simple past

FUNCIONES DEL "SIMPLE PAST"

El "simple past" se utiliza para hablar de una acción que concluyó en un tiempo anterior al actual. La duración no es relevante. El tiempo en que se sitúa la acción puede ser el pasado reciente o un pasado lejano.
Siempre se utiliza el "simple past" para referirse a cuándo ocurrió algo, de modo que va asociado a ciertas expresiones temporales que indican:
  • frecuencia: often, sometimes, always
    I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
    I often brought my lunch to school.
  • un tiempo determinado: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago
    We saw a good film last week.
    Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
    She finished her work atseven o'clock
    I went to the theatre last night
  • un tiempo indeterminado: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago People lived in caves a long time ago.
  • She played the piano when she was a child.
Nota: el término ago es útil para expresar distancia temporal en el pasado. Se coloca después del periodo de tiempo de que se trate: a week ago, three years ago, a minute ago.
Cuidado: el "simple past" del inglés puede parecerse a un tiempo verbal de tu propio idioma y, sin embargo, su significado puede ser distinto.

FORMACIÓN DEL "SIMPLE PAST"

FORMACIÓN DEL "SIMPLE PAST" CON VERBOS REGULARES
Afirmativa
Sujeto+ raíz + ed 
Iskipped. 
Negativa
Sujeto+ did not+ infinitivo sin to
Theydidn'tgo.
Interrogativa
Did+ sujeto+ infinitivo sin to
Didshearrive?
Interrogativa negativa
Did not+ sujeto+ infinitivo sin to
Didn'tyouplay?
TO WALK
AfirmativaNegativaInterrogativa
I walkedI didn't walkDid I walk?
You walkedYou didn't walkDid you walk?
He walkedHe didn't walkDid he walk?
We walkedWe didn't walkDid we walk?
They walkedThey didn't walkDid they walk?
"SIMPLE PAST" DE LOS VERBOS TO BE, TO HAVE, TO DO
SujetoVerbo
 BeHaveDo
Iwashaddid
Youwerehaddid
He/She/Itwashaddid
Wewerehaddid
Youwerehaddid
Theywerehaddid

NOTAS SOBRE LAS CONSTRUCCIONES AFIRMATIVA, NEGATIVA E INTERROGATIVA

AFIRMATIVA
La forma afirmativa del "simple past" es sencilla.
  • I was in Japan last year
  • She had a headache yesterday.
  • We did our homework last night.
NEGATIVA E INTERROGATIVA
Para las formas negativa e interrogativa del "simple past" del verbo "do" como verbo ordinario, se emplea como auxiliar "do", e.g. We didn't do our homework last night.
La forma negativa del verbo "have" en "simple past" suele construirse utilizando el auxiliar "do", aunque en ocasiones solo se añade not o la contracción "n't".
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