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Usamos el Past Simple para hablar del pasado. En español se puede traducir por el pretérito indefinido (I danced – Yo bailé) o el pretérito imperfecto (I danced – yo bailaba) Lo más importante es que es el tiempo en el que contamos las cosas que nos sucedieron, es decir, las narraciones.FORM
Para construir el Past Simple debes saber dos cosas, una buena (good news) y otra mala (bad news):Good News :)
El Past Simple es muy fácil de construir, fíjate bien:
Affirmative*
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Negative**
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Interrogative***
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I danced.
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I didn't dance.
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Did I dance?
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You danced.
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You didn't dance.
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Did you dance?
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He/She/It danced.
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He/She/It didn't
dance.
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Did he/she/it dance?
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We danced.
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We didn't dance.
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Did we dance?
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You danced.
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You didn't dance.
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Did you dance?
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They danced.
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They didn't dance.
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Did they dance?
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** La forma negativa se forma con el auxiliar didn't + infinitive
*** La forma interrogativa se hace con el auxiliar did delante del sujeto
Bad News :|
Además de los verbos regulares existen otros que son irregulares. Se llaman así porque su forma del Past Simple en afirmativa es diferente.Estas formas debes aprenderlas de oído, y cuando digo de oído quiero decir que es mejor aprendarlas escuchándola. Mucha gente se las aprende de memoria leyendo listas de verbos irregulares... y al final no se familiarizan con su pronunciación y no son capaces de entender cuando las escuchan.
To Do es un verbo irregular, y su Past Simple es Did. Pero solo para la forma afirmativa (Don't panic!), fíjate bien:
Affirmative*
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Negative**
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Interrogative***
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I did some
homework.
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I didn't do any
homework.
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Did I do any homework?
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You did some
homework.
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You didn't do any
homework.
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Did you do any
homework?
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He/She/It did
some homework.
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He/She/It didn't do
any homework.
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Did he/she/it do any
homework?
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We did some
homework.
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We didn't do any
homework.
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Did we do any
homework?
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You did some
homework.
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You didn't do any
homework.
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Did you do any
homework?
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They did some
homework.
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They didn't do any
homework.
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Did they do any
homework?
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LET'S PRACTICE
Puedes aprender pronunciación de verbos regulares e irregulares rapeando con Fluency MC:IRREGULAR VERBS RAP:
-ED Pronunciation
Con éste aprenderás las a pronunciar bien todos los verbos regulares en past simple cuando acaban en -ED.