Simple Past
El Pasado Simple es un tiempo verbal que se utiliza para describir acciones que han sucedido en un tiempo anterior y que ya han finalizado,
Ejemplo:
She cleaned her house. (Ella limpió su casa)
I broke the window. (Yo rompí la ventana)
- Para pasar el verbo a pasado simple en los verbos regulares agregamos “ed” al final del verbo.
- Para los verbos irregulares no hay una forma determinada por lo que hay que memorizar su forma para cada verbo irregular.
Verb |
Simple Present |
Simple Past |
Regular |
Work (trabajar)Like (gustar)Play (jugar) |
WorkedLikedPlayed |
Irregular |
Go (ir)See (ver)Sing (cantar) |
WentSawSang |
Lista de Verbos Irregulares
Infinitive |
Past Simple |
|
Be ser/estar |
Was/were |
|
Begin empezar |
Began |
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Break romper |
Broke |
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Buy comprar |
Bought |
|
Choose eligir |
Chose |
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Cost costar |
Cost |
|
Cut cortar |
Cut |
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Do hacer |
Did |
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Draw dibujar |
Drew |
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Drink beber |
Drank |
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Drive conducir |
Drove |
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Eat comer |
Ate |
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Fall caer |
Fell |
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Feel sentir |
Felt |
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Find encontrar |
Felt |
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Fly volar |
Flew |
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Forget olvidar |
Forgot |
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Get coger/tener |
Got |
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Give dar |
Gave |
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Go ir |
Went |
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Grow crecer |
Grew |
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Have tener |
Had |
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Hear oir |
Heard |
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Keep guardar |
Kept |
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Know saber |
Knew |
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Let dejar |
Let |
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Lose perder |
Lost |
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Make hacer |
Made |
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Pay pagar |
Paid |
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Put poner |
Put |
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Read leer |
Read |
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Say decir |
Said |
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See ver |
Saw |
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Sing cantar |
Sang |
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Sell vender |
Sold |
Para utilizar el pasado simple en sus formas negativas e interrogativas necesitamos del auxiliar “Do” en su forma pasada “Did”
Forma Interrogativa: Did
Forma Negativa: Did not o en su forma contraída Didn’t
Simple Past Tense |
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|
Modo Afirmativo |
Modo Interrogativo |
Modo Negativo |
|
I played |
Did I play? |
I didn’t play |
|
You played |
Did you play? |
You didn’t play |
|
He played |
Did he play? |
He didn’t play |
|
She played |
Did she play? |
She didn’t play |
|
It played |
Did it play? |
It didn’t play |
|
We played |
Did we play? |
We didn´t play |
|
You played |
Did you play? |
You didn´t play |
|
They played |
Did thet play? |
They didn´t play |
Ejemplo de oraciones afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas para verbos regulares e irregulares.

Nota: Al hacer oraciones en tiempo pasado simple hay que tener mayo cuidado en la forma afirmativa, ya que en esta forma el verbo cambia ya sea para verbos regulares e irregulares. En las formas negativas el auxiliar didn’t y en la forma interrogativa Did nos indica que la oración esta en pasado y el verbo principal se mantiene en infinitivo (no en pasado) Ejemplo: You didn’t go there.
Vocabulario:
Here = aquí,
There = allá,
Guitar = guitarra,
Water = agua,
Well = bien
Today = hoy,
Much = mucho
