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PAST SIMPLE

Patricia Núñez

Created on February 2, 2026

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Transcript

PAST SIMPLE

Teresa and Patri

Index

Regulars and irregulars verbs

adverbs of frecuency

Explication

+ - ?

rulers

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GAMES

verb race!

one truth and two lies

PAIR GAME!
Subjects
didn't play
played
Did I play?
didn't play
You
Did you play?
played
played
Did she play?
didn't play
She/ He/ It
didn't play
We
played
Did we play?
played
didn't play
Did you play?
You
played
Did they play?
didn't play
They
  • always →100% of the time → She always studied at night.
  • usually →most of the time → We usually walked to school.
  • often→ many times →He often played football.
  • sometimes→ from time to time→ I sometimes forgot my keys.
  • occasionally →not often→ They occasionally visited us.
  • rarely → almost never →She rarely ate sweets.
  • never →0% of the time →He never did his homework.

We double the final consonant before -ed when: 1️⃣ The verb ends in one vowel + one consonant. stop → stopped 2️⃣ The last syllable is stressed. plan → planned 3️⃣ The final consonant is not w, x, or y. snow → snowed (❌ not snowwed)

🌍 UK vs US UK: travel → travelled US: travel → traveled

❌ Do NOT double when: There are two vowels (need → needed) The stress is not on the last syllable (open → opened) → And: The verb ends in consonants+y → i+ed (study →studied)

It is used for actions that began and ended at time in the past, whether they were a specific moment (yesterday) or regular (every Sunday).

Examples:
  • I played with my friends every day when I was a child.
  • Shakespeare wrote many plays and sonnets.
  • Aristotle was a Greek philosopher.
  • My favorite band gave a great concert last week.