NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CALLAO

FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

COURSE: ENGLISH III

GRAMMAR: SIMPLE PAST
FUNCTION:
- USING SIMPLE PAST FOR COMPLETE ACTIONS IN THE PAST
- USING SIMPLE PAST WE FIND REGULAR AND IRREGULAR
VERBS

TEACHER:
- JAUREGUI PALOMINO MARIA LUZ
STUDENT:
- INFANTES HUACANCA MICHAEL JUNIOR
CODE: 1513200575
ACADEMIC SEMESTER: 2019 N

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INDEX

1. Grammar Topic
2. Song
3. Conclusions
4. References

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Grammar Topic
Simple past:
The simple past in English is equivalent to the imperfect past and indefinite preterite of
Spanish. We use the simple past for complete actions in the past. The time period of
these actions is not as important as in Spanish. In the simple past there are regular
verbs and irregular verbs.

Grammatical rules.

 Form

To form the simple past with regular verbs, we use the infinitive and add the
ending "-ed". The form is the same for all people (I, you, he, she, it, we, they).

Examples

Want wanted

Learn learned

Stay stayed

Walk walked

Exceptions:

1. For verbs that end in an "e", we only add "-d".

Examples:
change → changed
believe → believed
2. If the verb ends in a short vowel and a consonant (except "y" or "w"), we double the
final consonant.

Examples:
stop → stopped
commit → committed

3. With verbs that end in a consonant and a "y", the "y" is changed to an "i".

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Examples:
study → studied
try → tried
Note: There are many irregular verbs in English. Unfortunately, there is no established
standard to train them. See a list of irregular verbs here. Next you have the three most
common irregular verbs and those that act as auxiliary verbs.

Verb Past simple

be was (I, he, she, it)
were (you, we, they)
do did
have had
Pronunciation.
We pronounce the ending "-ed" differently depending on the letter that goes to the end
of the infinitive. In general the "e" is silent.

1. With infinitives that end in "p", "f", "k" or "s" (unvoiced consonants, except "t") we
pronounce the ending "-ed" as a "t".
Examples:
Looked [lukt]
kissed [kisst]

2. With infinitives that end in "b", "g", "l", "m", "n", "v", "z" (voiced consonants, except
"d") or a vowel, we pronounce only the D".
Examples:

Yelled [jeld]
cleaned [klind]
3. With the infinitives that end in "d" or "t", we pronounce the "e" as an "i".
Examples:

ended[endid]
waited[weitid]
Structure

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1. Affirmative Sentences

Subject + main verb…

Examples:

She was a doctor. (Era doctora.)

The keys were in the drawer. (Las llaves estaban en el cajón.)
I wanted to dance. (Quería bailar.)
They learned English. (Aprendieron inglés.)
We believed him. (Le creímos.)
I bought a blue car. (Compré un coche azul.)
2. Negative Sentences

To be:

Subject + “to be” + “not”…

Examples:

She wasn’t a doctor. (Ella no era doctora.)

The keys weren’t in the drawer. (Las llaves no estaban en el cajón.)

Note: The verb "to have got", which in the present simple follows the same rules as the
verb "to be", can not be used in the past. To indicate possession in the past, we use
the verb "to have".

All other verbs:

Subject + auxiliar verb (to do) + “not” + main verb (infinitive form)…
Examples:

I didn’t want to dance. (No quería bailar.)

They didn’t learn English.(No aprendieron inglés)
We didn’t believe him.(No le creímos.)
I didn’t buy a blue car.(No compré un coche azul.)

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Note: In negative sentences, the auxiliary verb be in the past ("did") and the main verb
remains in the infinitive.
3. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas)

To be:

“To be” + subject…?

Examples:

Was she a doctor? (¿Era doctora?)

Were the keys in the drawer? (¿Estaban las llaves en el cajón?)
All other verbs:

Auxiliar verb (to do) + subject + main verbo ( infinitive form)…?

Examples

Did you want to dance? (¿Querías bailar?)

Did they learn English? (¿Aprendieron inglés?)
Did you believe him? (¿Le creíste?)
Did you buy a blue car? (¿Compraste un coche azul?)
Note: As in the negative sentences, the auxiliary verb goes in the past ("did") and the
main verb stays in the infinitive.

Uses

1. The simple past is used to talk about a concrete action that began and ended in the
past. In this case it is equivalent to the indefinite Spanish preterit. Generally, we use it
with adverbs of time like "last year", "yesterday", "last night" ...
Ejemplos:

Tom stayed at home last night.(Tom se quedó en casa anoche.)

Kate worked last Saturday.(Kate trabajó el sábado pasado.)
I didn’t go to the party yesterday.(No fui a la fiesta ayer.)

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 Did they walk to school this morning?(¿Han andado a la escuela esta
mañana?)

2. The past simple is used for a series of actions in the past.

Examples:

I received the good news and immediately called my husband. (Recibí la buena
noticia y llamé de inmediato a mi marido.)
He studied for an hour in the morning, worked all afternoon and didn’t return
home until 10 at night. (Estudió durante una hora por la mañana, trabajó toda la tarde y
no regresó a casa hasta las 10 de la noche.)

3. We also use it for repeated or habitual actions in the past, as the imperfect Spanish
past tense is used
Examples:

We always traveled to Cancun for vacation when we were young. (Siempre

viajábamos a Cancun durante las vacaciones cuando éramos jóvenes.)
He walked 5 kilometers every day to work. (Caminaba 5 kilómetros hasta el
trabajo cada día.)

4. We use it for narrations or actions of long periods in the past, such as the imperfect
Spanish past tense.
Examples:

I worked for many years in a museum. (Trabajaba en un museo durante

muchos años.)
She didn’t eat meat for years. (No comía carne durante años.)

5. It is used to talk about generalities or past events

Examples:

The Aztec lived in Mexico.(Los aztecas vivían en México)

I played the guitar when I was a child.(Tocaba la guitarra cuando era niño.)

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Song: Wake me up when September ends
Band: Green Day
Album: American Idiot
Gender: Alternativo
Launching: 2004

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BAND

American group of rock music with punk reminiscences, formed in 1988 in Berkeley
and integrated by Billie Joe Armstrong (voice, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass) and Tre Cool
(drums). Billie Joe Armstrong (born in 1972 in California) and Mike Dirnt (whose real
name is Mike Pritchard, born in 1972), residents of the Californian town of Rodeo,
formed the band in the late eighties.

The last recordings of the band of Berkeley have been Warning (2000), Americanidiot
(2004) and the direct Bullet in a Bible (2005). For one of the songs that make up this
latest album, Boulevard of broken dreams, the band received a Grammy for the best
recording of the year.

Wake me up when September ends (Green Day).

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my fathers come to pass

Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again

Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

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 Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again

Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass

Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends

Sentences.

- Summer has come and passed

- Seven years has gone so fast
- We did when spring began

Conclusions
With the use of the simple past we can form sentences from verbs.

Sentences can be formed using two verbs (one as auxiliary and the other as main).

References

https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/g/green_day.htm
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greenday/wakemeupwhenseptemberends.html

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