Most Common English Verbs and Simple Past Tense

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Auxiliary verbs
Base form Espaol Past Past Participle
be ser /estar was /were been
do hacer did done
Have tener /haber had had

Base form Espaol Past Past Participle
1 Ask Preguntar Asked asked
2 Call Llamar Called called
3 carry Cargar Carried Carried
4 change Cambiar changed Changed
5 close Cerrar Closed Closed
6 come Venir Came Come
7 cut Cortar Cut Cut
8 draw Dibujar Drew Drawn
9 drink Tomar Drank Drunk
10 drive Manejar Drove Driven
11 Eat Comer Ate Eaten
12 Feel Sentir Felt Felt
13 Find Encontrar Found Found
forget Olvidar Forgot Forgotten
14 Get conseguir / obtener Got Gotten
15 Give Dar Gave Given
16 Go Ir Went Gone
17 hear Or Heard Heard
18 Help Ayudar Helped Helped
19 keep Guardar Kept Kept
20 know Conocer Knew Known
21 learn Aprender learned/learnt learned/learnt
22 leave Dejar Left Left
23 Like Gustar Liked Liked
24 listen Or listened Listened
25 Live Vivir Lived Lived
26 Look Ver Looked Looked
27 make Hacer Made Made
28 move Mover Moved Moved
29 need Necesitar needed Needed
30 open Abrir opened Opened
31 Play Jugar Played Played
32 Put Poner Put Put
33 Read Leer Read Read
34 run Correr Ran Run
35 Say Decir Said Said
36 See Ver Saw Seen
37 Sing Cantar Sang Sung
38 Sit Sentarse Sat Sat
39 show Mostrar showed Shown
40 sleep Dormir Slept Slept
41 speak Hablar Spoke Spoken
42 spell Deletrear Spelt Spelt
43 Start Empezar Started Started
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Base form Espaol Past Past Participle
44 Stop Parar stopped stopped
45 study Estudiar studied studied
46 swim Nadar Swam swum
47 Take Tomar Took taken
48 Tell Decir Told Told
49 think Pensar thought thought
50 Try probar/intenta Tried Tried
51 understand Entender understood understood
52 Use Usar Used used
53 walk Caminar Walked walked
54 want Querer wanted wanted
55 watch mirar/ver watched watched
56 Work Trabajar Worked worked
57 Write Escribir Wrote written
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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, por ejemplo:
She cleaned her house. Ella limpi su casa.
I broke the window. Yo romp la ventana.

Para poder formar una oracin en tiempo pasado debemos distinguir dos tipos: VERBOS REGULARES y VERBOS
IRREGULARES.

VERBOS IRREGULARES: forman su Pasado Simple aadiendo la terminacin ED al infinitivo, mientras que los
IRREGULARES reciben ese nombre por no seguir un patrn determinado y en este caso deben estudiarse
individualmente.

En el caso de los verbos regulares se forma aadiendo "ed" al verbo.
Si el verbo acaba en consonante + y la y se transforma en i al formar el pasado
Play + ed = played

Si el verbo acaba en e se le aade slo d.
Decide + ed = decided

Usa la segunda columna de la listas de verbos.







La forma afirmativa con el pasado del verbo conjugado.




La forma negativa con didn't y el infinitivo del verbo conjugado.






Most Common English Verbs and Simple Past Tense

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Las preguntas se hacen con el auxiliar did y el infinitivo del verbo conjugado.






MS EJEMPLOS:
1. Affirmative Sentences (Oraciones afirmativas)
Sujeto + verbo principal
o I wanted to dance. (Yo quera bailar.)
o She was a doctor. (Ella era doctora.)
o They learned English. (Ellos aprendieron ingls.)
o We believed him. (Nosotros le cremos.)
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2. Negative Sentences (Oraciones negativas)
Sujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to do") + "not" + verbo principal
o I didn't want to dance. (No quera bailar.)

Nota: En expresiones negativas, el verbo auxiliar va en el pasado ("did") y el verbo principal se queda en el infinitivo.

3. Interrogative Sentences (Oraciones interrogativas)
o Did you want to dance? (Queras bailar?)
o Was she a doctor? (Era doctora?)
o Did they learn English? (Aprendieron ingles?)
o Did you believe him? (Le creste?)




EXERCISE 1. Put the verbs in parentheses into the simple past:

a. Last year I ________________ (go) to Ensenada.
b. It _______ (be) fantastic.
c. I _________ (visit) lots of interesting places. I ____________ (be) with two friends.
d. We always _________________________ (play) basketball on Saturdays last year.
e. Tom: _______________________ (not understand) the systems class.

EXERCISE 2: Complete the table in simple past.
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
He wrote a book.


He did not sing


Was she pretty?

EXERCISE 3: Write the sentences into simple past.
1. We move to a new house.
2. They eat a sandwich.
3. He doesn't do the homework.
4. They sell cars.
Most Common English Verbs and Simple Past Tense

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5. Does he visit his friends?

EXERCISE 4: Write sentences in simple past.
1. Janet / use / the bus
2. she / clean / her room
3. Nancy / watch / not / television
4. she / read / a book


EXERCISE 5: Write the negative verb forms from the first sentences into the gaps. You can use long or short
(contracted) forms of the auxiliaries verbs.
Example: Frank turned on the radio. - Frank ______________ the radio.
Answer: Frank turned on the radio. - Frank did not turn on the radio. Or
Frank turned on the radio. - Frank didn't turn on the radio.

1) The children ran home. - The children _____________________ home.
2) I forgot the book. I ________________ the book.
3) We turned off the computer. - We _____________________ the computer.
4) My friend sold his English book. - My friend ________________ his English book.
5. Lucy watched TV last weekend. Lucy ____________________ TV last weekend.

EXERCISE 6: Choose "was or "were:

1. The teacher _______________________ (not happy).
2. The students _______________________ (intelligent)
3. _________________ your high school big.
4. Jane and Peter __________________ the most generous in the classroom.
5. These shoes ______________ the cheapest in the store.


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