Past Simple

The structure of "simple past" (Simple Past Tense) in English is:

 The structure of "simpe past" (Simple Past Tense) in English is:

[SUBJECT] + [past tense, ending "-ed"]

Conjugación	Significado
	yo trabajé
	tú trabajaste
	él trabajó
	nosotros trabajamos
	vosotros trabajasteis
	ellos trabajaron

Construction of the past

In general, to form the past in English, "-ed" is added to a verb.

But must take into account some considerations:

irregular verbs

For irregular verbs must be memorized his way past.

we show some examples of irregular verbs:

Verbo	Pasado	Significado
to go	went	ir
to buy	bought	comprar
to have	had	tener
to be	was/were	ser o estar

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Past verbs ending in "-e"

To form the past the "-e" final is replaced by "-ed".

Verbo	Pasado
use	used
die	died

Negation in pasast simple

The formation of negation in "simple past" is simpler than affirmation.

Its structure is:

[SUBJECT] + did + not + [infinitive (without to)]

We show you a couple of examples:

yo no canté

él no cantó

The question in the simple past

To construct the question the auxiliary verb to do is used in the past (did).

The structure is:

Did + [SUBJECT] + [infinitive (without to)]?

Conjugación	Significado
did I sing?	¿canté?
did you sing?	¿cantaste?
did he sing?	¿cantó?
did we sing?	¿cantamos?
did you sing?	¿cantasteis?
did they sing?	¿cantaron?

If the question had an interrogative particle structure would

[Interrogative particle] + did + [SUBJECT] + [infinitive]?

What did you sing?

¿Qué cantaste?

Using the simple past

The "simple past" is used to:

Actions that began in the past and are now complete.

I ate an apple yesterday

Me comí una manzana ayer