1. Simple past
Mr. Armando Garriazo.

2. USE : Use the Simple Past to express the idea
that an action started and finished at a
specific time in the past.

3. Past of verb to be.
PRONOUN VERB
I WAS
YOU
WE WERE
THEY HE
SHE WAS IT

4. I am at home.
I was at home.

5. She is a doctor
She was a doctor

6. They are students
They were students

8. Past tense verbs are divided in two types:
REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS

9. REGULAR VERBS Add –ed to the verbs
Play – played
Look – looked
Cook – cooked
Work – Worked
Dance – danced
Watch – watched

10. IRREGULAR VERBS Change the verbs completely
Be – was/ were
Do – did
Eat – ate
Go – went
See – saw
Drink – drank
Get up – got up

11. WE USE THE SAME PAST FORM OF THE VERB FOR ALL THE SUBJECTS
IMPORTANT
WE USE THE SAME PAST FORM OF THE VERB FOR ALL THE SUBJECTS
I COOKED PIZZA YESTERDAY.
SHE COOKED LASAGNA LAST WEEK.
WE COOKED CEVICHE LAST SATURDAY

12. Questions Was she sick? Yes, she was / No, she wasn’t
For verb to be:
Was she sick?
Yes, she was / No, she wasn’t
Were they at the beach?
Yes, they were / No, they weren’t

13. For other verbs use: DID....?
Did you watch the movie?
Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
Did Mario go to the club?
Yes, he did / No, he didn’t
Did Laura play volleyball?
Yes, she did / No, she didn’t

14. Negative form For verb to be , add –NOT I was in my house yesterday.
I was not in my house yesterday.
wasn’t
We were at the hospital last week.
We were not at the hospital last week
weren’t

15. For other verbs –add DIDN´T
I walked three hours yesterday
I didn’t walk three hours yesterday
She cooked a delicious soup.
She didn’t cook a delicious soup.
I went to the disco last Saturday.
I didn’t go to the disco last Saturday.