2. PAST SIMPLE OF “TO BE” (SER,ESTAR)
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
I was =
I wasn’t
was I?
You were
You weren’t
were you?
He, She, It was
He, She, It wasn’t
was he/she/it?
We were
We weren’t
Were we?
You were
You weren’t
Were you?
They were
They weren’t
Were they?
I was in Almería yesterday.
She wasn’t at home this morning.
Were they in Paris last week?
3. Complete the sentences with WAS, WERE,
WASN’T, WEREN’T
Were
1. _________ you at the party?
was
2. Picasso __________ a famous artist
were
3. Anna and I ____________ in Barcelona last year.
4. 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
5. 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
6. REGULAR VERBS
- To form the past of regular verbs we add to the infinitive:
- ed
Watch - watched
If the verb ends in –e
-d
Like - liked
- If the verb is monosyllabic and it ends in
vowel+ consonat
Doble consonante + ed
Stop - stopped
-If the verbs ends in consonant + y
Study - studied
- If the verbs ends in vowel + y
Play - played
y ied
- ed
7. PRONUNCIATION of –ed:
There are three ways to pronounce the –ed ending:
After the sounds: /p/, /k/, /s/, /ch/, /sh/, /f/, /x/
/t/
Help-ed
Work-ed
Dance-d
Watch-ed
Finish-ed
Laugh-ed
Mix-ed
8. After vowel and the sounds: /b/, /g/, /l/, /v/, /m/, /n/,
/r/, /z/
/d/
After the sounds: /t/, /d/
close-d
describe-d
belong-ed
call-ed
/id/
live-d
slamm-ed
clean-ed
appear-ed
Start-ed
End-ed
9. IRREGULAR VERBS
We have to learn the irregular verbs
by memory.
INFINITIVE
PAST
To bring
brought
To buy
bought
To understand
understood
To drink
drank
To eat
ate
To break
broke
To go
went
10. FORM:
Affirmative
Negative
S + Verb in the Past
S + didn’t + infinitive
I played
He, She, It played
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
Did you study? Yes, I did.
Where did she go? She went to Paris
Did she study? No, I didn’t.
