El Past Simple es un tiempo verbal que, como su nombre ya indica, habla del pasado.
Hay varios tiempos verbales para hablar del pasado pero el Past Simple es el más usado para el pasado.
La parte fácil del Past Simple es que la conjugación del verbo es igual para todas las personas.
Por ejemplo, el pasado de work es worked, entonces dices:
I worked, you worked, he worked, we worked, etc.
La parte difícil es que hay una lista larga de verbos irregulares, y es cuestión de memorizarlos.
I worked |
You talked |
She walked |
He called |
It rained |
We cooked |
You booked |
They looked |
smoke | smokeD | I smoked 5 cigarettes yesterday |
live | liveD | I lived in Spain from 1999 to 2001 |
Stop | Stopped |
Rob | Robbed |
Pay | Paid |
Say | Said |
Todos los ejemplos arriba mencionados son verbos regulares.
I | Was |
You | Were |
He | Was |
She | |
It | |
We | Were |
You | |
They |
Buy | Bought |
Drink | Drank |
Eat | Ate |
Get | Got |
Go | Went |
Know | Knew |
See | Saw |
Speak | Spoke |
Think | Thought |
Write | Wrote |
Simple Present | Past Participle | Past Participle |
arise awake be bear beat become begin bend bet bite bleed blow break bring build burn burst buy catch choose cling come cost creep cut deal dig dive do draw dream drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find fit flee fling fly forbid forget forgive forgo freeze get give go grind grow hang have hear hide hit hold hurt keep kneel knit know lay lead leap leave lend let lie (down) light lose make mean meet pay prove put quit read ride ring rise run saw say see seek sell send set sew shake shave shear shine shoot show shrink shut sing sink sit slay sleep slide sneak speak speed spend spill spin spit split spread spring stand steal stick sting stink strew strike strive swear sweep swim swing take teach tear tell think thrive throw undergo understand upset wake wear weave weep win wind withdraw wring write | arose awoke was, were bore beat became began bent bet bit bled blew broke brought built burned or burnt burst bought caught chose clung came cost crept cut dealt dug dived or dove did drew dreamed or dreamt drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found fit, fitted fled flung flew forbade or forbad forgot forgave forwent froze got gave went ground grew hung or hanged had heard hid hit held hurt kept knelt or kneeled knitted or knit knew laid led leapt or leaped left lent let lay lit or lighted lost made meant met paid proved put quit read rode rang rose ran sawed said saw sought sold sent set sewed shook shaved sheared shone or shined shot showed shrank or shrunk shut sang sank sat slew slept slid sneaked or snuck spoke sped spent spilled or spilt spun spat or spit split spread sprang stood stole stuck stung stank or stunk strewed struck strove or strived swore swept swam swung took taught tore told thought thrived or throve threw underwent understood upset woke or waked wore wove wept won wound withdrew wrung wrote | arisen awoken been borne beaten or beat become begun bent bet bitten bled blown broken brought built burned or burnt burst bought caught chosen clung come cost crept cut dealt dug dived done drawn dreamed or dreamt drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt fought found fit, fitted fled flung flown, forbidden or forbade forgotten forgiven forgone frozen gotten or got given gone ground grown hung or hanged had heard hidden hit held hurt kept knelt or kneeled knitted or knit known laid led leapt or leaped left lent let lain lit or lighted lost made meant met paid proved or proven put quit read ridden rung risen run sawed or sawn said seen sought sold sent set sewn or sewed shaken shaved or shaven sheared or shorn shone or shined shot shown or showed shrunk or shrunken shut sung sunk sat slain slept slid sneaked or snuck spoken sped spent spilled or spilt spun spat or spit split spread sprung stood stolen stuck stung stunk strewn struck or stricken striven or strived sworn swept swum swung taken taught torn told thought thrived or thriven thrown undergone understood upset woken or waked worn woven wept won wound withdrawn wrung written |
Por qué Past Simple? | Ejemplo |
Una acción completada con expresión de tiempo |
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Una serie de acciones completadas |
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Periodo de tiempo en el pasado. Algo que empezó y terminó en el pasado |
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Costumbres en el pasado |
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1. | Do Does |
2. | Make Do |
3. | Question Tags |
4. | Some Any |
5. | To Be |
6. | Past Simple |
7. | Prefixes |
8. | Present Perfect |
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