1. PAST SIMPLE
STRUCTURE AND USES

2. In English we distinguish two kinds of verbs when we use the past simple:
REGULAR VERBS: those that form the past adding “-ed” to the base form (infinitive without “to”):
play played
start started
IRREGUAR VERBS: those that form the past with their particular form that must be learnt:
go went
do did

3. CONJUGATION (TO BE) I was I wasn´t Was I? You were You weren´t
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
They were
I wasn´t
You weren´t
He wasn´t
She wasn´t
It wasn´t
We weren´t
They weren´t
Was I?
Were you?
Was he?
Was she?
Was it?
Were we?
Were you ?
Were they?

4. Visitamos a nuestros amigos ayer
STRUCTURE (affirmative)
SUBJECT
VERBO PRINCIPAL(MAIN VERB) conjugado en pasado simple
complements
Visitamos a nuestros amigos ayer
We visited our friends yesterday

5. Compró una entrada para el concierto ayer.
She bought a ticket for the concert yesterday.
2. Fuiste a la fiesta con Andrew.
You went to the party with Andrew.
3. Cenamos en un conocido restaurante el mes pasado.
We had lunch in a well-known restaurant last month.
4. La semana pasada conocí al bebé de mi mejor amigo.
I met my best friend´s baby last week.

6. No visitamos a nuestros amigos ayer
STRUCTURE (negative)
SUBJECT
AUXILIARY VERB DO conjugado en pasado: DID + NOT (forma contracta: DIDN´T)
VERBO PRINCIPAL(MAIN VERB) en infinitivo sin “to”
complements
No visitamos a nuestros amigos ayer
We did not (didn´t) visit our friends yesterday

7. No compró una entrada para el concierto ayer.
She did not (didn´t) buy a ticket for the concert yesterday.
2. No fuiste a la fiesta con Andrew.
You did not (didn´t) go to the party with Andrew.
3. No cenamos en un conocido restaurante el mes pasado.
We did not (didn´t) have lunch in a well-known restaurant last month.
4. La semana pasada no conocí al bebé de mi mejor amigo.
I did not (didn´t) meet my best friend´s baby last week.

8. ¿Visitamos a nuestros amigos ayer?
STRUCTURE (interrogative)
AUXILIARY VERB DO conjugado en pasado: DID
SUBJECT
VERBO PRINCIPAL(MAIN VERB) en infinitivo sin “to”
complements?
¿Visitamos a nuestros amigos ayer?
Did we visit our friends yesterday?

9. ¿Compró una entrada para el concierto ayer?
Did she buy a ticket for the concert yesterday?
2. ¿Fuiste a la fiesta con Andrew?
Did you go to the party with Andrew?
3. ¿Cenasteis en un conocido restaurante el mes pasado?
Did you have lunch in a well-known restaurant last month?
4. ¿Conocieron al bebé de mi mejor amigo la semana pasada?
Did they meet my best friend´s baby last week?

10. A: “How long did it take you to get to school yesterday?”
2. USES
To say what we did in a specific moment in the past. The action is completely finished. (Para decir lo que hicimos en un momento concreto del pasado. La acción está completamente acabada).
A: “How long did it take you to get to school yesterday?”
B: “It took me half an hour”.
(B habla de una acción que tuvo lugar en un momento concreto del pasado que está acabada)