PAST TENSE

PAST TENSE

Se usa el Past Tense para indicar una situación o una acción que empezó y terminó en el pasado. Con este tiempo se usan las palabras siguientes al principio o al final de la frase.

Before

Then

Yesterday

Last night

Last week

Last month

Last year

Five minutes ago

After that Antes

Entonces

Ayer

Anoche

La semana pasada

El mes pasado

El año pasado

Hace cinco minutos (u otro periodo de tiempo)

Después de eso

La forma del verbo “be” en el pasado son “was” para tercera persona (he, she, it) y “were” para (I, you, we, they).

Con la excepción del verbo To Be, la forma del verbo en el Past tense es la misma para todos los sujetos.

Para una declaración positiva, use el sujeto + Verbo Past Tense.

Para una pregunta, declaración negativa o respuesta corta, use did + Verbo Básico.

Declaracion:

I/You/He/She/It/We/They worked.

Pregunta:

Did I/You/He/She/It/We/They work?

Respuesta corta:

Yes, I/You/He/She/It/We/They did

Negativo:

I/You/He/She/It/We/They did not work

Para formar el Past Tense de los verbos regulares, añada ED al verbo básico, o D a un verbo que termine con E.

Cuando el verbo básico termine en “y” después de un consonante, elimine la “y” y añade “ied”.

Muchos verbos tienen formas irregulares en el Past tense.

INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE

awake (wake) awoke (woke) awoken (woken)

be was / were been

beat beat beaten

become became become

begin began begun

bet bet bet

bite bit bitten

blow blew blown

break broke broken

bring brought brought

build built built

buy bought bought

catch caught caught

choose chose chosen

come came come

cost cost cost

cut cut cut

dig dug dug

do did done

draw drew drawn

drink drank drunk

drive drove driven

eat ate eaten

fall fell fallen

feed fed fed

feel felt felt

fight fought fought

find found found

fling flung flung

fly flew flown

forbid forbade forbidden

forget forgot forgotten

forgive forgave forgiven

freeze froze frozen

get got got

(Am. gotten*)

give gave given

go went gone / been

grow grew grown

have had had

hear heard heard

hide hid hidden

hit hit hit

hold held held

hurt hurt hurt

keep kept kept

know knew known

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