Lesson 10. Past Tense

Gramática

Past Tense of Verbs

'The past tense' de los verbos, también llamado 'simple past tense', describe una acción, un acontecimiento o un estado emocional pasados. 'The past tense' es similar al pretérito en español. La mayoría de los verbos forman 'the past tense' agregando el sufijo ed al final de un verbo. Por ejemplo, 'the past tense' de walk es walked.

Ejemplos

Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense

Muchos verbos muy comunes en inglés tienen un 'past tense' irregular. Esta lección tratará algunos de estos verbos irregulares muy comunes. La próxima lección tratará también algunos otros verbos irregulares.

To Be

El verbo be es el más irregular en inglés. Tiene dos formas de 'past tense'. La siguiente tabla muestra 'the past tense' para el verbo be.

Ejemplos

Otros verbos irregulares

La siguiente tabla muestra algunos verbos muy comunes que son irregulares en 'the past tense'. La lección 11 cubrirá incluso más verbos irregulares.

Ejemplos

They went to the store last week.	Fueron a la tienda la semana pasada.
He thought about it.	Pensó en ello
I slept all night.	Dormí toda la noche.
We did the work.	Hicimos el trabajo.
They found it.	Lo encontraron.
She found the book.	Encontró el libro.
I did the dishes.	Hice los platos.
They slept on the floor.	Dormían en el suelo.

Questions and Negative Statements with the Past Tense

Para ambas preguntas y declaraciones negativas, 'the past tense' del verbo auxiliar do se usa junto con el verbo, similar a cómo do se usa como un verbo auxiliar al hacer preguntas o hacer declaraciones negativas en 'the present tense'.

Nota: Did not a menudo se acorta a didn't.

Ejemplos

Did they go to the store?	¿Van a la tienda?
They did not go to the store.	Ellos no van a la tienda.
They didn't go to the store.	Ellos no van a la tienda.
Did you sleep all night?	¿Has dormido toda la noche?
I did not sleep all night.	No dormí en toda la noche.
Did she find the book?	¿Encontró el libro?
She did not find the book.	She did not find the book.
Did you buy it?	¿Lo compraste?
We did not buy it.	No nos compramos.
They did not do it.	Ellos no lo hicieron.

Un número muy pequeño de verbos, como be, no use un verbo auxiliar al hacer una pregunta o hacer una declaración negativa. Los siguientes ejemplos muestran cómo hacer preguntas y hacer declaraciones negativas con el verbo be.

Were you tired?	¿Estabas cansado?
I was not tired.	No estaba cansado.
I wasn't tired.	No estaba cansado.
Was the house for sale?	¿La casa estaba en venta?
The house was not for sale.	La casa no estaba en venta.
The house wasn't for sale.	La casa no estaba en venta.
Were the dishes clean?	¿Estaban limpios los platos?
The dishes were not clean.	La vajilla no estaba limpia.
The dishes weren't clean.	La vajilla no estaba limpia.

Practicar

Cambia cada frase para que utilice el tiempo pasado.

Ejemplo. Pregunta: I do the work. Respuesta: I did the work.

I want to go to the store.		I wanted to go to the store.
The boy is sad.		The boy was sad.
She doesn't want a coffee.		She didn't want a coffee.
Do you have a pen?		Did you have a pen?
They walk to the park.		They walked to the park.

Verificar

Leer Ingles

Vocabulario inglés

Chapter 2: Granville Island

Ana and Alejandro have been exploring Granville Island, a shopping district that contains a public market, marina, restaurants, theaters and small shops.

As they are walking along the waterfront, Alejandro sees an ice cream shop. “Hey Ana, let’s get some ice cream,” he says.

“That’s a good idea,” she agrees.

They walk into the shop and look at the different types of ice cream on display.

“What kind of ice cream cone are you going to get?” Ana asks her brother.

“I think I’ll get a chocolate cone. How about you?”

“They all look good, but I’m going to get the caramel swirl.”

“Hello,” the lady behind the counter says. “Have you decided what you would like?”

“I’ll have a caramel swirl ice cream cone,” Ana says.

“And I’ll have a chocolate one,” Alejandro adds.

The lady prepares the ice cream cones and hands them to Ana and Alejandro. “That’ll be six dollars,” she says.

They pay the lady and then walk back outside. There are a few small tables in front of the store, but they decide to keep walking. Soon they come to a large open area with several large benches.

“Let’s sit here,” Ana says.

They sit down on one of the benches and watch all the people walking by. In front of them is a small inlet glistening in the sun, and beyond that is Downtown Vancouver. Several people are kayaking on the water. A small pedestrian ferry is slowly approaching.

They sit quietly in the warm sun for a while, eating their ice cream cones. When Alejandro finishes his cone, he says “This is so relaxing. I could sit here all day.”

“It’s a beautiful view of the city from here. I wish I was in one of those sailboats though, slowly sailing away.”

“That would be nice!”

“Let’s go to the market and get some vegetables for tonight’s dinner,” Ana says after a few minutes.

They get up and walk into the market. Inside, the smell of fresh bread and coffee fills the air. People are talking, laughing, and calling out orders. They wander around the crowded market for a while, looking at all the things for sale. Eventually they find a produce vendor.

“What do we need to get?” Alejandro asks.

“We need some carrots, red peppers, onions, strawberries, and blueberries.”

They collect the items and bring them up to the cashier.

“Hello,” says the man at the cash register. “Did you find everything you need?”

“Yes. I think we have everything we need,” Ana replies.

“That’ll be $24.45.”

Ana pays the man and Alejandro picks up the bag with the food in it.

“Thank you,” Ana says as the man hands her the change, “Have a nice day.”

“You, too.”

Ana and Alejandro walk out of the market into the bright, sunny day and head home.