Simple Past and Question words

Simple Past and Question words 

Look at this dialogue: Simple Past and question words.

Paul: What did you do yesterday? (¿Que hiciste ayer?)
Alice: I went to the cinema.
     P: What film did you see?
     A: I saw The king´s speech.
     P: Did you like it?
     A: Yes, I did. It was a very good film.
     P: What time did the film start?
     A: It started at 8:00 pm.And what did you do?
     P: Oh, I stayed at home.

Notice:

   Cuando hacemos la pregunta usamos did como
   verbo auxiliar y el verbo principal de la oración
   queda en infinitivo. En la respuesta desaparece
   el did y el verbo principal queda en pasado.
   No olvides consultar la lista de verbos irregulares
   hasta que puedas recordarlos. En las listas de
   verbos irregulares es la segunda columna.

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Forming the Simple Past: Negative

Forming the Simple Past

Past Simple: Negative

Simple Past: Negative 

Para formar el negativo:

Usamos didn´t y el verbo principal de la oración queda en infinitivo.
ex: She didn´t go to the supermarket this morning.
     Did he wash his car? No,he didn´t.

Past Simple: Interrogative

 Past Simple: Interrogative 

Para formar el interrogativo usaremos el auxiliar did y el verbo principal de la oración queda en infinitivo.
ex: Did you go to the cinema yesterday? (¿Fuiste al cine ayer?)
     Yes,I did./No,I didn´t.
     What did you cook? (¿Que cocinaste?) I cooked spaghetti.
En la respuesta  (que no es Yes o No) desaparece did y el verbo vuelve a pasado.

Past Simple: Como se forma

Past Simple 

Como se forma el Past Simple:

Además del verbo To be que ya vimos, los demás verbos se dividen en verbos regulares e irregulares
Los verbos regulares agregan ed al verbo base
ex: play (jugar)= played
     cook(cocinar)=cooked
     work(trabajar)=worked
Los verbos irregulares no siguen esta regla y deberemos consultar la lista de verbos irregulares
ex: go (ir)=went
     have(tener)=had
     sleep(dormir)=slept

Simple Past Tense: verb To be

Simple Past tense: Introduction. Verb To be 

Verb To be=(ser o estar)


Infinitive                            Past


I am                                  I was
You are                            You were
He is                                 He was
She is                               She was
It is                                   It was
We are                             We were
You are                            You were
They are                           They were

Interrogative                     Negative


Am I...?  / Was I...?          I wasn´t
Are you...? Were you..?    You weren´t
Is he...? Was he...?           He wasn´t
Is she...? Was she...?        She wasn´t
Is it...? Was it...?               It wasn´t
Are we..? Were we..?       We weren´t
Are you..? Were you..?     You weren´t
Are they..? Were they::?    They weren´t

Reading newspapers.

Una buena idea para practicar es leer periódicos.
Aunque tu nivel de inglés sea básico podrías empezar
a leer los artículos más simples.
es una forma de familiarizarte con el idioma y cuantos
más recursos utilices más rápido aprenderás.
Aquí van algunos periódicos sugeridos:

USA Today
New York post
New York Daily News
Los Angeles Times
Miami Herald

Words easily confused

 Words easily confused 

A veces nos confundimos fácilmente con algunas palabras.
Aquí les muestro algunas y en próximas publicaciones aparecerán mas.

arm= (brazo) y no arma
gun=(arma)


bank=(banco,donde se guarda dinero)
bench=(banco, para sentarse Ej: en la plaza)




cap=(gorro) y no capa
cloak=(capa Ej: ropa)
layer=(capas Ej: superpuestas)

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