SIMPLE PAST IN ENGLISH

STRUCTURE

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

WHEN THE SENTENCE IS WRITTEN IN THIS WAY, THE VERB IN THE SENTENCE IS WRITTEN IN ITS RESPECTIVE FORM ACCORDING TO ITS GROUP: REGULAR OR IRREGULAR. AND ALWAYS ACCOMPANIES THE SUBJECT IN SENTENCE

SUBJECT + PRINCIPAL VERB + COMPLEMENT
WE BOUGHT THE DINNER

NEGATIVE FORM

EL VERBO PRINCIPAL NO CAMBIA AS A GENERAL RULE, SENTENCES THAT ARE FORMED IN A NEGATIVE WAY SHOULD CARRY THE AUXILIARY
"DO"

IN THE SIMPLE PAST, THE AUXILIARY VERB MUST GO IN THE PAST, CHANGING FROM DO OR DOES, TO DID

SUBJECT + AUXILIARY VERB + NOT + PRINCIPAL VERB + COMPLEMENT WE DID NOT BUY THE DINNER

USUALLY THESE TWO AUXILIARIES CONTRACT TO SHORTEN THE SENTENCE:

IN PRESENT: DO + NOT = DON'T
IN THE PAST: DID + NOT = DIDN'T

VERB CONJUGATION

IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE USE OF REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

TERMINATION "-ED" EXAMPLE:

• Promise - Promised
• Announce - Announced
• Crash - Crashed
• Punish - Punished
• Accept - Accepted
• Avoid - Avoided
• Sneeze - Sneezed
• Cry - Cried
• Miss - Missed

INTERROGATIVE FORM

THE AUXILIARY VERB ALWAYS MUST START THE PRAYER, THE AUXILIARY VERB DOES NOT PREVENT THE MAIN VERB

EXAMPLE OF AN INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE AFFIRMATIVELY

AUXILIARY VERB + SUBJECT + PRINCIPAL VERB + COMPLEMENT
DID WE BUY THE DINNER?