Theory

Pasado Simple - (Simple Past Tense)

Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that happened at an earlier time and have already completed, for example:

She cleaned her house. Ella limpió su casa.

I broke the window. Yo rompí la ventana

Here is the conjugation in Spanish equivalent to the Past Indefinite. Notice that the sentence structure is similar to the Simple Present:

Both the negative interrogative form as is used as auxiliary DID is the past form of the verb "TO DO" and accompanies the main verb in its infinitive form. Negations can be used in the contracted form of DID NOT or DID. In the top box uses the verb To Play (Play) as an example.

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Expressing a sentence in Past Simple means that the action is unrelated to the present, as shown in the following cases:

he lost the keys. Él perdió las llaves.

(Puede que en el presente las haya encontrado).

She lent me a book. Ella me prestó un libro.

(Puede que ya se lo haya devuelto)

It is also possible to indicate the time when the action is to indicate the time with greater

They saw the movie last night. Ellos vieron la película anoche.

We went to London yesterday. Nosotros fuimos a Londres ayer.

In order to form a sentence in past tense we must distinguish two types: regular verbs and irregular verbs

In the first case are the Simple Past ED adding the ending to the infinitive, while the irregulars are so called not to follow a particular pattern and in this case must be studied individually.

We use the past to talk about situations that occurred some time ago.


The questioning is done with the auxiliary did and the infinitive of the verb conjugated

The affirmative to the past of the verb conjugated

In the case of regular verbs is formed by adding "ed" to the verb


 If the verb ends in consonant + y and becomes the i to form the past
 Cry + ed = cried

 If the verb ends in e is added only d. decides + ed = DECIDED

La estructura básica del pasado simple:

The basic structure of the past so simple: (= someone somebody, somewhere, somewhere, something

	subject	verb
	I	liked	somebody.	Alguien me gustó.
	You	got	something.	Cogistes algo. (tú)
	He	needed	something.	Necesitó algo. (él)
	She	had	something.	Tuvo algo. (ella)
	It	went	somewhere.	Fue a algún sitio.
	You	wrote	something.	Escribisteis algo. (vosotros)
	We	walked	somewhere.	Caminamos a algún sitio.
	They	did	something.	Hicieron algo. (ellos)

Note: With the simple past form is used so "simple past verb" ("no" the infinitive). In this way, there are two types of verbs: regular verbs and irregular verbs.

The basic structure of negative past simple:

	subject	auxiliary	verb
	I	didn't	like	somebody.	Alguien no me gustó.
	You	didn't	get	something.	No cogistes algo. (tú)
	He	didn't	need	something.	No necesitó algo. (él)
	She	didn't	have	something.	No tuvo algo. (ella)
	It	didn't	go	somewhere.	No fue a ningún sitio.
	You	didn't	write	something.	No escribisteis algo.
	We	didn't	have	something.	No tuvimos algo.
	They	didn't	do	something.	No hicieron algo. (ellos)

Note: contracted form "did not" = "did not".
Note: In the past simple negative sentences the verb is in infinitive. The reason for this is that the use auxiliary "did" and communicates that prayer itself is simple past and changethe verb form would be redundant.
The basic structure of the simple past interrogative: 

	aux	subject	verb
	Did	I	know	you?	¿Te conocí?
	Did	you	work?		¿Trabajaste?
	Did	he	write	anything?	¿Escribió algo?
	Did	she	go	anywhere?	¿Fué a algún sitio?
	Did	it	work?		¿Funcionó?
	Did	you	understand?		¿Entendisteis?
	Did	we	need	anything?	¿Necesitabamos algo?
	Did	they	like	anybody?	¿Les cayó bien alguien?

Note: The simple past interrogative sentences the verb is in infinitive.

Note: The word "some" and "any" mean the same thing sometimes. The main difference is that "some" is often used for yes and "any" to negative and interrogative.

The basic structure of the short answers of the past simple:

	Af.					Neg.
	Yes,	I did.				No,	I did not. (didn't)
	Yes,	you did.				No,	you did not. (didn't)
	Yes,	he did.				No,	he did not. (didn't)
	Yes,	she did.				No,	she did not. (didn't)
	Yes,	it did.				No,	it did not. (didn't)
	Yes,	we did.				No,	we did not. (didn't)
	Yes,	you did.				No,	you did not. (didn't)
	Yes,	they did.				No,	they did not. (didn't)

To use the simple past:

To talk about an action or something that took place in the past and no longer has any relation to the present.




pages used:


http://www.aprenderinglesfacil.es/2008/04/pasado-simple-simple-past-tense.html 

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html
http://www.aprenderinglesfacil.es/2008/04/ejercicios-pasado-simple.html