UNIDAD DE EDUCACIÓN MEDIA SUPERIOR TECNOLÓGICA

INDUSTRIAL Y DE SERVICIOS

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS TECNOLÓGICOS, industrial y de servicios No. 88

CUADERNILLO DE INGLÉS II

Docente: Claudia Marcela García Peña

Semestre: Febrero – Julio 2020

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ÍNDICE
1. Portada 01

2. Índice 02

3. Concepto verbo to be en pasado 03 -04

simple
3.1. Ejercicios de práctica con was/
were 05

4. Tema: There was/ there were 06

4.1. Ejercicios de práctica con there
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was/ there were

5. Pasado Simple con auxiliary “did” – 08- 10

Concepto
5.1. Ejercicios de práctica con pasado
simple 11-12

6. Used to – Concepto 13
6.1. Ejercicios de práctica con used
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to

7. Pasado Progresivo – Concepto 15

7.1. Ejercicios de práctica (pasado
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progresivo)

8. Bibliografía 17

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Was/ Were
How to Form the Past Tense of the English Verb “to be”

The main difference between the past tense and the present tense is whether the action you
are describing occurred now or in the past. Here are some examples of using the verb “to be”
in both the past and present tense:

Verb “to be” in past simple Verb “to be” in simple present
I was a huge fan. I am a huge fan.

We were happier last year. We are happier this year.

They were at home. They are at home.

Now, to understand how to formulate the verb “to be”in past simple yourself, look at the
table below:

The rules are as follows:

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I, he, she, it – was

You, we, they – were

For first person singular and third person singular, use the word was. In all other cases, use
were.

For example:

 She was a student.

 They were doctors.

Asking question with the verb “to be” in past

In order to ask a question, was/were needs to be at the beginning of the sentence:

 Was she a student?

 Were they doctors?

Using the negative form of “to be” in past simple

In negative sentences, add the adverb not and put it before the word was/were.

Remember that most of the time the contraction (shortened form) is used in negative
sentences: wasn’t = was not/weren’t = were not.

 He wasn’t at the cinema with us.

 We weren’t at home on Sunday.
 I wasn’t hungry.

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Exercise with was/ were

1. Do the next sentences using the past tense with verb to be in affirmative, negative and
question with their short answers in negative and affirmative.
Example:
The woman was in the church
The woman was not in the church
Was the woman in the church?
Yes, She was.
No, She was not

a) She ______ a beautiful woman.

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_____________________________________________

b) My aunt _________ here yesterday.

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_____________________________________________

c) My friends ___________ ready to go out last week.

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______________________________________________

d) That picture __________ expensive three years ago.

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______________________________________________

e) She _________ an excellent student in her class.

______________________________________________
______________________________________________

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There was/ There were

Just as there is and there are, We use there was and there were to talk about the existence of
people, animals or things, but in the past.

There was is used with singular nouns and there were is used with plural nouns.

Examples: There was a dog outside my house this morning.

There were a lot of people at the concert last night.

 Affirmative: There + was/were + complement

 Negative: There + was/were + not + complement
 Interrogative: Was/were + there + complement + ?

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Exercise with there was/ there were:
1. Complete the sentences with there was /there were.

a) There _______ a pool in the hotel.

b) There _______ some good soccer games on TV now.

c) There _______ a hospital near their house.

d) There________ any butter in the fridge.

e) Yesterday there _________ only one scarecrow on the field.

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Simple past tense
The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a completed
action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. The
time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not
important.

Examples

 John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.

 My father died last year.
 He lived in Fiji in 1976.
 We crossed the Channel yesterday.

You always use the simple past when you say when something happened, so it is associated
with certain past time expressions

 frequency: often, sometimes, always

I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
I often brought my lunch to school.

 a definite point in time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago
We saw a good film last week.
Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
She finished her work atseven o'clock
I went to the theatre last night

 an indefinite point in time: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago
People lived in caves a long time ago.
She played the piano when she was a child.

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Note: the word ago is a useful way of expressing the distance into the past. It is placed after
the period of time: a week ago, three years ago, a minute ago.

Be Careful: The simple past in English may look like a tense in your own language, but the
meaning may be different.

Forming the simple past tense

 Affirmative
Subject + verb + ed
I skipped.
 Negative
Subject + did not + infinitive without to
They didn't go.
 Interrogative

Did + subject + infinitive without to

Did she arrive?

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I walked I didn't walk Did I walk?
You walked You didn't walk Did you walk?

He walked He didn't walk Did he walk?

We walked We didn't walk Did we walk?

They walked They didn't walk Did they walk?

Simple past, irregular verbs

Some verbs are irregular in the simple past. Here are the most common ones.

to go

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  He went to a club last night.
 Did he go to the cinema last night?
 He didn't go to bed early last night.

to give

 We gave her a doll for her birthday.

 They didn't give John their new address.
 Did Barry give you my passport?

to come

1. My parents came to visit me last July.

2. We didn't come because it was raining.
3. Did he come to your party last week?

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Exercise with past simple tense

1. Do the next sentences using the past tense in affirmative, negative and
question with their short answers in negative and affirmative forms as the
example:

My husband worked in that office. (work)

My husband did not work in that office.
Did my husband work in that office?
Yes, my husband did.
No, my husband did not.

a) My father ___________ in that Company last year. (work)

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

b) My brothers __________ french a year ago. (learn)

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

c) I _________ all the night yesterday. (drive)

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___________________________________________________________

d) The cat _______ fish last week. (eat)

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____________________________________________________________

e) I _______ my purse in the store. (loose)

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Used to
If you want to talk about habits or your daily routine in the past

You can use the verb used to.

Examples:

When I was young, I used to play in the park with my friends.

(I don’t play in the park with my friends now.)

I used to be a picky eater. I eat everything now!

I used to play a lot of sports when I was young. After I broke my leg I stopped playing sports.

Grammar Structure:

Subject + used to + main verb in present simple tense + complement

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Exercises with used to

1. Complete the next sentences with used to and the verb in brackets as
the example:

I used to visit exotic places a long time ago. (visit)

a) I _______________________ to the school before pandemic. (go)

b) We _________________________ chess with a lot of people. (play)

c) You _________________________ comic books. (read)

d) The teachers _____________________ exams to their students. (apply)

e) I ___________________________ many cats in house. (have)

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Past progressive tense
The past progressive puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past.

Forms
Positive Negative Question

I / he / she / it I was speaking. I was not speaking. Was I speaking?

you / we / they You were speaking. You were not speaking. Were you speaking?

Exceptions in Spelling

Exceptions in spelling when adding ing Example

come – coming
final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed)
(but: agree – agreeing)

after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled sit – sitting

l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in British English) travel – travelling

final ie becomes y lie – lying

Grammar Structure:

Subject + was/were + main verb ending in “ing” + complement

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Exercise with past progressive tense

2. Do the next sentences using past progressive tense in affirmative, negative and
question with their short answers in negative and affirmative forms.
Example:
They were saving money last year. (save)
They were not saving money last year
Were They saving money last year?
Yes, They were
No, they were not

a) She _______________ a beautiful poem. ( write)

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

b) Peter ____________french at a Canada´s University. (study)

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

c) I ________________ on line every day. (work)

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

d) The home office ____________ complicated. (result)

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

e) The coronavirus ______________ the health. (affect)

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Bibliography

https://preply.com/en/blog/2020/05/06/the-verb-to-be-in-past-simple-tense/#scroll-to-
heading-0

https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/simple-past-tense/

http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar-how-to-use-used-to/

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive

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978-602-070-749-7

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