiliary (did) + not	Infinitive
I You She He It We They	Did not (didn’t)	Study Work Play Go Eat Arrive Live

Positive form	Negative form
She studied all night	She didn’t study all night

Simple Past (QUESTION FORM)

In the question form we need to use the auxiliary “Did” and we have to write the verb in the INFINITIVE form

We can also place the question word before this structure:

QW + DID + Subject+ Verb (Infinitive)

Examples:

- What did you do yesterday?
- Where did Maria go last week?
- What time did Pedro leave the party?
- When did Sarah get married?
- How many bottles of beer did they drink?

* As seen in this comparison, the only thing that changes is the auxiliary.

Present Simple	Past Simple
(-) I don’t study	I didn’t study
(-) She doesn’t work	She didn’t work
(?) Does she study?	Did she study?
(?) Do you like movies?	Did you like the movie?