Ejemplos oraciones pasado simple en inglés

El pasado de los verbos regulares se forma escribiendo ed al final del verbo en su forma simple para todas las personas. Cuando el verbo termina en y, se elimina la y se escribe ied al final: study cambia a studied. Cuando el verbo termina en e solo se escribe una d al final: live cambia a lived.

Ejemplos:

• You worked very hard last week. (Tú trabajaste muy duro la semana pasada)
• She lived in Japan last year. (Ella vivió en Japón el año pasado)
• They learned how to swim two years ago. (Ellos aprendieron a nadar hace dos años)
• She liked to sit  in the sun. (A ella le gustó sentarse en el sol)
• He always walked to school. (Él siempre caminó para ir a la escuela)
• I painted my house last weekend. (Yo pinté mi casa el fin de semana pasado)
• Mr. Green worked with my uncle. (El Sr. Green trabajó con mi tío)
• I married Kelly last year. (Me casé con Kelly el año pasado)
• He worked in his garden yesterday. (El trabajó en su jardín ayer)
• He studied for his English class. (Él estudió para su clase de inglés)
• You watched television every night. (Usted vio televisión todas las noches)

• They talked on the phone last week. (Ellos hablaron por teléfono la semana pasada)
• She wanted to learn French. (Ella quiso aprender francés)
• They worked together for many years. (Ellos trabajaron juntos por muchos años)
• She wished to learn Italian. (Ella deseó aprender italiano)
• He lived in Boston. (Él vivió en Boston)
• You studied in my class last semester. (Tú estudiaste en mi clase el semestre pasado)
• We listened music until ten o’clock last night (Nosotros escuchamos música hasta las 10 anoche)
• She wanted to visit London. (Ella quiso visitar Londres)
• He watched television until twelve o’clock last night. (Él vio televisión hasta las 12 anoche)
• She smoked a lot. (Ella fumó mucho)
• He answered all the questions. (Él respondió todas las preguntas)
• She waited almost an hour for you. (Ella te esperó casi una hora)
• I mentioned it to you many times. (Te lo mencioné muchas veces)
• She needed to speak English in order to get a better job. (Ella necesitó hablar inglés para conseguir un mejor trabajo)
• You arrived ten minutes late. (Tú llegaste 10 minutos tarde)
• The employee fixed the mistake. (El empleado corrigió el error)

El pasado de los verbos irregulares no se forma con ninguna regla y es necesario memorizarlos.

Ejemplos:

• She read the newspaper yesterday. (Ella leyó el periódico ayer)
• The telephone rang many times, but no one answered. (El teléfono sonó muchas veces, pero nadie respondió)
• She did the work of two people. (Ella hizo el trabajo de dos personas)
• He saw her on the street yesterday. (Él la vio en la calle ayer)
• I lost my wallet yesterday. (Perdí mi billetera ayer)
• She sent her child to a summer camp. (Ella envió a su hijo a un campamento de verano)
• We ate together last Saturday. (Nosotros comimos juntos el sábado pasado)
• She finally sold her car. (Finalmente vendió su automóvil)
• They made good time on their trip to California. (Ellos hicieron buen tiempo en su viaje  California)
• I spoke several foreign languages. (Yo hablé varias lenguas extranjeras)
• She went there twice a week. (Ella fue allí dos veces a la semana)
• They broke the table. (Ellos rompieron la mesa)
• He had a cold last week. (Él tuvo un resfriado la semana pasada)
• We gave her a gift in her birthday. (Nosotros le dimos un regalo en su cumpleaños)
• The plane left from the airport at 8 o’clock. (El avión salió del aeropuerto a las a 8)
• I drove to work yesterday. (Yo conduje al trabajo todas las mañanas)
• I understood everything in the book. (Yo entendí todo en el libro)
• They bought their home last year. (Ello compraron su casa el año pasado)
• I forgot to bring my jacket. (Olvidé traer mi chaqueta)
• They told us about their new plans. (Ellos nos dijeron acerca de sus nuevos planes)
• They sold books there. (Ellos vendieron libros allí)
• She brought her brother to the party last Friday. (Ella trajo a su hermano a la fiesta el viernes pasado)
• I felt sick yesterday. (Yo me sentí enfermo ayer)
• We thought about the problem all night. (Nosotros pensamos en el problema toda la noche)
• The lamp cost $10.5. (La lámpara costó $10.5)
• The class began at nine o’clock. (La clase comenzó a las 9)
• The politician spoke to everybody last night. (El político habló a todos anoche)
• They came to visit us last weekend. (Ellos vinieron a visitarnos el fin de semana pasado)
• She wrote a letter to her mother. (Ella escribió una carta a su madre)

Oraciones con ejemplos del
Past Progressive Tense
(pasado progresivo)

Acciones que estaban en progreso en un momento específico o un período específico en el pasado:

·         Yesterday evening we were watching the game so we couldn't come.

(Ayer a la tarde estábamos viendo el partido así que no pudimos ir.)

·         He was sleeping all night long. 

(Estaba durmiendo toda la noche.)

·         Were you sleeping all night long? 

(¿Estabas durmiendo toda la noche?)

·         I wasn't resting, I was working!

(No estaba descansando, ¡estaba trabajando!)

·         Last night at nine o'clock John was washing the dishes. 

(Ayer a las nueve John estaba lavando los platos.)

·         Why was John washing the dishes?

(¿Por qué John está lavando los platos?)

·         Last week we were painting the house. 

(La semana pasada estábamos pintando la casa.)

·         This morning at five o'clock Shannon was taking care of her baby.

(A las cinco de la madrugada hoy Shannon estaba cuidando a su bebé.)

·         Where was Shannon taking care of her baby?

(¿Dónde estaba Shannon cuidando a su bebé?)

·         I was studying when the phone rang. 

(Estaba estudiando cuando sonó el teléfono.)

·         They were eating when their friends showed up. 

(Estaban comiendo cuando aparecieron sus amigos.)

·         While the cat was sleeping the mice were eating its food. 

(Mientras el gato estaba durmiendo, los ratones estaban comiendo su comida.)

·         We were having a very nice picnic when it started to rain.

(Estábamos disfrutando de un picnic muy lindo cuando comenzó a llover.)

Acciones molestas que se repetían en el pasado:

·         My brother was always snoring.

(Mi hermano siempre estaba roncando.)

·         They were always making fun of him. 

(Siempre se estaban burlando de él.)

·         You were always complaining. 

(Siempre te estabas quejando.)

·         This girl was constantly losing stuff.

(Esta chica estaba perdiendo cosas constantemente.) 

·         He was always bragging. 

(Siempre se está jactando.)

The PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates continuing action, something that was happening, going on, at some point in the past. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the past tense, plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending):

•  I was riding my bike all day yesterday.
• Joel was being a terrible role model for his younger brother.

The past progressive indicates a limited duration of time and is thus a convenient way to indicate that something took place (in the simple past) while something else was happening:

• Carlos lost his watch while he was running.

The past progressive can express incomplete action.

• I was sleeping on the couch when Bertie smashed through the door.

(as opposed to the simple past, which suggests a completed action:

• I slept on the couch last night.

The past progressive is also used to poke fun at or criticize an action that is sporadic but habitual in nature:

• Tashonda was always handing in late papers.
• My father was always lecturing my brother.

Generally, progressive forms occur only with what are called dynamic verbs and not with stative verbs. If you wish to review that concept now,

Singular	Plural
I was walking	we were walking
you were walking	you were walking
he/she/it was walking	they were walking

Singular	Plural
I was sleeping	we were sleeping
you were sleeping	you were sleeping
he/she/it was sleeping	they were sleeping

Singular	Plural
I was being	we were being
you were being	you were being
he/she/it was being	they were being

Use of the Past Progressive

1.1. actions were in progress at a special time in the past

Peter was reading a book yesterday evening.

1.2. two actions were happening at the same time (the actions do not influence each other)

Anne was writing a letter while Steve was reading the New York Times.

1.3. together with Simple Past

While we were sitting at the breakfast table, the telephone rang.

1.4. repeated actions irritating the speaker (with always, constantly, forever)

Andrew was always coming late.

2. Signal words

while

3. Form

to be (was, were) + infinitive + -ing

4. Examples

4.1. Affirmative sentences in the Past Progressive

Long forms	Contracted forms
I was playing football.	not possible
You were playing football.
He was playing football.

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.2. Negative sentences in the Past Progressive

Long forms	Contracted forms
I was not playing football.	I wasn't playing football.
You were not playing football.	You weren't playing football.
He was not playing football.	He wasn't playing football.

4.3. Questions in the Past Progressive

Long forms	Contracted forms
Was I playing football?	not possible
Were you playing football?
Was he playing football?

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