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PAST SIMPLE It is a tense used to express an action happened in the past it means that it ends in the past. Reglas para la formación del pasado simple de los verbos regulares: - La forma del pasado simple en los verbos regulares agrega ed - ied - doble consonante ed - d a la base del verbo. Ejemplos: Install – installed execute – executed connect – connected - Cuando el verbo regular termina en y, precedida por consonante, se cambia la y por i y agrega ed. Ejemplos: Cry – cried study – studied hurry – hurried - Si la base del verbo termina en una sola consonante precedida por una sola vocal, se duplica la consonante final y agrega ed Ejemplos: Stop – stopped plan – planned occur – occurred Hay excepciones: offer – offered travel – traveled - Cuando el verbo regular termina en e, agrega d. Save - saved close - closed paste - pasted Algunos verbos son irregulares, eso quiere decir que no forman el pasado simple con ed, sino, que cambian su base o raíz. En la siguiente tabla hay algunos verbos irregulares. Presente Pasado Presente Pasado Presente Pasado Begin began Get got Say said Break broke Give gave See saw Bring brought Go went Sell sold Build built Have had Sit sat Buy bought Hear heard Sleep slept Catch caught Know knew Speak spoke Come came Leave left Stand stood Do did Lose lost Take took Drink drank Make made Teach taught Eat ate Meet met Tell told Fall fell Pay paid Think thought Find found Put Put Win won Fly flew Read read Write wrote Forget forgot Ring rang Send sent Afirmative sentences I he she it we you they printed the file sent the file yesterday performed a task There isn’t auxiliar so the verb is conjugated in past Negative sentences I he she it print the file did not (didn´t) we send the file yesterday perform a task you they Yes/No question short answers Pregunta Respuesta I He She Did It We Yes, I did. _ No, I didn´t. print the file? Yes, he did. _ No, he didn´t. send the file yesterday? Yes, we did. _ Yes, they did. _ perform a task? No, we didn´t. No, they didn´t. You They In negative and interrogative sentences the auxiliary is present Did / Didn’t, so the verb is not conjugated.
