7 - Simple Past / Nacionality / Verbs Regular-Irregular

Simple Past

(was/were)



- You were at the party / You weren´t at the party / Where were you?
- She was in the classroom. / She wasn´t in the classroom. / Was she in the classroom?
- The boys were in the park / The boys weren´t in the park. / Where were the boys?
- It was his birthday last week / It wasn´t his birthday last week. / When was his birthday?
- Mum and Dad were happy about the present / Mum and Dad weren´t happy about the present. /  Why were Mum and Dad happy?
- The books were on the self. / The books weren´t on the self. / Where were the books?
- The weather was really nice. / The weather wasn´t really nice. / What was the weather like?
- I was at school yesterday. / I wasn´t at school yesterday. / Was I at school yesterday?
- We were at Grandma´s in the summer holidays. / We weren´t at Grandma´s in the summer holidays./ When were we at Grandma´s?
- They were interesting people. / They weren´t interesting people. / What type of people were they?

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Nacionality

I am from Spain / I am Spanish therefore I´m speak Spanish.
I am from Turkey / I am Turkish therefore I´m speak Turkish.
I am from the U.K. / I am English therefore I´m speak English.
I am from Poland / I am Polish therefore I´m speak Polish.
I am from Germany / I am German therefore I´m speak German.
France - French
Greece - Greek
Thailand - Thai

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Irregular (simple past)



- Have - Had
- Go - Went
- Write - Wrote
- Do - Did
- Ride - Rode  Montar
- Meet - Met
- Leave - Left
- Teach - Taught
- See - Saw
- Be - Were
- Make - Made
- Fly - Flew



Regular (simple past)

- Visit - Visited
- Play - Played
- Wash - Washed
- Walk - Walked
- Stay - Stayed
- Cook - Cooked
- Talk - Talked

Sentences (Simple Past)

- Where did we walk two months ago?  - We walked to cinema two months ago.
- Where did I Fly?  -  I flew from Madrid to London.
- What did you do at home?  -  You did my homework at home.
- How did she visit?  -  Yesterday She visited the down town.



Pronunciation (Simple Past) "-ed"

Si la pronunciación de los verbos  termina con "d" o " t"	la "ed" se pronuncia como "id"
to visit (vísit) - visitar	visited (vísitid)
to start (stáart) - empezar	started (stáartid)
to want (wónt) - querer	wanted (wóntid)
to add (ád) - añadir, agregar	added (ádid)
to hate (jéit) - odiar, detestar	hated (jéitid)
to rent (rént) - alquilar	rented (réntid)
to arrest (arrést) - arrestar	arrested (arréstid)
to wait (wéit) - esperar	waited (wéitid)
to rest (rést) - descanzar	rested (réstid)
to accept (aksépt) - aceptar	accepted (akséptid)
to eliminate (elíminéit) - eliminar	eliminated (elíminéitid)
to decide (disáid) - decidir	decided (disáidid)
to repeat (ripít) - repetir	repeated (ripítid)

Si la pronunciación de los verbos  termina en "r", " n", " i" o "l"	la "ed" se pronuncia como "d"
to discover (discóver) - descubrir	discovered (discóverd)
to conquer (cónker) - conquistar	conquered (cónkerd)
to notify (nóutifái) - notificar	notified (nóutifáid)
to specify (spécifái) - especificar	specified (spécifáid)
to explore (eksplóor) - explorar	explored (eksplóord)
to destroy (distrói) - destruir	destroyed (distróid)
to sweeten (suíten) - endulzar	sweetened (suítend)
to blacken (bláken) - ennegrecer	blackened (blákend)
to prefer (priféer) - preferir	prefered (priféerd)
to combine (combáin) - combinar	combined (combáind)
to study (stáadi) - estudiar	studied (stáadid)
to stay (stéi) - permanecer	stayed (stéid)
to answer (ánser) - responder	answered (ánserd)
to clean (clíin) - limpiar	cleaned (clíind)
to call (cóol) - llamar	called (cóold)
to listen (lísn) - escuchar	listened (lísnd)

Con el resto de las terminaciones:	la "ed" se pronuncia como "t"
to talk (tók) - hablar	talked (tókt)
to walk (uók) - caminar	walked (uókt)
to work (wéerk) - trabajar	worked (wéerkt)
to love (lóv) - amar	loved (lóvt)
to receive (ricíiv) - recibir	received (ricíivt)
to help (jélp) - ayudar, socorrer	helped (jélpt)
to cook (kúk) - cocinar	cooked (kúkt)
to live (lív) - vivir	lived (lívt)
to dance (dáns) - bailar	danced (dánst)
to smoke (smóuk) - fumar	smoked (smóukt)
to arrive (arráiv) - llegar	arrived (arráivt)
to wash (wósh) - lavar	washed (wósht)
to fix (fíks) - arreglar, preparar	fixed (fíkst)
to park (páark) - estacionar	parked (páarkt)
to miss (mis) - extrañar, perder	missed (míst)
to exercise (éksersáis) - hacer ejercicio	exercised (éksersáist)