Part #1

VERB “TO BE”

PRESENT
PRONOUNS TRANSLATION PAST SIMPLE TRANSLATION
SIMPLE

I am soy / estoy

He
was era / estaba
She is es / está

It

eres / estás eras / estabas

You
son / están eran / estaban

are were éramos

We somos / estamos
/estábamos

They son / están eran / estaban

The simple past tense is used
to talk about an action that
ended before the current
time. The duration isn’t
relevant. The time in which
the action is located can
reffer to a recent or
distant past
PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE
They play They played
(Ellos juegan) (Ellos jugaron)

She goes She went

(Ella va) (Ella fue)

Jess and Anne eat Jess and Anne ate

(Jess y Anne comen) (Jess and Anne comieron)
 REGLA VERBO INFINITIVO VERBO PASADO SIMPLE
A la mayoría de verbos Walk Walked
regulares sin importar su Agregar -ed Play Played
terminación Listen Listened
Decide Decided
Verbos que en su forma
Agregar -d Live Lived
infinitiva terminen en -e
Paste Pasted
Verbos que en su forma Try Tried
Eliminar y
infinitiva terminen en Fry Fried
Agregar -ied
consonante + y Apply Applied

Verbos que en su forma infinitiva

terminen en Duplicar la última Regret Regretted
consonante + vocal + consonante consonante Reship Reshipped
y que el acento del verbo esté en Agregar -ed Beg Begged
esta última sílaba.
Eat → ate
Teach → taught
Swim → swam
Be →was/were
Drive →drove
VERB INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE VERB INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE
Be Was/were Been Leave Left Left
Beat Beat Beaten Lend Lent Lent
Become Became Become Let Let Let
Begin Began Begun Lie Lay Lain
Bend Bent Bent Light Lit Lit
Bite Bit Bitten Lose Lost Lost
Blow Blew Blown Make Made Made
Break Broke Broken Mean Meant Meant
Bring Brought Brought Meet Met Met
Build Built Built Must Had to Had to
Burn Burned/Burnt Burned/Burnt Pay Paid Paid
Burst Burst Burst Put Put Put
Buy Bought Bought Read Read Read
Can Could Been able Ride Rode Ridden
Catch Caught Caught Ring Rang Rung
Choose Chose Chosen Rise Rose Risen
Come Came Come Run Ran Run
Cost Cost Cost Say Said Said
Cut Cut Cut See Saw Seen
Dig Dug Dug Sell Sold Sold
Do Did Done Send Sent Sent
Draw Drew Drawn Set Set Set
Dream Dreamed/Dreamt Dreamed/Dreamt Shake Shook Shaken
Drink Drank Drunk Shine Shone Shone
Drive Drove Driven Shoot Shot Shot
Eat Ate Eaten Show Showed Shown
Fall Fell Fallen Shut Shut Shut
Feed Fed Fed Sing Sang Sung
Feel Felt Felt Sink Sank Sunk
Fight Fought Fought Sit Sat Sat
Find Found Found Sleep Slept Slept
Fly Flew Flown Slide Slid Slid
Forget Forgot Forgotten Smell Smelled/Smelt Smelled/Smelt
Forgive Forgave Forgiven Speak Spoke Spoken
Freeze Froze Frozen Spend Spent Spent
Get Got Got Spill Spilled/Spilt Spilled/Spilt
Give Gave Given Spoil Spoiled/Spoilt Spoiled/Spoilt
Go Went Gone Stand Stood Stood
Grow Grew Grown Steal Stole Stolen
Hang Hung Hanged/Hung Stick Stuck Stuck
Have Had Had Swim Swam Swum
Hear Heard Heard Take Took Taken
Hide Hid Hidden Teach Taught Taught
Hit Hit Hit Tear Tore Torn
Hold Held Held Tell Told Told
Hurt Hurt Hurt Think Thought Thought
Keep Kept Kept Throw Threw Threw
Kneel Knelt Knelt Understand Understood Understood
Know Knew Known Wake Woke Woken
Lay Laid Laid Wear Wore Worn
 Esta palabra traduce “hace” en expresiones

➢AGO como “hace cinco años”. Pero a diferencia

del español, en inglés no la ubicamos al
principio de la frase sino al final.

• Five years ago (hace cinco años)

• Two days ago (hace dos días)
• Twenty weeks ago (hace veinte
semanas)
 Esta palabra traduce “pasado(a)” en

➢LAST expresiones como “el fin de semana pasado”. A

diferencia del español, en inglés no ubicamos
esta palabra al final sino al inicio de la frase.

• Last weekend (el fin de semana pasado)

• Last night (la noche pasada/anoche)
• Last Friday (el viernes pasado)
• Last year (el año pasado)
 Esta palabra
➢YESTERDAY traduce
“ayer”.

• I was in the mall yesterday (Yo estuve en el

centro comercial ayer)

• She wasn’t here yesterday (Ella no estuvo aquí

ayer)
➢in + year
Para referirnos a un año
que ya pasó usamos la
preposición “in”

• Laura was with him in 2002 (Laura estaba con

él en el 2002)

• They were with my grandma in 1980

(Ellos estaban con mi abuela en 1980)
➢on + date
Para referirnos a una fecha
que ya pasó usamos la
preposición “on”

• I was at school on November 7th, 2010

(Yo estaba en la escuela el 7 de noviembre de 2010)

• They weren’t in the party on January

1st (Ellos no estaban en la fiesta el primero de enero)
Let’s