English II: 17th February 2011. Pasado simple

Hi boys and girls, in our last class we talk about the Simple Past.

El pasado simple afimativo de los verbos regulares se forma añadiendo "-ed" al infinitivo. todas las personas tienen la misma forma.

el pasado simple en su formas negativas e interrogativas   se forma con la ayuda del verbo auxiliar "did/didn't" para todas las personas.

Afirmativa	Negativa	Formas contractas	Interrogativa
I worked	I did not work	I didn't work	Did I work?
You worked	You did not work	You didn't work	Did you work?
He worked	He did not work	He didn't work	Did he work?
We worked	We did not work	We didn’t work	Did we work?
You worked	You did not work	You didn't work	Did you work?
They worked	They did not work	They didn't work	Did they work?

En las respuestas cortas, sólo se repite el auxiliar did. Ejemplo.- Did you study last night? Yes, I did / No, I didn't.

Existen muchos verbos irregulares que no forman el pasado añadiendo “-ed” al infinitivo sino que poseen una forma propia para el pasado. En principio ni parecen seguir ninguna regla a pesar que algunos son parecidos al infinitivo  por lo tanta tendras que aprenderlos de memoria , “by heart”.P.e: run – ran (correr), swim-swam (nadar),fly-flew (volar), see-saw (ver), go- went (ir), hear-heard (oir)

I ran. (Yo corrí). They saw a film. (Ellos vieron una película), We went to the cinema yestereday.

Los verbos irregulares forman la negativa y la interrogativa como los verbos regulares,es decir, con el auxiliar did + el infinitivo. Ejemplos.- We didn't go to the cinema yesterday. Did you go to the cinema yesterday? Yes, we did / No, we didn't.  

La mayoría de los verbos tienen solo una forma en la  conjugacion del pasado simple. El verbo "to be" es único ya que tiene una forma singular, was, y una forma plural, were.

I was sad. Yo estaba  triste.

He was very angry. Él estaba muy enfadado..

We were in Valencia. Nosotros estabamos en Valencia.

En las respuestas cortas sólo se utiliza el verbo to be. Ej.Were you at home on Saturday? No, I wasn't.

Afirmativa
I was -yo era/estaba
You were-  tu eras/estabas
He was-el era/estaba
She was-ella era/estaba
It was- eso era/ estaba
We were- nosotros eramos/estabamos
You were-vosotros erais/estabais
They were-ellos eran/estaban
Negativa
I wasn't
You weren't
He wasn't
She wasn't
It wasn't
We weren't
You weren't
They weren't
Interrogativa
Was I ...?
were you ...?
Was he ....?
Was she ...?
Was it ....?
Were we ...?
Were you...?
Were they ...?

Esto lo encontrareis en los  temas 3  4 de nuestro libro de texto  :

To be (pp 25-26) y el pasado simple del resto de verbos en el tema 4 (33-36).tambien encontrareis información sobre este tema el resumen que os di a principio de curso  correspondiente a  Burlington I –II.  Ahí en la pagina 22 hay una lista de verbos con la que podeis practicar el pasado simple, ver si son regulares o irregulares.

Al final de una clase bastante animada pusimos en práctica nuestros conocimientos de inglés para preguntar : What is your favourite … (color/sport….)? y otras preguntas por el estilo.

Por último leimos un pasaje del libro “The Secret diary…”