El pasado simple en inglés: verbos regulares e irregulares ⏮️

El pasado simple es el tiempo verbal más usado para hablar de eventos y acciones terminadas en el pasado. Ya conoces los conceptos básicos del nivel A1 - en A2 profundizamos: reglas de ortografía, verbos irregulares complicados, negativos, preguntas y exactamente cuándo usar este tiempo. 🎯

1. Formas afirmativas ✅

Para los verbos regulares, añade -ed a la forma base. La forma es la misma para todas las personas:

Forma base	Pasado simple	Nota ortográfica
work	worked	mayoría de verbos: añade -ed
live	lived	termina en -e: añade solo -d
try	tried	consonante + y: cambia y por i, añade -ed
stop	stopped	consonante-vocal-consonante (1 sílaba): dobla la última consonante
visit	visited	2+ sílabas con acento NO en la última: sin doblar

Para los verbos irregulares, hay que aprender la forma de memoria. Algunos frecuentes:

Base	Pasado	Base	Pasado
go	went	buy	bought
see	saw	think	thought
eat	ate	take	took
give	gave	speak	spoke
come	came	write	wrote

2. Negativos y preguntas ❌❓

Usa did not + forma base para negativos, y Did + sujeto + forma base para preguntas. El verbo principal vuelve a su forma base:

• She went to Paris. → She did not go to Paris. ✅ (no: she did not went)
• They bought a car. → Did they buy a car? ✅ (no: did they bought)
• He worked late. → He did not work late. → Did he work late? ✅

Excepción: con el verbo be, NO uses did. Usa was not / were not y Was / Were:

• He was not happy. ✅ (no: he did not be happy)
• Were you at school? ✅ (no: did you be at school?)

3. Cuándo usar el pasado simple ⏰

• Una acción completada en un momento específico: I called him yesterday. ✅
• Una secuencia de eventos en el pasado: She woke up, had breakfast and left. ✅
• Un estado pasado: He lived in Berlin for three years. ✅
• Un hecho histórico: Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969. ✅

Expresiones temporales comunes: yesterday, last week/month/year, in 2010, ago, when I was a child.

4. Errores comunes ⚠️

✅ Correcto	❌ Incorrecto
She did not go.	She did not went.
Did you see him?	Did you saw him?
He was not there.	He did not be there.
I stopped the car.	I stoped the car.

¡Ahora viajemos al pasado y practiquemos! 🚀