Past Simple

Past Simple – Verb to Be

Verb Conjugation

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Traducción
I was	I was not / I wasn’t	Was I...?	Yo era / Yo estaba
You were	You were not / You weren’t	Were you...?	Tú eras / Tú estabas
He/She/It was	He/She/It was not / wasn’t	Was he/she/it...?	Él/Ella era / Él/Ella estaba
We were	We were not / We weren’t	Were we...?	Nosotros éramos / estábamos
You were	You were not / You weren’t	Were you...?	Vosotros erais / estabais
They were	They were not / They weren’t	Were they...?	Ellos eran / estaban

Past Simple – Regular Verbs

How to make Affirmative Sentences

Los verbos regulares forman el pasado añadiendo -ed al final del verbo base.

• Examples:

• play → played

• visit → visited

• like → liked

Spelling Rules:

1. Si el verbo termina en e, solo añadimos -d.

• Example: like → liked

2. Si el verbo termina en una consonante + y, cambiamos la y por i y añadimos -ed.

• Example: study → studied

3. Para la mayoría de los verbos, solo añadimos -ed.

• Example: listen → listened

How to make Negative and Interrogative Sentences

1. Negative Sentences:
   Usamos el auxiliar did not (didn’t) seguido del verbo base (sin -ed).

• Example:

• Affirmative: She played soccer.

• Negative: She did not play soccer.

2. Interrogative Sentences:
   Usamos el auxiliar did al principio de la oración, seguido del sujeto y el verbo base (sin -ed).

• Example:

• Affirmative: She played soccer.

• Interrogative: Did she play soccer?