Form
Regular verbs: base + -ed (worked, lived, studied, stopped). Irregular verbs: special forms (go → went, have → had). The form is the same for all subjects.
| Affirmative | Negative | Question |
|---|
| I watched a film. / She went home. | I didn't like it. / She didn't go. | Did you see it? / Where did they go? |
Short answers: Yes, I did. · No, she didn't.
Use
- Finished actions in the past: I visited my grandmother last weekend.
- A series of past events: He got up, had breakfast and left.
- Past facts and states: She lived in Madrid in 2015.
Words used with it
yesterday, last night, last year, three days ago, in 1998, this morning (finished).
Spelling of -ed
like → liked · study → studied · stop → stopped · play → played
Common irregular verbs
see → saw · eat → ate · write → wrote · take → took · buy → bought · put → put · cut → cut
Watch out
- After did / didn't use the base verb:
She didn't went → She didn't go. Did he finished? → Did he finish? We goed → We went.- Subject questions have no did: Who broke the window?
En español
Pasado simple = acciones terminadas en el pasado. Regulares: verbo + -ed. Irregulares: hay que aprenderlos (go → went). Negativo y pregunta con did + verbo base.
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