WORKSHEETS: Past Simple

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Explanation

Explanation 2

Explanation 1

To be PAST SIMPLE explanation

IRREGULAR VERB list

-ED rules

Irregular verbs

Regular verbs

Irregular verbs

Irregular verbs

Irregular verbs

 

FORM:

• AFFIRMATIVE

Subject + Verb in past + Complement

REGULAR (-ed) IRREGULAR (specific form)

(sujeto) + (verbo en pasado) + (complemento)

• NEGATIVE

Subject + DIDN’T +   Verb in infinitive    + Complement

(sujeto)                  + (Verbo en infinitivo) + (Complemento)

• INTERROGATIVE

Question particle + DID + Subject + Verb in infinitive + Complement + ?

(Partícula interrogativa) + (Sujeto) + (Verbo en infinitivo) + (Complemento) + (?)

 

USES:

• Describing definite actions and events in the past (describir acciones terminadas y eventos en el pasado)
• Describing habitual actions in the past (describir rutinas en el pasado)
• Narrating a story or a series of events (narrar una historia o serie de eventos)
• For something in the past which is finished (algo en pasado que ha terminado)

 

KEY WORDS:

• Last week (la Semana pasada)
• In 1975 (en 1975)
• In December (en Diciembre)
• Two weeks ago (hace dos semanas)