El tiempo Pasado Simple (también denominado Indefinido) se utiliza para expresar acciones que comenzaron y terminaron en el pasado.

Observa que este tiempo verbal utiliza el auxiliar DID (pasado del verbo to do) tanto para la forma negativa como para la interrogativa. La contracción negativa (o forma corta negativa) es DIDN'T (did not).

La fórmula matemática de abajo te ayudará a comprenderlo mejor. Las columnas 1, 2 y 3 pertenecen al Cuadro Verbal pero para el Pasado Simple o Indefinido utilizarás UNICAMENTE la columna 2:

FORMULA DEL PASADO SIMPLE O INDEFINIDO

subject + 2

1

  2  

3

go

?

I went

I didn't go

Did I go ?

You went

You didn't go

Did you go ?

He went

He didn't go

Did he go ?

She went

She didn't go

Did she go ?

It went

It didn't go

Did it go ?

We went

We didn't go

Did we go ?

You went

You didn't go

Did you go ?

They went

They didn't go

Did they go ?

Affirmative

subject + 2

I went to New York - Fui a New York

He went to New York - El fue a New York

Negative

subject + didn't + 1

I didn't go to New York - No fui a New York

He didn't go to New York - El no fue a New York

Interrogative

Did + subject + 1 ?

Did I go to New York? - ¿Fui a New York ?

Did he go to New York? - ¿Fue él a New York?

REGULAR VERBS = Verb + ed or d

VERBOS REGULARES = Verbo + ed o d

I studied on Saturday.
I didn't study on Sunday.

Estudié el sábado.
No estudié el domingo.

You studied on Saturday.
You didn't study on Sunday.

Estudiaste el sábado.
No estudiaste el domingo.

She worked on Saturday.
She didn't work on Sunday.

Trabajó el sábado.
No trabajó el domingo.

He exercised on Saturday.
He didn't exercise on Sunday.

Hizo ejercicio el sábado.
No hizo ejercicio el domingo.

We exercised on Saturday.
We didn't exercise on Sunday.

Hicimos ejercicio el sábado.
No hicimos ejercicio el domingo.

They exercised on Saturday.
They didn't exercise on Sunday.

Hicieron ejercicio el sábado.
No hicieron ejercicio el domingo.

SPELLING

ORTOGRAFÍA

worked   -  exercised
studied   -  played

trabajó    -   hizo ejercicio
estudió   -   jugó; tocó (un instrumento)

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