¿What is Simple Past used for?
AUTHOR: Carolna Proaño
To express repeated or habitual actions in the past
What happens after a short vowel ?
Author:Carolina Proaño
The final consonant is doubled
The negative sentences, with what auxiliary verb are they formed?
Author:Carolina Praoño
They are formed with the auxiliary verb "do"
To form the past simple with regular verbs ¿What do we use?
Author: Carolina Proaño
We use the infinitive and add the ending "-ed"
¿What are the temporary markers?
Author:Carolina Proaño
They allow us to identify the verb tense to be used in a sentence
The simple past is used to talk about
Author:Carolina Proaño
A concrete action that began and ended in the past
¿What auxiliaries do we use in Past Simple?
Author:Carolina Proaño
We used "DID"
¿What do we use to form a negative sentence in simple past?
Author: Carolina Proaño
We use didn't
¿Which verbs form the past tense and the participle in a fickle way?
Author: Carolina Proaño
Irregular Verbs
¿What are the most commonly used time expressions?
Author:Carolina Proaño
Yesterday and last
¿What do we also use the Past Simple for?
Author:Carolina Proaño
For narratives or actions of long periods of time
¿What does a verb become if it ends in "y"?
Author:Carolina Proaño
It becomes "i" before adding the ending "-ed"
¿What is the only difference between a negative sentence in the present tense and a negative sentence in the past tense?
Author:Carolina Proaño
Is the change in the auxiliary verb
¿What happens when the verb ends in "e"?
Author:Carolina Proaño
Just add a "-d"
You can also use time expressions such as ?
Author:Carolina Proaño
Adverbs of Frecuency
You can also use simple past if you?
Author:Carolina Proaño
You are describing how often you used to do something
¿How is the conjugation of a verb in simple past?
Author: Carolina Proaño
It's the same for everything
¿What are the exceptions where "didnt" is not added?
Carolina Proaño
To Be and modal verb such as can
¿What does the pronunciation of the infinitive "read" change?
Author:Carolina Proaño
Changes to /red/ in the simple past
¿Which temporary marker refers to a period of time that is completed and goes from a point in the past up to now?
Author:Carolina Proaño
ago