Past Simple

El pasado simple se usa para expresar acciones que ocurrieron en el pasado una vez, nunca, muchas veces, etc pero que ya terminaron. También puede ser usado para acciones que ocurrieron una después de la otra en el pasado.

Para este tiempo es importante recordar que el verbo se debe conjugar a su forma en pasado, misma que es igual para todos los pronombres. En las formas negativas y de pregunta se añade el verbo auxiliar "did", que está en pasado, por lo que el otro verbo regresa a su forma en presente.

Verbos regulares: terminan en -ed.

	affirmative	negative	interrogative
I	I played	I didn't play	Did I play?
You He She It	You played He played She played It played	You didn't play He didn't play She didn't play It didn't play	Did you play? Did he play? Did she play? Did it play?
We You They	We played You played They played	We  didn't play You didn't play They didn't play	Did we play? Did you play? Did they play?

Verbos irregulares: el verbo cambia de forma para las oraciones afirmativas.

	affirmative	negative	interrogative
I	I ate	I didn't eat	Did I eat?
You He She It	You ate He ate She ate It ate	You didn't eat He didn't eat She didn't eat It didn't eat	Did you eat? Did he eat? Did she eat? Did it eat?
We You They	We ate You ate They ate	We  didn't eat You didn't eat They didn't eat	Did we eat? Did you eat? Did they eat?

Verbo "to be": Para este verbo existen dos formas en pasado y se usa como auxiliar en negativos y preguntas.

	affirmative	negative	interrogative
I He She It	I was He was She was It was	I wasn't He wasn't She wasn't It wasn't	Was I? Was he? Was she? Was it?
You We They	You were We were They were	You weren't We weren't They weren't	Were you? Were we? Were they?

Notas:

Nota: el pasado simple usualmente usa marcadores de tiempo, como "yesterday", "last week", "last year", etc.

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