A2a · GRAMÁTICA · TEMA 9
El pasado simple: verbos regulares e irregulares
Para contar lo que hiciste: ayer, el fin de semana, en tus vacaciones. Una forma para todas las personas.
⏱️ En 30 segundos
✅ Regulares: + -ed (worked, played, studied).
✅ Irregulares: hay que aprenderlos (go → went, have → had).
✅ Negativo y pregunta con did, y el verbo vuelve a su forma base.
✅ La misma forma para todas las personas: I went, she went.
🇪🇸 Cómo se dice en español
I worked → trabajé / trabajaba (una sola forma en inglés)
I went · I didn't go → fui · no fui
Did you go? → ¿Fuiste?
two days ago → hace dos días
1. La estructura con did
Afirmativo
Negativo
Pregunta
I worked
I didn't work
Did you work?
She went
She didn't go
Did she go?
They had
They didn't have
Did they have?
💡 Con did / didn't el pasado ya está en el auxiliar: She didn't go, nunca didn't went.
2. Los irregulares que más vas a usar
go → went
ir
I went to the beach.
have → had
see → saw
ver
We saw a film.
eat → ate
buy → bought
comprar
She bought a dress.
make → made
💡 Pronunciación de -ed: /t/ worked, /d/ played, y /id/ solo después de t o d: wanted, needed.
⚠️ Errores típicos de hispanohablantes
I didn't went.
✓ I didn't go.
Con didn't, verbo base.
Did you saw it?
✓ Did you see it?
Con did, verbo base.
I goed to Cuenca.
✓ I went to Cuenca.
go es irregular.
I work-ed (dos sílabas)
✓ worked = "workt" (una sílaba)
-ed solo suena /id/ tras t o d.
✍️ Practica
Elige la respuesta correcta. Te decimos al instante si acertaste.
Yesterday I ___ to the market.|go; went; goed|1|go → went.
She ___ the film. She was busy.|didn't see; didn't saw|0|didn't + verbo base.
___ you call your mum last night?|Do; Did; Were|1|Pasado: Did…?
We ___ pizza on Saturday.|eat; ate; eated|1|eat → ate.
They ___ in Guayaquil for two years.|lived; liveed; did live|0|Regular: lived.
What did you ___ last weekend?|did; do; done|1|did + verbo base: do.
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