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Qué es el Past Simple?

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.

Cómo formar el Past Simple

El Past Simple se forma así:
Subjeto + el infinitive del verbo + ED

I worked

You talked

She walked

He called

It rained

We cooked

You booked

They looked

• Si la E es la última letra del infinitivo, sólo añadimos la -D:

smoke	smokeD	I smoked 5 cigarettes yesterday
live	liveD	I lived in Spain from 1999 to 2001

• Si las tres últimas letras del infinitivo son: consonante – vocal – consonante, por ejemplo: stop or rob, debemos repetir la última consonante:

Stop	Stopped
Rob	Robbed

• Si un verbo solamente tiene tres letras y acaba en ay, por ejemplo: pay y say, entonces el pasado se forma con -aid:

Pay	Paid
Say	Said

Todos los ejemplos arriba mencionados son verbos regulares.

Verbos irregulares- Past simple irregular verbs

Como mencionado antes; hay una lista larga de verbos irregulares. Muchos de los verbos más usados son irregulares, empezando con el verbo más usado el verbo: to be.
El Past Simple del to be es: was were.

I	Was
You	Were
He	Was
She
It
We	Were
You
They

Otros verbos irregulares pero muy frecuentes son:

Buy	Bought
Drink	Drank
Eat	Ate
Get	Got
Go	Went
Know	Knew
See	Saw
Speak	Spoke
Think	Thought
Write	Wrote

Lista completa de los verbos irregulares en ingles - Past Simple irregular verbs list

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

 

Use (of the) Past Simple

Por qué Past Simple?	Ejemplo
Una acción completada con expresión de tiempo	Yesterday I saw Tom Last week I was on holiday
Una serie de acciones completadas	I cooked, cleaned the house, fed the dog, called my mother... First I wrote the letter, then I put it in an envelope, then I went to the post office and I posted the letter
Periodo de tiempo en el pasado. Algo que empezó y terminó en el pasado	He lived in Paris for 3 years I worked there from 2002 until 2005
Costumbres en el pasado	I played volleyball when I was a child I worked a lot when I was young

Grammar Guide

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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