Inglés Past simple

1. Past simple: How to form positive, negative, and interrogative sentences.

The past simple is an English tense that is used to express actions that happened in the past and are now over. It is formed by adding the -ed ending to the end of the verb, if it is regular.

Positive sentences

Positive sentences in the past simple are formed as follows:

• Subject + verb in past simple + complement

Examples:

• I ate an apple yesterday. (I ate an apple yesterday.)
• They went to the park. (They went to the park.)
• She studied for the test. (She studied for the test.)

Negative sentences

Negative sentences in the past simple are formed as follows:

• Subject + did not + verb in infinitive + complement

Examples:

• I did not eat an apple yesterday. (I did not eat an apple yesterday.)
• They did not go to the park. (They did not go to the park.)
• She did not study for the test. (She did not study for the test.)

Interrogative sentences

Interrogative sentences in the past simple are formed as follows:

• Did + subject + verb in infinitive + complement?

Examples:

• Did you eat an apple yesterday? (Did you eat an apple yesterday?)
• Did they go to the park? (Did they go to the park?)
• Did she study for the test? (Did she study for the test?)

1. The rule for regular verbs in the past simple.

Most verbs in English are regular, which means that they are given the -ed ending at the end to form the past simple. However, there are some exceptions to this rule.

General rule

To form the past simple of regular verbs, add the -ed ending to the end of the verb.

Examples:

Exceptions

There are some regular verbs that do not follow the general rule. These verbs have irregular forms in the past simple that must be memorized.

Some examples of irregular regular verbs are:

1. Time expressions to identify the past simple.

There are some time expressions that are used to identify the past simple. These expressions indicate that the action happened in the past and is now over.

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