The past

I am studying EnglishCamila is a college student

They are talking

I was studying EnglishCamila was a school student

They were talking

IHeShe

WeYouThey

was

were

It

IHeSheIt

WeYouThey

am

is

are

I was studying EnglishCamila was a school student

They were talking

Iwas studying EnglishCamilawas a school student

Theywere talking

??

?

Yes,

IHe She It

No, IHe She It

Yes,YouWeThey

No,YouWeThey

was

were

Wasn’t

weren’t

Yes,

IHe She ItWeYouThey

did

No,

IHe She ItWeYouThey

didn´t

In the past…IYouWeThey

writesleptwalkedwent

watched

wroteworked

madedid

drank

IYouHeSheItWeThey

eatsleepwalkgowatch

ateworkmakedodrink

HeSheIt

eatsleepwalkgo

writeworkmakedodrink

sss

ssss

es eswatches

Luisa

goes

Luisato the disco on

Fridayswent

to the disco last Friday

Luisa

Does goto the disco on

Fridays?Did Luis

ago

to the disco last Friday ?

Yesterday…

IYouHeSheItWeThey

write

sleptwalkedstudiedwentwatchedwrote

workedmadediddrank

Did

IYouHeSheItWeThey

eatsleepwalkstudygowatch

ate

workmakedodrink

?

Last year

my parents

went to Parque del Café Did they go to Parque del

Café ?

Caterinewon goldDid Caterin

ewin gold?

Yes,

IHe She It

No, IHe She It

Yes,YouWeThey

No,YouWeThey

was

were

Wasn’t

weren’t

Yes,

IHe She ItWeYouThey

did

No,

IHe She ItWeYouThey

didn´t

Yesterday…

IYouHeSheItWeThey

write

sleptwalkedstudiedwentwatchedwrote

workedmadediddrank

Did

IYouHeSheItWeThey

eatsleepwalkstudygowatch

ate

workmakedodrink

?

Regular VerbsSpelling Rules

To make Past Tense of the most Regular Verbs just add ed: Talk

WashVisit

TalkWashVisit

eded

edIf the verb ends in -e, add –d:

LiveLikeReceive

LiveLikeReceive

dd

dIf the verb ends in a consonant – vowel – consonant, double the last consonant and add ed: stop: stopped plan: planned

If the verb ends in a consonant and –y, change the –y to ied:study: studied carry: carried

García Márquez

wasa writer and a

journalist

wasGarcía Márqueza writer and a journalist?

García Márquez

receivedthe Nobel Prizein 1982

DidGarcía Márquez

receivethe Nobel

Prizein 1982?

They wereColombian world champions

wereTheyColombian world champions

?

TitanicsankIn 1912

DidTitanicsink ?In 1912