Simple past tense

we use the simple past to express the idea that action began and ended at a specific time in the past. sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they have one specific time in mind.

We have to use two form of the verbs:
regulars and irregulars

• the regulars verbs: this verbs in its past and past participle form don't change and we only add "ed" for example: added - changed
• the irrgulars verbs: this verbs in its past and past participle form change for example:

begin - began - begun = comenzar

drink - drank - drunk = beber

Grammar Structure:

Subject + verb in past + complement

Example:

I drank a soda

you change your bedroom

He bought a blue car

She washed the dishes

The horse broke its mouth

verb to be pasr form (negative and interrogative)

Negative form:
was not = wasn't / were not =weren't

Grammar Structure:

Subject + wasn't/weren't + complement

I wasn't in the zoo last month
you weren't in the museum yesterday
Camilo wasn't in the classroom last year
Sonia wasn't in the national park


Interrogative form:

Grammar Structure:

was/were + subject + complement + ?

was the dog in the street last winter?
yes, it was / no, it wasn't

were we in the hospital?
were they in the hotel last saturday?
was the lion in the zoo last night?

ver to be past form

Similar to the Present simple tense, The simple past is divided in two main parts. The form with the “to be” and with “other verbs. you use past time expressions for to say the phases in past with this verb and help to be in a totally past form.

to be in past: (was and were)
I - was
you - were
he - was
she - was
it - was
we - were
they were

past time expressions:
yesterday - ayer
last week - semana pasada
last weekend - fin de semana pasada
last month - mes pasado
last year - año pasado
last vacations - vacaciones pasadas
last season (summer, winter, autumn, spring)

Grammar Structure:

subject + was/were + complement

I was in he mall yesterday
last weekend you were in the park
last sunday Angelica was in the school
Samuel was in his grand father's house last summer
the cat was in the pet shop yesterday
we were in a party last week
they were in cartagena last year

WH questions with simple present tense

The "wh-questions" are a group of questions that begin with an interrogative pronoun (a "wh-word"): what, which, who, Whom, Whose,when, where, why, and also questions that begin with "how", that while it is obvious that doesn't begin with "wh", belongs to this group because the word is behaving the same way. this questions have the intention of ask specific information.

• What? - actions, things - ¿Qué?
• Where - places - ¿Dondé?
• When - dates, day, months, year - ¿Cúando?
• Who - people - ¿Quién? (subject pronoun)
• Whom - people - ¿A quienes?, ¿para quién o quienes? (object pronoun)
• whose - people- ¿De quién?
• which - things, kinds - ¿cúal?
• Why - reasons, answer: Because - ¿Por qué?
• What time - time, hours - ¿A qué horas?
• How - way, maneers - ¿Cómo?

Grammar Structure:

Wh question + Aux do/does + subject + verb + complement + ?

Example:

1. what do you do i the morning?
2. where does Claudia work?
3. when do they present the exam?
4. who plays soccer? / who does he play with ?
5. whom do you invite?
6. whose cell phone keeps ringing?
7. which is your favorite sopping mall?
8. why do ypu have to come in the school?
9. what time does sergio study?
10. how do you feel today?

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