EUE

«Expresar hechos
en el Pasado»
-Did you know him?
-What do you know
about him?
* Michael was 50 years old in 2008.
His hair was straight and long, and his
skin was completely white. He wasn’t
member of the “Jackson 5” band with his
brothers at that time.
* He was 24 years old when he made the
video“Thriller “ in 1982. That CD was the
best album he produced in his life. He
started to be famous in the ´80.
Physically, his skin was dark at that
moment.
* This was Michael as a little boy. He was 8
years old in 1966. He was a member of
the “Jackson 5” band with his 4 older
brothers. He really had talent for
singing and dancing.
*Verbo To Be( ser / estar) en *Verbo to Be en Pasado:
presente:

*I …… Am/ am not *…..was// was not

*He, She , It …Is / is not *…..was // was not
*We, You , They are/ are not *……were // were not

*
* Afirmación *Otras preguntas necesitan
* -Michael Jackson was a singer. antes de :
*What (Qué)
* Negación *Where (Dónde)
* -He was not a nurse. *When (Cuándo)
*Why (Por qué)
* Interrogación *How (Cómo)
* -Was Michael an architect?
*Which (Cuál)

*
 Affirmative The v ideo Thriller appeared The v ideo won 12 Grammy Nominations
in 1982. at that time.

Negative The v ideo didn’t appear in The v ideo didn´t win a Martin Fierro 20
1990. years ago.

Yes, it did. Yes, it did.

Did Thriller appear in ´90s? Did the v ideo win 8 nominations?

Interrogative Forms
No, it didn´t. No, it didn´t.

-When did Thriller appear? -How many nominations did the v ideo win?

It appeared in 1982. It won 12 Grammy nominations.

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-Para formar el Pasado Simple afirmativo de los verbos regulares
 Did va antes del sujeto y se usa la forma base del verbo
-El auxiliar
con todas las personas. También se pueden usar palabras con
Wh- para formar preguntas. (What, Where, Which, When, etc.)

e.g. Did Michael create any dance techniques?

Which prize did Michael win?

-Hay verbos que no cambian su forma cuando están en forma

pasada , afirmativa, negativa o en la pregunat, por ejemplo: e.g. put,
cut, spread, hit, etc.
e.g. He put a lot of effort in his choreographies.
Did Michael cut his hair many times? Yes, he did.
M.Jackson´s money didn´t spread among the fans.
-Para formar el Pasado Simple negativo, se usa
“did not” (didn´t) antes de la forma base del
verbo y para todas las personas.
e.g. Michael didn´t like his physical appearance.
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-Talk about situations and actions that happened

and finished in the past.
--In the past simple, affirmative sentences can be
idenified for the form of the verb (regular-
irregular).
-We can use past time expressions or adverbs
of time to indicate past time (yesterday, in 1952,
at that time, a week ago, etc.)
 Conclusion
-Auxiliary DID is needed to make questions, and word-order
changes.
-DID + Subject + base form verb ?

-Auxiliary DID + NOT are needed to make the negative form of

sentences.
-Subject + did not + base form verb.
(didn´t)

-In questions and negatives, you use the base form of the verbs.

-These rules apply to all grammatical persons in the past simple.