SIMPLE PAST by Julia Huerta https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3 The Past Simple Tense (also known as Simple Past Tense) is often just called the Past Tense. In general, the Past Tense is used to talk about something that started and finished at a definite time in the past. en-us 2022-05-10 00:19:29 UTC 2026-03-05 16:10:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/842406849/5fb6949a5d6bf91a36280c0c322cb5ef/TEBAEV.jpe In English, we use the simple past to talk about when things happened. There are a number of words and phrasesthat are often used to show when an action or situation happened in the past. We call them time adverbials. Here are some of the most common ones. juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176702433 2022-05-10 01:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176702433 Time adverbial: ago juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176711098 We use time reference + ago to show how far back in the past something happened:
EXAMPLES:

  • The movie ended five minutes ago.
  • The plane landed two hours ago.
  • My son was born six months ago.
  • Her husband died ten years  ago.
  • I took that photo many years ago.
  • I came to this city a long time ago.
]]> 2022-05-10 01:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176711098 Time adverbial: Last juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176714125 We use last + time reference to mean the most recent or nearest to the present day time:
EXAMPLES:

  • I saw a game on TV last night.
  • My parents traveled to Japan last month.
  • Michael arrived in Mexico last January.
  • Last Christmas I got a lot of presents.
  • My girlfriend and I met at the beach last summer.
  • Last year Jake and Jill got married.
]]> 2022-05-10 01:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176714125 Time adverbial: Yesterday juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176717808 We use yesterday or yesterday + morning / afternoon / evening  to talk about the day before today
EXAMPLES:

  • Charles wore a suit to work yesterday.
  • We got up early yesterday morning.
  • She left the hospital yesterday afternoon.
  • Yesterday evening Joel called me.
]]> 2022-05-10 01:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176717808 We can use the past simple of the verb to be to talk about situations and states in the past. (Podemos usar el pasado simple del verbo to be para hablar de situaciones y estados en el pasado.) juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176728120 The past tense of BE is WAS or WERE.

What is the difference between WAS and WERE? It depends on the subject (or who is talking)

  • I was / He was / She was / It was
  • We were / You were / They were
]]> 2022-05-10 01:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176728120 STRUCTURES: juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176993823 2022-05-10 05:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2176993823 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2177000695 Examples:
Subject     To Be in past        complement
                         was/were
  I               was        tired this morning.
You        were        very good.
He          was         the best in his class.
She         was        late for work.
 It            was         a sunny day.
We          were      at home.
You         were     on holiday.
They     Were     happy with their test results.
]]> 2022-05-10 05:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2177000695 NEGATIVES SENTENCES: The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were). El negativo de To Be se puede hacer agregando not después del verbo (was o were). juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2181933224 2022-05-12 21:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2181933224 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182029188 2022-05-12 23:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182029188 NEGATIVE CONTRACTIONS FORM: We can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by joining the verb (was or were) and n't (e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I was). Podemos hacer contracciones negativas del verbo To Be en tiempo pasado uniendo el verbo (was o were) y n't (por ejemplo, were not = weren't). No hacemos una contracción del sujeto y el verbo (por ejemplo, yo era). juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182042408 2022-05-12 23:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182042408 INTERROGATIVE FORM: juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182076167 2022-05-13 00:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182076167 SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: Before the verb you can also have a WH- Question word (Why, Who, What, Where etc.) juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182118568 EXAMPLES:
where were you born? I was born in Cordoba, Veracruz.
who was your best friend in your childhood? Kany was my bestfriend in my childhood,
what was yoy favorite song in your childhood? it was "Raton Vaquero"  ]]> 2022-05-13 00:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182118568 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182120878 2022-05-13 01:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182120878 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182131835 2022-05-13 01:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182131835 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182142075 2022-05-13 01:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182142075 CHILDHOOD-INFANCIA juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182320096 2022-05-13 04:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182320096 EXERCISE ABOUT CHILHOOD juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182321683 2022-05-13 04:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182321683 It is the past form of there is / there are. juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182341309 There Was is used when we talk about a thing, that is, we talk about a singular noun. This can be countable or uncountable.
Se usa cuando hablamos de una cosa, es decir hablamos de un sustantivo singular. Este puede ser contable o incontable
There Were is used when we are talking about two or more things (plural nouns). These can only be countable.
There Were  se usa cuando hablamos de dos cosas o más ( sustantivos Plurales). Estos sólo pueden ser contables.
]]> 2022-05-13 04:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182341309 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182342309 2022-05-13 04:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182342309 THERE WAS & THERE WERE ESTRUCTURES: juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182358110 2022-05-13 04:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182358110 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182362031 2022-05-13 04:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182362031 GRAMMAR juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182398724 2022-05-13 05:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182398724 GRAMMAR TO BE BORN juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182401906 2022-05-13 05:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182401906 THERE WAS & THERE WERE GRAMMAR juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182402935 2022-05-13 05:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2182402935 DEFINITION OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important. El tiempo pasado simple, a veces llamado pretérito, se usa para hablar de una acción completada en un tiempo anterior a ahora. El pasado simple es la forma básica del tiempo pasado en inglés. El tiempo de la acción puede estar en el pasado reciente o en el pasado distante y la duración de la acción no es importante. juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2188806551 EXAMPLES:
* Cristobal Colon discovered   America in 1492.
Cristóbal colón descubrió América en 1492.
* Last Saturday I  saw the Canelo Alvarez fight and He lost
El sábado pasado vi pelear al Canelo Álvarez y perdió
*At the 2022 Beijing Olympics games, the United States won 8 gold, 10 silver, and 7 bronze medals.
En los Juegos Olímpicos de Beijing 2022, Estados Unidos ganó 8 medallas de oro, 10 de plata y 7 de bronce

]]> 2022-05-18 04:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2188806551 Some words and phrases are often used to show when an action or situation occurred in the past. We call them time signals. Here are some of the most common ones. juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612676253 ➮Yesterday
➮last 
➮Ago
➮This morning

]]> 2023-06-02 06:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612676253 AGO We use time reference Ago to show how far back in the past something happened: juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612678719 Examples:

  • The movie ended five minutes ago.
  • The plane landed two hours ago.
  • My son was born six months ago.
  • Her husband died ten years  ago.
  • I took that photo many years ago.
  • I came to this city a long time ago
]]> 2023-06-02 06:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612678719 LAST We use LAST + time reference to mean the most recent or nearest to the present day time: juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612681881 Examples:
✔ I saw a game on TV last night.
✔ My parents traveled to Japan last month.
✔ Michael arrived in Mexico last January.
✔ Last Christmas I got a lot of presents.
✔ My girlfriend and I met at the beach last summer.
✔ Last year Jake and Jill got ma]]> 2023-06-02 06:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612681881 YESTERDAY We use yesterday or yesterday + morning / afternoon / evening to talk about the day before today: juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612684389 ➥Charles wore a suit to work yesterday.
➥We got up early yesterday morning.
➥She left the hospital yesterday afternoon.
➥Yesterday evening Joel called me.

NOTE: We use last night NOT yesterday night.

We also use the expression the day before yesterday to mean "two days ago".

Example: I played soccer the day before yesterday.


]]> 2023-06-02 07:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612684389 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612690247 2023-06-02 07:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612690247 AFFIRMATIVE juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612702297 For Regular Verbs  add –ed to the base form  of the verb.

Listen→Listened

Push→Pushed

Love→Loved

For irregular verbs, things get more complicated. Thos verbs have to learn.

See→Saw

Build→Built

Go→Went

Do→Did

Rise→Rose

Am/Is/Are→Was/Were




]]> 2023-06-02 07:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2612702297 REGULAR VERBS RULES juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614403612 Regular past simple forms are formed by adding -ed to the SIMPLE FORM  of the verb.

start → started
kill → killed
jump → jumped

★ If a verb ends in -e, you add -d.

agree → agreed
like → liked
escape → escaped

★ If a verb ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant is usually doubled before -ed.

stop → stopped
plan → planned

★ If a verb ends in consonant and -y, you take off the y and add -ied.

try → tried
carry → carried        

★ But if the word ends in a vowel and -y, you add -ed.

play → played
enjoy → enjoyed

]]> 2023-06-05 05:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614403612 exercises: juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614416991 2023-06-05 05:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614416991 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614418818 2023-06-05 05:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614418818 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614456282 2023-06-05 06:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614456282 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614469144 2023-06-05 06:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614469144 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614473420 2023-06-05 06:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614473420 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614501222 2023-06-05 07:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614501222 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614501494 2023-06-05 07:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614501494 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614506721 2023-06-05 07:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614506721 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614507405 2023-06-05 07:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614507405 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614512919 2023-06-05 07:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614512919 INTERROGATIVE FORM juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614543627 2023-06-05 08:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614543627 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614545623 2023-06-05 08:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614545623 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614547269 2023-06-05 08:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614547269 juliahr980 https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614551397 2023-06-05 08:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/juliahr980/gz9rqtsvtdf1yiz3/wish/2614551397