Past Simple
Past Simple
3. Hay muchos verbos irregulares en ingls y stos son muy comunes. Quiz el ms
usado de todos sea el verbo to be: was (I, he, she, it) y were (you, we, they) I am happy (ahora) I was happy (antes) You are happy (ahora) You were happy (antes) Prctica. Pasa las siguientes frases con to be al pasado simple. Mary is a teacher They are tired We are good friends Mary and Sue are sad
(Fui a...)
Prctica. My story, your story. I was born in Fortuna (Murcia) in 1976. My father was a factory worker and my mother was a housewife. I had three sisters. I went to primary school and secondary school in
Fortuna. I studied at the University of Murcia from 1994 to 1999. I started to teach in 2001. In 2005 I moved to Murcia and now I live here.
Vocabulario: profesiones Administracin: accountant: contable clerk: oficinista Educacin: lecturer: profesor de Universidad professor: catedrtico teacher: profesor (de colegio o instituto) Sanidad: nurse: enfermero/a doctor: mdico G.P.: mdico de cabecera (general practitioner) surgeon: cirujano Alimentacin y comercio: baker: panadero, pastelero butcher: carnicero fishmonger: pescadero greengrocer: frutero grocer: tendero (alimentacin en general) ironmonger: ferretero shop assistant: dependiente shopkeeper: tendero
Prctica. Pasa las siguientes frases de presente afirmativo a pasado negativo. La primera frase ya est hecha para servir como ejemplo. John is tired They are tall We are so angry! I am hungry You are upset
John wasn't tired
2. Si la oracin afirmativa no tiene un auxiliar propio, requerir el auxilio de did, que ir seguido de not o nt (forma contracta) y del verbo principal, pero esta vez en infinitivo (sin ed). Para formar la negativa: (i) ponemos did tras el sujeto; (ii) aadimos la negacin not o nt; (iii) ponemos el verbo principal en infinitivo (quitamos ed). John visited his parents Mary walked to school John did not / didnt visit his parents Mary did not / didnt walk to school
3. Los verbos irregulares siguen los mismas reglas mencionadas en (2). Hay que tener en cuenta que en la negacin utilizaremos la forma de infinitivo del verbo, esto es, que desaparecer la irregularidad. John went to the party Mary ate three apples John did not / didnt go to the party Mary didnt eat three apples
Prctica. Pasa las siguientes frases de presente afirmativo a pasado negativo. La primera frase ya est hecha para servir como ejemplo. John drank some tea
She bought a cake
(buy)
(have)
4. Para hacer preguntas sobre el pasado, el ingls utiliza un procedimiento conocido como la inversin, que se representa de modo esquemtico a continuacin: John was happy
Was
John
happy?
Prctica. Pasa las siguientes frases de presente afirmativo a pasado interrogativo. La primera frase ya est hecha para servir como ejemplo. John is tired They are tall We are so angry! She is hungry You are upset
Was John tired?
5. Como en el caso de la negacin, cuando no tenemos un auxiliar (por el momento, slo conocemos to be, pero hay otros muchos como can, may, should, will, would) tendremos que recurrir al auxilio de did. Para construir una pregunta en pasado tenemos que (i) poner did al comienzo de la frase; (ii) situar despus al sujeto; (iii) poner despus el verbo principal en infinitivo. Se representa esquemticamente a continuacin: John (i) +Did (ii) Did visited John John (iii) his parents visited his parents? visit his parents?
Prctica. Pasa las siguientes frases de presente afirmativo a pasado interrogativo. La primera frase ya est hecha para servir como ejemplo. John drank some tea
She bought a cake
(buy)
(have)
(marry1 Dodi al Fayed) She (have three daughters) She (die2 in a car accident) She
(be president of the United States) He (be always faithful3 to his wife) He (have problems with justice) He
(win the primaries to be President of the United States) She (have a totally happy marriage) She.. (appoint4 her as Secretary of State) President Obama
Ejercicio 2. Mira las siguientes fotos y formula preguntas que se correspondan con las respuestas.
Q: A: He wasnt a very popular president outside the US. Q: A: Yes, he won5 the Presidential elections of 2000. Q: A: Yes, he left6 office in January, 2009.
Q: A: Yes, he received the Nobel Prize. Q: A: No, he wasnt a Muslim. Q: A: Yes, he became7 president in January, 2009.
won es el pasado irregular del verbo win, que significa ganar left es el pasado irregular del verbo leave, que significa dejar, salir de, partir became es el pasado irregular del verbo become, que significa convertirse en, llegar a ser