SIMPLE PAST
REGULAR VERBS

En inglés, el pretérito (simple past – pasado simple) es un tiempo gramatical que se utiliza cuando una acción ocurrió y fue completada en el pasado. Esta lección explica como se forma el pretérito en inglés en los verbos regulares.

Para los verbos regulares, el simple past se añade -ed a la forma base del verbo.

base form	+ ed	simple past (pretérito)
walk		walked		caminar
push		pushed		empujar
greet		greeted		saludar
watch		watched		mirar

En inglés, el pasado simple es muy fácil. La conjugación es la misma para todas las personas gramaticales. Aquí hay un ejemplo con el verbo WORK (trabajar).

singular					plural
	subject	verb			subject	verb
1st person	I	worked	yesterday.		We	worked	yesterday.
2nd person	You	worked	yesterday.		You	worked	yesterday.
3rd person	He, She, It	worked	yesterday.		They	worked	yesterday.

Para los verbos regulares terminados en la vocal -e, hay que añadir solamente -d.

base form		simple past
hate		hated		odiar
seize		seized		coger
hope		hoped		esperar
assume		assumed		suponer
tie		tied		amarar
free		freed		liberar

Para los pocos verbos en inglés que terminan con un vocal que no sea -e, hay que añadir -ed.

base form		simple past
ski		skied		esquiar
echo		echoed		resonar

Para verbos regulares que terminan en una vocal + y, hay que añadir -ed.

base form		simple past
play		played		jugar
decay		decayed		descomponer
survey		surveyed		mirar
enjoy		enjoyed		disfrutar

Para verbos regulares que terminan en una consonante+y, hay que cambiar la -y por -i y añadir -ed.

base form		simple past
cry		cried		llorar
dirty		dirtied		ensuciar
ready		readied		preparar
magnify		magnified		magnificar

Para verbos regulares que terminan con una vocal corta seguido por una consonante, hay que doblar la consonante final antes de añadir -ed.

base form		simple past
dam		dammed		represar
beg		begged		rogar
plan		planned		planear
strip		stripped		desnudar

Cuando el verbo regular tiene más que una sílaba, en el inglés americano la consonante final está doblada, pero solamente cuando el acento tónico cae en la última sílaba.

base form		simple past		incorrect
defer		deferred		defered		diferir
regret		regretted		regreted		lamentar
reship		reshipped		reshiped		remandar
compel		compelled		compeled		obligar

En estos ejemplos, el acento tónico no cae en la última sílaba. No hay que doblar el consonante.

base form		simple past		incorrect
orbit		orbited		orbitted		orbitar
listen		listened		listenned		escuchar
travel		traveled		travelled		viajar
consider		considered		considerred		considerar

Aquí hay ejemplos de frases con verbos regulares en el simple past.

present		simple past
I walk to school. Camino a la escuela.		I walked to school. Caminé a la escuela.
She works downtown. Ella trabaja en el centro.		She worked downtown. Trabajó en el centro.
They help on Tuesdays. Nos ayudan los martes.		They helped on Tuesdays. Nos ayudaron los martes.
He asks a lot of questions. Hace muchas preguntas.		He asked a lot of questions. Hizo muchas preguntas.

 

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SANTA CLAUS

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CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS

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