PAST SIMPLE OF “TO BE” (SER,ESTAR)

AFFIRMATIVE

I was =

You were

He, She, It was

We were

You were

They were

NEGATIVE

I wasn’t

You weren’t

He, She, It wasn’t

We weren’t

You weren’t

They weren’t

INTERROGATIVE

was I?

were you?

was he/she/it?

Were we?

Were you?

Were they?

I was in Almería yesterday.

She wasn’t at home this morning.

Were they in Paris last week?

Complete the sentences with WAS, WERE, WASN’T, WEREN’T

1. _________ you at the party?

2. Picasso __________ a famous artist

3. Anna and I ____________ in Barcelona last year.

Were

was

were

TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PAST TENSE:

LAST (=pasada) AGO

(=hace)

YESTERDAY

(=ayer)

last night 10 minutes ago yesterday

last week an hour ago Yesterday morning

last weekend 3 days ago Yesterday afternoon

last month a week ago Yesterday evening

last year a month ago The day before yesterday

last Monday… a year ago… Yesterday night

Ex. I played basket yesterday afternoon

USE:

We use the past simple to talk about

actions in the past:

I played tennis yesterday

I went to the cinema last weekend

She visited Paris last summer

REGULAR VERBS

- ed

- To form the past of regular verbs we add to the infinitive:

If the verb ends in –e - d

- If the verb is monosyllabic and it ends invowel+ consonat

Doble consonante + ed

-If the verbs ends in consonant + y y ied

- If the verbs ends in vowel + y - ed

Watch - watched

Like - liked

Stop - stopped

Study - studied

Play - played

PRONUNCIATION of –ed:

There are three ways to pronounce the –ed ending:

/t/

After the sounds: /p/, /k/, /s/, /ch/, /sh/, /f/, /x/

Help-edWork-edDance-dWatch-edFinish-edLaugh-edMix-ed

/d/

After vowel and the sounds: /b/, /g/, /l/, /v/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /z/

close-d live-ddescribe-d slamm-edbelong-ed clean-edcall-ed appear-ed

After the sounds: /t/, /d/ /id/ Start-edEnd-ed

IRREGULAR VERBS

We have to learn the irregular verbsby memory.

INFINITIVE PAST

To bring brought

To buy bought

To understand understood

To drink drank

To eat ate

To break broke

To go went

FORM: Affirmative

S + Verb in the Past

I played

He, She, It played

Negative

S + didn’t + infinitive

I didn’t play

He, She, It didn’t play

Wh- Questions (and answers) Yes/No Questions and short answers)

Wh- word + did + S + infinitive Did + S + infinitive

Where did you go? I went to Madrid

Where did she go? She went to Paris

Did you study? Yes, I did.

Did she study? No, I didn’t.