WHAT IS PAST SIMPLE

It is one of the essential

verb tenses and one that
is used very frequently.
 STRUCTURE

Affirmative
 Negative

Interogative
 THE USE OF THE SIMPLE PAST
-A completed action that has no connection to the
present.
-Repeated actions in the past.
-In narratives, stories, or when talking about
historical events.

For example:
        Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa.
        We went to France for our holidays.
        When I was little I loved playing cards.

 
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGULAR AND
IRREGULAR VERBS
The simple past of regular
verbs you have to add -ed or
-d to the basic form of the
verb and in irregular verbs
you don't add.

Regular Irregular

Example: Example:
Link- Linked Become- Became
 REGULAR VERBS
 If the verb ends in a consonant and in -y, we change the -y to -i
and add -ed.
For example:

If a verb ends in -e, we just add -d.

For Example:
 THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE VERB TO
BE
In the past simple,
the verb to be is
written in two
different ways,
these are "was" and
"were".
The rules are as follows:
I, he, she, it - was
you, we, they – were
For the first and third person singular, the word “was” is used; for the rest,
“were” is used.
For example:
“She was a student”. Ella era estudiante.

“They were doctors”. Ellos eran doctores.

 KEYWORDS

Indicators can also be trusted very well, which would

be:
yesterday (ayer), last year (el año pasado), two hours
ago (hace dos horas), last weekend (el fin de semana
pasado), in 2007 (en 2007), etc.
“Francis moved to Italy in 2010.” (Francis se mudó a
Italia en 2010.)
 FRAMING QUESTIONS
To ask questions in the past simple in
English, we must remember the
following structure:

For example:
 Did you do exercises? = ¿Hiciste ejercicios?

 Did you pay for the food? = ¿Pagaste por la

comida?
Remember that closed questions with the past simple in English can be answered with a "yes" or a
"no".