Past simple - El pretérito simple
- Describe an actions that happened at a specific time in the past and are now
completed.: Describe acciones que sucedieron en un momento específico del
pasado y que ahora están completadas.
1. Regular verbs - Verbo regular
- add -ed to the base form of the verb
Example: cook - cooked
watch -watched
listen - listened
bake - baked (hornear)
work - worked
wash - washed
2. Irregular verbs - Verbo irregular
- do not follow a specific pattern and change in different ways. So we have to
remember.
Example: go -went
have - had
ride - rode
write - wrote
read - read
wear - wore
go - went
get - got
sing - sang (sing a song)
make - made
3. Negative sentences
I didn't like the movie last night.
She didn't go to the party yesterday.
He went cycling yesterday afternoon.
=> He didn't go cycling yesterday afternoon.
I read a newspaper yesterday morning.
=> I didn't read a newspaper yesterday morning.
We went skiing last summer.
=> We didn't go skiing last summer.
4. Questions
Did you see the football match last night?
Did your daughter call you yesterday?
Leo sent me a message yesterday.
=> Did Leo send you a message yesterday?
They cooked dinner last night.
=> Did they cook dinner last night?
She sang some songs with her friends at the party.
=> Did she sing some songs with her friends at the party?
5. Time expressions:
- Yesterday/ yesterday morning/ yesterday afternoon
- Last week/month/year
- Two days ago
Today is Tuesday.
Two days ago was Sunday
- 2 hours ago
- 10 minutes ago