El pasado simple de los verbos (regulares e irregulares)

Pasado simple (verbos regulares)

Forma afirmativa Verbo Regular:

Sujeto + infinitive del verbo + ed.

I watched TV yesterday.

Afirmativo

I worked.

You worked.

He worked.

She worked.

It worked.

We worked.

You worked.

They worked.

Ortografía

* Con la mayoría de los vebos, se añade –ed al infinitive sin to. Ejemplo work - worked

* Con verbos acabados en –e, se añade –d. Ejemplo live - lived

* Con verbos acabados en consonante + y, la y se sustituye por –ied. Ejemplo study - studied

* Con verbos acabados en consonante, vocal, consonante, la consonante se duplica y se añade ed.

travel – travelled.

Pasado simple (verbos irregulares)

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El pasado simple de algunos verbos ingleses no acaba en –ed, sino que tiene una forma irregular,
que es la misma para todas las personas.

`have´ se convierte en `had´

I had

You had

He had

She had

It had

We had

You had

They had

Los VERBOS IRREGULARES no siguen normas ortográficas generales, por lo que hay que
aprendérselos de memoría.

Lista de verbos irregulares

Verbo Infinitivo - Pasado simple - Traducción

be - was, were - ser, estar

become - became - convertirse en, volverse

begin - began - empezar

break - broke - romper(se)

build - built - construir

buy - bought - comprar

can - could - poder, saber

catch - caught - coger

come - came - venir

cost - cost - costar

do - did - hacer

draw - drew - dibujar

drink - drank - beber

drive - drove - conducir

eat - ate - comer

feel - felt - sentir(se), notar

fight - fought - luchar

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find - found - encontrar

fly - flew - volar

forget - forgot - olvidar

get - got - conseguir

get up - got up - levantarse

give - gave - dar

go - went - ir(se)

have - had - haber, tener

hold - held - agarrar, sujetar

keep - kept - guarder, mantener(se)

know - knew - saber, conocer

learn - learnt - aprender

leave - left - abandoner, irse (de)

let - let - dejar

lose - lost - perder

make - made – hacer

meet - met - conocer, encontrarse (con)

pay - paid - pagar

read - read - leer

ride - rode - montar a (caballo), andar en (bici…)

run - ran - correr

say - said - decir

see - saw - ver

send - sent - mandar, enviar

shine - shone - brillar

sing - sang - cantar

sit - sat - sentarse

sleep - slept - dormir

speak - spoke - hablar

spend - spent - gastar, pasar(tiempo)

steal - stole - robar

swim - swam - nadar

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take - took - coger

teach - taught - enseñar

think - thought - pensar

wear - wore - vestir, llevar puesto

write - wrote – escribir

Pasado simple (verbos regulares e irregulares)

Negativo Interrogativa
I didn´t work. Did I work?

You didn´t work. Did you work?

He didn´t work Did he work?

She didn´t work. Did she work?

It didn´t work. Did it work?

We didn´t work. Did we work?

You didn´t work. Did you work?

They didn´t work. Did they work?

Respuestas Breves

Afirmativa Negativa
Yes, I did. No, I didn´t.

Yes, you did. No, you didn´t.

Yes, he did. No, he didn´t.

Yes, she did. No, she didn´t.

Yes, it did. No, it didn´t.

Yes, we did. No, we didn´t.

Yes, you did. No, you didn´t.

Yes, they did. No, they didn´t

El las frases negativas e interrogativas, así como en las respuestas breves, el auxiliar es el mismo
para todas las personas.

Frases Negativas: Frases interrogativas:

I didn´t. Did I?

You didn´t. Did you?

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He didn´t. Did he?

She didn´t. Did she?

It didn´t. Did it?

We didn´t. Did we?

You didn´t. Did you?

They didn´t. Did they?

Recuerda:

* En las frases negativas e interrogativas, siempre se debe utilizar el infinitivo del verbo sin to.

She didn´t phone her No se puede decir: She didn´t phoned her.

Did you study yesterday? No se puede decir: Did you studied yesterday?

* En las preguntas que contienen partículas interrogativas (what, when, who, why, where), estas se
colocan delante del auxiliar did.

Where did you go?

Who did he visit?

Usos:

El pasado simple se utiliza para hablar de acciones que sucedieron en un momento concreto del
pasado. En estas frases aparecen expresiones de tiempo tales como yesterday (ayer), last week (la
semana pasada), last night (anoche), etc.

I played football last Saturday. We went shopping yesterday.

Ago

* Ago se traduce por ¨hace¨ y se refiere a una acción del pasado, a algo que ya ha acabado.

They travelled to London three days ago.

* Ago no puede encabazar una expression de tiempo.

ten years ago No se puede decir: ago ten years

EJERCICIOS
A. Completar las frases

Ejemplo : I didn´t watch TV last night.

1. On Saturday I ___played_____________ (play) computer games with my cousins.

2. My mum ______did not cook_____________ (not cook) dinner last night.

3. I _______walked________ (walk) to school because there weren´t any buses.

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4. They ____did not dance______ (not dance) at the party.

5. My brother ______travelled___________ (travel) to Ireland last summer

B. Escribe el pasado simple de estos verbos

1. copy _________

2. revise __________

3. cycle __________

4. listen __________

5. practice __________

6. play __________

7. like __________

8. move __________

9. shout __________

10. start __________

C. Escribe las preguntas en el orden correcto

Ejemplo: night? / meet / Did / you / them / last / Did you meet them last night?

1. film? / like / you / Did / the /

2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people / _________________________________

3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good / _________________________________

4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at / _________________________________

5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy / _________________________________

6. party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to / _________________________________

7. did / yesterday? / Who / you / see / _________________________________

E. ¿Verbos regulares (R) o irregulares (I)?

Ejemplo: play R

1. fly ___________

2. use ___________

3. study ___________

4. eat ___________

5. make ___________

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6. travel ___________

7. see ___________

F. Escribe el pasado simple de los verbos del ejercicio E.

1. ___________

2. ___________

3. ___________

4. ___________

5. ___________

6. ___________

7. ___________

G. Completa las frases utilizando el pasado simple de los verbos.

be – got up – meet – have – go – run – drink – sleep – swim – eat

Yesterday I got up early, at about seven o´clock.

1. I _______________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.

2. Then I _____________ to the sports centre.

3. I ______________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then

4. I _____________ 5 kilometers.

5. At lunchtime I ______________ my friends in a café.

6. We _____________ some pasta and _____________ some juice.

7. After lunch I ____________ for a few hours, I _____________ tired!

H. Completa con el verbo en pasado simple (verbos regulares)

1. I opened the door and ____looked_________ (look) inside.

2. Who _____did close____________ (close) all the windows?

3. I _____carryed_____________ (carry) my mom´s shopping bag.

4. I ____didn’t climb______________ (not climb) over the fence.

5. I ___did rip ______________ (rip) my shirt.

6. The plane ______did landied_______________ (land) ten minutes ago.

7. We _____did live ________________ (live) in that house when I was a baby.

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8. My brother _______didn’t cry____________ (not cry) when he fell of his bike.

9. We ______did walk_________________ (walk) to school yesterday.

10. She ___did smile__________________ (smile) when she saw me.

11. We ____did hurry_________________ (hurry) to the station to catch the train.

12. She _____did laugh_______________ (laugh) when I told her the joke.

13. We ______did race_______________ (race) each other on our bikes.

14. Dad ____didn’t__help______________ (not help) me with my homework.

15. Helen _____did whisper______________ (whisper) me a secret.

16. Luis Miguel ____did_hurry_______________ (hurry) to catch a bus.

17. We _____did return__________________ (return) our books to the library.

18. She _____didn’t__kiss________________ (not kiss) the frog.

19. The frog ______did change____________ (change) into a prince.

20. Two doctors ____did rush____________ (rush) into the room.

21. I _____didn’t kick_______________ (not kick) the ball very hard.

22. Who ____did invent______________ (invent) the computer?

23. Dinosaurs _____did live____________ (live) many years ago.

24. It _____didn’t snow______________ (not snow) last night.

25. They ____didn’t work_____________ (not work) until twelve last night

I. Pasado simple (verbos irregulares)

1. I ______lost___________ (loose) my watch in the park.

2. David ___did hurt______________ (not hurt) his knee.

3. I kicked the ball and it _______broke____________ (break) a window.

4. My new shoes _______________ (not cost) a lot of money.

5. I ________________ (get) this book from the library.

6. We had a garage where we _________________ (keep) our car.

7. Ali _________________ (cut) his knee.

8. The glass __________________ (fall) off the table.

9. The glass _________________ (not break).

10. We _________________ (sell) our old car.

11. We _________________ (buy) a new car.

12. The bell ________________ (not ring).

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13. We all _________________ (go) into school.

14. The dog ________________ (catch) the ball.

15. The man ______________ (not kneel) down.

16. Our cat ________________ (run) onto the road.

17. Jane __________________ (not write) a letter.

18. I _________________ (buy) a new camera last week.

19. We _________________ (drive) to a safari park yesterday.

20. Yesterday Dad _______________ (not take) me to the carnival.

21. Elizabeth _________________ (give) Eva a chocolate.

22. Jack and Jill __________________ (not go) up the hill.

23. Her ring __________________ (cost) ten Euros.

24. I __________________ (put) sugar in my coffee.

25. He __________________ (not hit) the ball over the net

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RESPUESTAS

A. Completar las frases Las respuestas correctas

Ejemplo : I didn´t watch TV last night.

1. On Saturday I ________________ (play) computer games with 1. On Saturday I played computer games
my cousins. with my cousins.

2. My mum ___________________ (not cook) dinner last night. 2. My mum didn´t cook dinner last night.

3. I ____________________ (walk) to school because there 3. I walked to school because there weren
weren´t any buses. ´t any buses.

4. They ___________________ (not dance) at the party. 4. They didn´t dance at the party.

5. My brother _________________ (travel) to Ireland last 5. My brother travelled to Ireland last

summer summer.

B. Escribe el pasado simple de estos B. Las respuestas correctas Escribe el pasado

verbos simple de estos verbos

1. copy __________ 1. copy copied

2. revise __________ 2. revise revise

3. cycle __________ 3. cycle cycled

4. listen __________ 4. listen listened

5. practice __________ 5. practice practiced

6. play __________ 6. play played

7. like __________ 7. like liked

8. move __________ 8. move moved

9. shout __________ 9. shout shouted

10. start __________ 10. start started

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C. Escribe las preguntas en el orden correcto Las respuestas correctas

Ejemplo: night? / meet / Did / you / them / last / Ejemplo: night? / meet / Did / you / them / last /

Did you meet them last night? Did you meet them last night?

1. film? / like / you / Did / the / 1. Did you like the film?

2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people / 2. How many people did you ask?

3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good / 3. Did they have a good time?

4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at / 4. What did we do at the weekend?

5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy / 5. Where did she buy that DVD?

6. party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to / 6. Did he go to your party on Saturday?

7. did / yesterday? / Who / you / see / 7. Who did you see yesterday?

E. ¿Verbos regulares (R) o E. ¿Verbos regulares (R) o

irregulares (I)? irregulares (I)?

Ejemplo: play R Las respuestas correctas

1. fly ___________ 1. fly I

2. use ___________ 2. use R

3. study ___________ 3. study R

4. eat ___________ 4. eat I

5. make ___________ 5. make I

6. travel ___________ 6. travel R

7. see ___________ 7. see I

F. Escribe el pasado simple de los verbos del F. Escribe el pasado simple de los verbos del
ejercicio E. ejercicios E -Las respuestas correctas

1. ___________ 1. flew

2. ___________ 2. used

3. ___________ 3. studied

4. ___________ 4. ate

5. ___________ 5. made

6. ___________ 6. travelled

7. ___________ 7. saw

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G. Completa las frases utilizando el pasado simple G. Completa las frases utilizando el pasado
de los verbos. simple de los verbos.

be – got up – meet – have – go – run – drink – sleep be – got up – meet – have – go – run – drink –
– swim – eat sleep – swim – eat

Yesterday I got up early, at about seven o´clock. Yesterday I got up early, at about seven o´clock.

Las respuestas correctas

1. I _______________ a shower and some fruit for 1. I had a shower and some fruit for breakfast.
breakfast.
2. Then I went to the sports centre.
2. Then I _____________ to the sports centre.
3. I swam ran 500 meters in the swimming pool
3. I ______________ 500 meters in the swimming pool
and then
and then
4. I ran5 kilometers.
4. I _____________ 5 kilometers.

5. At lunchtime I ______________ my friends in a café.

5. At lunchtime I met my friends in a café.

6. We _____________ some pasta and _____________ 6. We ate some pasta and drank some juice.
some juice.
7. After lunch I slept for a few hours, I was tired!
7. After lunch I ____________ for a few hours, I
_____________ tired!

H. Completa con el verbo en pasado simple (verbos Las respuestas correctas

regulares)
1. I opened the door and ___________________ (look) inside.
1. I opened the door and looked inside.
2. Who _________________ (close) all the windows?
2. Who did close all the windows?
3. I __________________ (carry) my mom´s shopping bag.
3. I carried my mom´s shopping bag.
4. I __________________ (not climb) over the fence.
4. I didn´t climb over the fence.
5. I __________________ (rip) my shirt.
5. I ripped my shirt.
6. The plane _____________________ (land) ten minutes ago.

7. We _____________________ (live) in that house when I was a

6. The plane landed ten minutes ago.
baby. 7. We lived in that house when I was a baby.
8. My brother ___________________ (not cry) when he fell of his
8. My brother didn´t cry when he fell of his
bike.
bike.
9. We _______________________ (walk) to school yesterday.
9. We walked to school yesterday.
10. She _____________________ (smile) when she saw me.
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11. We _____________________ (hurry) to the station to catch the 10. She smiled when she saw me.
train.
11. We hurried to the station to catch the train.
12. She ____________________ (laugh) when I told her the joke.
12. She laughed when I told her the joke.
13. We _____________________ (race) each other on our bikes.
13. We raced each other on our bikes.
14. Dad ____________________ (not help) me with my homework.
14. Dad didn´t help me with my homework.
15. Helen ___________________ (whisper) me a secret.

16. Luis Miguel ____________________ (hurry) to catch a bus.

15. Helen whispered me a secret.

17. We _______________________ (return) our books to the 16. Luis Miguel hurried to catch a bus.
library.
17. We returned our books to the library.
18. She _______________________ (not kiss) the frog.
18. She didn´t kiss the frog.
19. The frog __________________ (change) into a prince.
19. The frog changed into a prince.
20. Two doctors ________________ (rush) into the room.
20. Two doctors rushed into the room.
21. I _______________________ (not kick) the ball very hard.
21. I didn´t kick the ball very hard.
22. Who __________________ (invent) the computer?
22. Who invented the computer?
23. Dinosaurs _________________ (live) many years ago.
23. Dinosaurs lived many years ago.
24. It ___________________ (not snow) last night.
24. It didn´t snow last night.
25. They _________________ (not work) until twelve last night
25. They didn´t work until twelve last night.

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I. Pasado simple (verbos irregulares) Las respuestas correctas

1. I ___________ (loose) my watch in the park. 1. I lost my watch in the park.

2. David ___________ (not hurt) his knee. 2. David didn´t hurt his knee.
3. I kicked the ball and it ___________ (break) a window. 3. I kicked the ball and it broke a window.
4. My new shoes ___________ (not cost) a lot of money. 4. My new shoes didn´t cost a lot of money.
5. I ___________ (get) this book from the library. 5. I got this book from the library.
6. We had a garage where we ___________ (keep) our car. 6. We had a garage where we kept our car.
7. Ali ___________ (cut) his knee. 7. Ali cut his knee.
8. The glass ___________ (fall) off the table. 8. The glass fell off the table.
9. The glass ___________ (not break). 9. The glass didn´t break.
10. We ___________ (sell) our old car. 10. We sold our old car.
11. We ___________ (buy) a new car. 11. We bought a new car.
12. The bell ___________ (not ring). 12. The bell didn´t ring.
13. We all ___________ (go) into school. 13. We all went into school.
14. The dog ___________ (catch) the ball. 14. The dog caught the ball.
15. The man ___________ (not kneel) down. 15. The man didn´t kneel down.
16. Our cat ___________ (run) onto the road. 16. Our cat ran onto the road.
17. Jane ___________ (not write) a letter. 17. Jane didn´t write a letter.
18. I ___________ (buy) a new camera last week. 18. I bought a new camera last week.
19. We ___________ (drive) to a safari park yesterday. 19. We drove to a safari park yesterday.
20. Yesterday Dad ___________ (not take) me to the carnival. 20. Yesterday Dad didn´t take me to the carnival.
21. Elizabeth ___________ (give) Eva a chocolate. 21. Elizabeth gave Eva a chocolate.
22. Jack and Jill ___________ (not go) up the hill. 22. Jack and Jill didn´t go up the hill.
23. Her ring ___________ (cost) ten Euros. 23. Her ring cost ten Euros.
24. I ___________ (put) sugar in my coffee. 24. I put sugar in my coffee.
25. He ___________ (not hit) the ball over the net. 25. He didn´t hit the ball over the net.

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