PAST SIMPLE

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Simple Past /Pasado Simple

Exercises on Simple Past

The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.

El pasado simple expresa una acción del pasado que tuvo lugar una sóla vez, nunca o muchas veces. También se puede usar para expresar acciones que tuvieron lugar una después de otra o en medio de otra acción.

Form of Simple Past 

Formas del Pasado Simple

	Positive	Negative	Question
no differences	I spoke.	I did not speak.	Did I speak?

For irregular verbs, use the past form /Para los verbos irregulares, usá la forma pasada (see list of irregular verbs, 2nd column/ ver lista de verbos irregulares, 2da columna). For regular verbs, just add “ed”/ A los verbos REGULARES sólo le tenés que agregar "ed".

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’ /Excepciones ortográficas al agregar "ed"

	Example
after a final e only add d	love – loved
final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled	admit – admitted travel – travelled
final y after a consonant becomes i	hurry – hurried

Después de  una e, agregá solamente d                                         love- loveD

Si la última sílaba está compuesta por                                           admit - admitTED

una consonate + una vocal + una consonante                                travel - travelLED                                   

duplica la última consonante

y después de una consonante se convierte en i                              hurry - hurried

(es por eso que el verbo PLAY sólo agrega la "ed"                        play - played

sin cambiar y por i)

Use of Simple Past / Uso del Pasado Simple

• action in the past taking place once, never or several times
  Example: He visited his parents every weekend.
  
  
  Acción en el pasado que solo ocurrió una vez, nunca o muchas veces.
  Ejemplo: " He visited his parents every weekend." (El visitó/visitaba a sus padres todos los fines de semana"
  
  
• actions in the past taking place one after the other
  Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
  
  
  Acciones del pasado que tuvieron lugar una después de la otra.
  Ejemplo:  "He came in, took off his coat and sat down." ( El entró, se quitó el abrigo y se sentó)
  
  
• action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
  Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
  
  
  Una acción en el pasado que tuvo lugar en medio de otra acción.
  Ejemplo: "When I was having breakfast, the phone rang." (Cuando estaba desayunando, el teléfono sonó)
  
  
• if sentences type II (If I talked, …)
  Example: If I had a lot of money, I would share it with you.

Signal Words of Simple Past/ Adverbios típicos del Pasado Simple

• yesterday, ayer
•  2 minutes ago, hace dos minutos
• three days ago, hace tres días
• 5 years ago, hace 5 años
• in 1990 (or any other year), en 1990 ( o cualquier otro año)
•  the other day, el otro día
• last Friday, el viernes pasado
• last week, la semana pasada
• last month, el mes pasado
• last year, el año pasado
• in March (or any other month), en Marzo ( o cualquier otro año)

Exercises on Simple Past / Ejercicios de Pasado Simple

• Was or Were? / Fue o fueron?
• Positive Sentences in Simple Past/ Oraciones Afirmativas
• Answer Questions in Simple Past/ Responde preguntas
• Negative Sentences in Simple Past/ Oraciones negativas
• Questions in Simple Past/ Preguntas
• Questions with Interrogatives in Simple Past / Preguntas que comienzan con pronombres interrogativos
• Mixed Exercise in Simple Past / Todo tipo de oraciones
• Pool of exercises
• Goldilocks and the three bears: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 
 Rizos de Oro y los tres ositos : Parte 1, Parte 2, Parte 3

• Exercise on the text “Chicago” / Ejercicio con el el texto "Chicago"
• Exercise on the text “Oxford” / Ejercicio con el texto "Oxford"
• Irregular Verbs/ Verbos irregulares

Tests / Evaluaciones

• Simple Past: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 

Grammar in Texts / La gramática en textos

• “The Canterville Ghost” (highlight verbs in simple past)/ "El Fantasma de Canterville" (subraya los verbos en pasado simple)
• “History of Snowboarding” (highlight verbs in simple past) / "La historia del Snowboarding" (subraya los verbos en pasado simple)

Comparison with other Tenses/ Comparación con otros tiempos verbales

• Simple Past – Past Continuous

Test Unit 1: Speaking Part 1

Hello everyone!

Here you have the questions for the speaking part of the test on unit 1. Remember! Study them all but you will be asked only 10 of them. And of course, pay close attention to pronunciation and answer them fully. Feel free to talk!

How will I mark them?

If you answer in a short way : 1 point
If you answer with a complete phrase: 2 points.
If you answer the question in detail and add an extra comment about it : 3 points

10 questions: 30 points

Past Simple

1. When were you born?/ Where were you born?
2. When did you begin studying English here?
3. What did you do yesterday after school?
4. Did you visit your grandma last Sunday?
5. Did you go to a concert last Saturday night?
6. How did you celebrate Halloween?
7. How did you know we were having a test today?
8. Where did you live when you were 4 years old?
9. Was your mother/father a good student when she was your age?
10. Were you a good baby?

Past Continuous

1. What were you doing yesterday at 5.30 pm?
2. What was your mum doing this morning at 8.45 am?
3. Were you paying attention to your teacher when she explained the difference between "when" and "while"?
4. Were you chatting online yesterday evening?
5. What were you doing this time last week?
6. What do you think your grandparents were doing when the man reach the moon?
7. What were your parents doing when they heard the Twin Towers were attacked by terrorist?
8. Where you and your family watching TV when Spain won the World Cup in 2010?
9. "Gangman Style" is one of the most watched videos on YouTube History. What were you doing when you first listened to it?
10. This time last week, were your parents working?