Simple Past

Form
S + V past + C

Simple past
Uses
* Express past finished activities . these cannot be repeated
* Talk about actions dead people did

Aff:
Iworked in stog for 3 years.
You played the piano at school
He participated in different contests
She read novel last month
It barked all night
We studied English together
Youclimbed the villarica volcano once
They arrived to paris yesterday

Negativeand interrogatives
Didn´t didDid notIn these tyes the verb returns to the present formNeg= S + didn’t + V(present) + C
Int= did + S + V(present) + C + ?

Regular verbsirregular verbs
0.- ed -> work -> worked no rule : buy -> bought
1.- e-d -> live-> lived go -> went
2.- consty -> study -> studied
3.- C+ V+C -> stop ->stopped

* I worked in santiago for 3years
N: I didn’t work in Santiago for 3 years.
? : did I work in Santiago for 3 years ?

* You played the piano at school
N: You didn’t play the piano at school
?: did you play the...