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Form
Para formar el pasado simple con verbos regulares, usamos el infinitivo y añadimos la terminación “-ed”. La forma es la misma para todas las personas (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) -
Ejemplos
want →
wanted
learn →
learned
stay →
stayed
walk →
walked
show →
showed -
Excepciones
Para verbos que terminan en una “e”, sólo añadimos “-d”.
change →
changed,
believe →
believed -
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Si el verbo termina en una vocal corta y una consonante (excepto “y” o “w”), doblamos la consonante final
stop →
stopped,
commit →
committed -
3
Con verbos que terminan en una consonante y una “y”, se cambia la “y” por una “i”.
study →
studied,
try →
tried -
Affirmative
Sujeto + verbo principal
The keys were in the drawer
I wanted to dance -
Negative
Sujeto + “to be” + “not” She wasn’t a doctor
The keys weren’t in the drawer -
Interrogative
“To be” + sujeto…? Was she a doctor?
Were the keys in the drawer?