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by HERNAN ARIEL LOPEZ SALAZAR 4 years ago

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PAST SIMPLE

The text addresses the fundamentals of using the past simple tense in English, emphasizing the verb "to be" and its forms "was" and "were." It outlines how to construct affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences with examples.

PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

USED TO=SOLIA

SUBJ+USED TO+V(infinitive)+predicate
?
DID YOU USE TO SWIM IN THE RIVER?

DID + subject+ USE TO+ V(infinitive) + predicate?

-
I DID NOT USE TO SWIM IN THE RIVER

subject+did not+ USE TO+ V(infinitive) + predicate

+ I USED TO SWIM IN THE RIVER

2ND GROUP IRREGULAR VERBS

ATE

SENTENCE: +

THIS MORNING I ATE 2 SALTEÑAS WITH A MOCONCHINCHI.

EAT

WHAT DID YOU EAT YESTERDAY? QUE COMISTE AYER?

(-) = YOU DID NOT EAT MY LUNCH YESTERDAY, LUCY DID IT. (Tú no comiste mi almuerzo ayer, Lucy lo hizo)

SENTENCE: NEGATIVE/QUESTION

V(aux)

YESTERDAY, YOU BASTARD/STUPID ATE MY LUNCH. AYER, TÚ, ESTUPIDO, TE COMISTE MI ALNUERZO

3ER GROUP REGULAR VERBS

VERB REGULARS
TALKED
LOVED
CRIED
WORKED
STUDIED
CANCELLED
PLAYED
V (AUX)
DID (NOT)

QUESTIONS/NEGATIVES

SIMPLE PAST
SENTENCES

WHERE DID JOHN WORK YESTERDAY?

(WH) + DID +V (infinitive) + PREDICATE?

JOHN DID NOT (DIDN´T) WORK YESTERDAY

SUBJECT+DID NOT+ V (infinitive)+ predicate

ED-D-IED

JOHN WORKED YESTERDAY- JOHN TRABAJÓ AYER

SUBJECT+ V(ED-D-IED)+PREDICATE

1 GROUP THE VERB TO BE

ADVERBS OF PAST TIME
YESTERDAY- TWO DAYS AGO- THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY-
WASN´T=WAS NOT WEREN´T = WERE NOT
CHANGE ITS POSITION

QUESTION

TO BE
AUXILIAR VERB
SER/ESTAR
SENTENCES STRUCTURES
QUESTIONS

(WH)+ WAS/WERE+SUBJ+PREDICATE?

NEGATIVE

SUBJ+WAS/WERE+(NOT)+ PREDICATE

AFFIRMATIVE

SUBJ+WAS/WERE+PREDICATE

SIMPLE PAST OF TO BE WAS-WERE
TÚ= YOU= ESTABAS/ERAS/FUISTE
WERE

WE-YOU-THEY

WAS

I-SHE-HE-IT

REMEMBER (SIMPLE PRESENT) IS-ARE-AM