SIMPLE PAST TENSE

To be                               Was / Were


Positive Negative Question

no differences I spoke. I did not speak. Did I speak?

For irregular verbs, use the past form (see list of irregular verbs , 2nd column). For regular verbs, just add “ed”.

INFINITIVE	PAST	P.P.	TRANSLATION
BE	WAS-WERE	BEEN	SER-ESTAR
BUY	BOUGHT	BOUGHT	COMPRAR
COME	CAME	COME	VENIR
DO	DID	DONE	HACER
DRINK	DRANK	DRUNK	BEBER
EAT	ATE	EATEN	COMER
GIVE	GAVE	GIVEN	DAR
GO	WENT	GONE	IR
HAVE	HAD	HAD	TENER-TOMAR
KNOW	KNEW	KNOWN	CONCER-SABER
MEET	MET	MET	CONOCER A ALGUIEN
READ	READ	READ	LEER
SEE	SAW	SEEN	VER
TAKE	TOOK	TAKEN	HACER-TOMAR
TEACH	TAUGHT	TAUGHT	ENSEÑAR
THINK	THOUGHT	THOUGHT	PENSAR
WRITE	WROTE	WRITTEN	ESCRIBIR

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed Example

after a final e only add d love – loved

final consonant after a short, stressed vowel

or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled admit – admitted

travel – travelled

final y after a consonant becomes i hurry – hurried

Tanto en la forma interrogativa como en negativa se utiliza como auxiliarDID que es la forma pasada del verbo "TO DO" y acompaña al verbo principal en su forma infinitiva. En las negaciones puede utilizarse la forma contraída de DID NOT o sea DIDN'T. Form of Simple Past