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School of Civil Engineering

Intensive English I

Teacher: ASTRID UZCATEGUI

San Cristobal, March 2017

Conjugación

Significado

I worked yo trabajé

you worked tú trabajaste

he worked él trabajó

we worked nosotros trabajamos

you worked vosotros trabajasteis

they worked

ellos trabajaron

Simple Past

1.Conjugation of the simple past

The structure of the past simple in

English is

2.Construction of the pastAs a general

rule, to form the past in English is added "-ed"

to a verb.

work➜worked

Although considerations must be taken into

account:3.Irregular verbs

For irregular verbs you have to memorize your

past form.Here are a couple of examples of irregular

verbs:

Verbo Pasado Significado

to go went ir

to buy bought comprar

to have had tener

to be was/were ser o estar

I went to the University of OxfordFui a la universidad de Oxford

4.Past in verbs ending in "-e"

To form the past, the final "-e" is

replaced by "-ed"

Verbo Pasado

use used

die died

5.The denial in the simple past

The formation of "simple past" negation is simpler than

affirmation.Its structure is:

[SUBJECT] + did + not + [VERB IN INFINITIVE (without

to)]Here are a couple of

examples:

I did not singyo no cantéhe did not singél no cantó

6.The interrogation in the simple pastTo construct the interrogation the

auxiliary verb to do in past (did) is used.The structure is:

Did + [SUJETO] + [VERBO

EN INFINITIVO (sin to)] ?

Conjugación Significado

did I sing? ¿canté?

did you sing? ¿cantaste?

did he sing? ¿cantó?

did we sing? ¿cantamos?

did you sing? ¿cantasteis?

did they sing? ¿cantaron?

7.Using the simple past

The "past simple" is used to:

Actions that began in the past and are now

finished.I ate an apple yesterdayMe comí una manzana ayer

8.Temporary ComplementsUsually with the

sentences in "simple past" it is necessary to detail when the action

was performed (explicitly or by context).For example:

I played a match last weekJugué un partido la semana pasada

We enumerate some other temporary

complements of this verbal time by way of

example:Complemento

Significado

yesterday

ayer

two years ago

hace dos años

in 2008 en 2008

last year hace un año

on 01/01/2000

el 01/01/2000

in July en julio