REGULAR VERBS

Here you can see the basic tenses with the regular verb work. It includes the affirmative or positive form (+), the negative form (-) and the interrogative or question form (?).

The structure for positive sentences in the past simple tense is:

subject	+	main verb
		past

The structure for negative sentences in the past simple tense is:

subject	+	auxiliary verb	+	not	+	main verb
		did				base

The structure for question sentences in the past simple tense is:

auxiliary verb	+	subject	+	main verb
did				base

The auxiliary verb did is not conjugated. It is the same for all persons (I did, you did, he did etc). And the base form and past form do not change. Look at these examples with the main verbs go andwork:

Exception! The verb to be is different. We conjugate the verb to be (I was, you were, he/she/it was, we were, they were); and we do not use an auxiliary for negative and question sentences. To make a question, we exchange the subject and verb. Look at these examples:

Use of Simple Past

• action in the past taking place once, never or several times
  Example: He visited his parents every weekend.
• actions in the past taking place one after the other
  Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
• action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
  Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
• if sentences type II (If I talked, …)
  Example: If I had a lot of money, I would share it with you.

are called regular verbs to those that form the past by adding the suffix 'ed' or 'd' to the root of the verb. This marker past helps to recognize this type of verbs in written text.

VERBO	PRESENTE	PASADO SIMPLE	PARTICIPIO	ESPAÑOL
askinvite play want	ask /  invites play / plays want / wants	Asked/ Invited Played Wanted	asked/invited played wanted	preguntarInvitar Jugar Querer