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    This document provides information about using different verb tenses and structures in English, including: 1) The past simple tense of the verb "to be" (was/were) is used to talk about completed actions and states in the past. Examples of affirmative and negative forms are given. 2) Regular and irregular past simple verb forms are explained. Common irregular verbs like "get" and "have" are listed. 3) Ways to form yes/no and Wh- questions in the past simple tense are outlined, including using "did" and "was/were". 4) The time expression "ago" is introduced as a way to indicate how long ago in the past something happened

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    This document provides information about using different verb tenses and structures in English, including: 1) The past simple tense of the verb "to be" (was/were) is used to talk about completed actions and states in the past. Examples of affirmative and negative forms are given. 2) Regular and irregular past simple verb forms are explained. Common irregular verbs like "get" and "have" are listed. 3) Ways to form yes/no and Wh- questions in the past simple tense are outlined, including using "did" and "was/were". 4) The time expression "ago" is introduced as a way to indicate how long ago in the past something happened

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    Unit 3 • Para formar el pasado simple en negativo se utiliza


    sujeto + didn’t (did not) + infinitivo sin to. Did no
    was/were: afirmativa y negativa cambia al cambiar de persona.
    afirmativa negativa He didn’t grow up in England. No creció en Inglaterra.
    I / He / She / It was calm. I / He / She / It wasn’t calm. was/were: interrogativas
    We / You / They were calm. We / You / They weren’t calm. interrogativa respuestas cortas

    • Was y were son las formas del pasado simple del Yes, I / he / she / it was.
    Was I / he / she / it friendly?
    verbo be. No, I / he / she / it wasn’t.
    He was a tennis player. Era tenista. Yes, we / you / they were.
    Were we / you / they friendly?
    They weren’t actors. No eran actores. No, we / you / they weren’t.
    Pasado simple: afirmativa y negativa
    • Para formular preguntas con el verbo be en pasado,
    afirmativa se utiliza was/were antes del sujeto.
    I / You / He / She / It / We / They lived in Paris.
    Was he a champion? ¿Era campeón?
    • En las respuestas cortas, se utiliza yes/no y se repite
    • El pasado simple se utiliza para expresar el verbo.
    acontecimientos y acciones finalizados en el pasado. A: Was he a champion? B: Yes, he was.
    We played basketball yesterday. A: ¿Era campeón? B: Sí.
    She went to the theatre school. • Para formular preguntas informativas, se pone la
    Ayer jugamos a baloncesto. partícula interrogativa de tipo Wh- delante de was/
    Fue a la escuela de teatro. were.
    Where was she born? ¿Dónde nació?
    Pasado simple: ortografía
    Pasado simple: interrogativas
    verbos regulares añadir -ed
    want – wanted stay – stayed (partícula did sujeto infinitivo
    interrogativa)
    verbos acabados añadir -d
    en -e like – liked live – lived I / you
    verbos acabados eliminar la -y y añadir -ied – Did he / she / it agree?
    en consonante copy – copied study – studied we / you / they
    + -y What did you decide?
    verbos acabados doblar la consonante final y añadir -ed
    en consonante + shop – shopped stop – stopped respuestas cortas
    vocal + consonante Yes, I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they did.
    No, I / you / he / she / it / we / you / they didn’t.
    • Algunos verbos son irregulares en el pasado simple y
    no siguen ningún patrón. • Las preguntas en pasado simple se formulan con did +
    do – did get – got have – had sujeto + infinitivo. Did no cambia.
    hacer – hizo obtener – obtuvo tener – tuvo Did it rain yesterday? ¿Llovió, ayer?
    • Ver la lista de verbos irregulares en la página 128. • Para formular preguntas informativas, se pone la
    • Con el pasado simple se pueden utilizar expresiones partícula interrogativa de tipo Wh- delante de did.
    como yesterday, last night, last week, last Where did you get your trainers?
    weekend y last summer. ¿Dónde te compraste las zapatillas?
    I got a new laptop yesterday.
    Ayer me compré un ordenador portátil nuevo. ago
    • Se utiliza ago con el pasado simple y con un periodo de
    sujeto didn’t infinitivo otras palabras tiempo para hablar de cuándo pasó algo en el pasado.
    I / You / He / Ago se pone después del periodo de tiempo.
    didn’t watch TV last night. I started this school three years ago.
    She / It / We /
    didn’t grow up in London.
    You / They Empecé en este colegio hace tres años.

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    Grammar practice 3
    was/were: affirmative and Past simple: questions
    negative 5 Write past simple questions and short
    1 Complete the text with was(n’t) or were(n’t). answers about the people in the table.
    At school, I 1 wasn’t (not) very good at sport Helen Sam and Abby Richard
    but I 2
    good at dancing. My friends
    eat pizza ✗ ✓ ✓
    3
    all crazy about football. They
    4
    (not) interested in dancing. I saw my go shopping ✓ ✗ ✗
    first ballet when I 5 12 years old. It
    6
    amazing! 1 Did Helen eat pizza ?
    No , she didn’t .
    2 ?
    Past simple: affirmative and , .
    negative 3 ?
    , .
    2 Complete the table with the verbs in the box.
    4 ?
    dance like stop study travel try wait , .
    5 ?
    , .
    add -ed ending in remove -y double the 6 ?
    -e, add -d and add final consonant , .
    -ied and add -ed
    1 waited 2 4 6 6 Complete the question for each answer.
    3 5 7 1 A: What did you drink ?
    B: I drank some lemonade.
    2 A: Where ?
    3 Write sentences with the past simple. B: He went to a concert.
    1 Tim / play / football / yesterday
    3 A: When ?
    Tim played football yesterday. B: They started school in September.
    2 Joanna / go skiing / last winter
    4 A: Who ?
    B: She met her sister.
    3 Gina and Tony / grow up / in Canada
    5 A: What ?
    B: He ate some sandwiches.
    4 We / not want / to practise the piano
    6 A: Why ?
    B: They stayed at home because it was raining.
    5 I / not play / tennis at school

    ago
    was/were: questions 7 Put the words in the correct order.
    1 We / two days / played / ago / football
    4 Write questions with was and were. We played football two days ago.
    1 Where / she born
    2 a few minutes / saw / I / ago / her
    Where was she born ?
    2 What / her first film
    3 ago / finished / an hour / She / her homework
    ?
    3 What / her favourite subjects at school
    4 made / ago / a long time / He / a film
    ?
    4 you / interested in acting at school
    5 was / two months / ago / My birthday
    ?
    5 your father / a film director
    6 in Italy / We / ago / were / two weeks
    ?
    Grammar practice 107

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