Dominio del Pasado en Inglés: Verbos y Estructuras Esenciales

📘 El Pasado del Verbo “To Be” (Ser/Estar)

El verbo to be en pasado se conjuga de la siguiente manera:

• I was → Yo era / yo estaba
• You were → Tú eras / tú estabas
• He was → Él era / él estaba
• She was → Ella era / ella estaba
• It was → Eso era / eso estaba
• We were → Nosotros éramos / estábamos
• They were → Ellos eran / estaban

Forma Negativa

• Was not → Wasn’t → no era / no estaba
• Were not → Weren’t → no eran / no estaban

📘 Expresiones de Tiempo en Pasado

Utiliza estas expresiones para ubicar tus acciones en el tiempo:

• Yesterday → Ayer (Yesterday morning: ayer por la mañana / Yesterday afternoon: ayer por la tarde)
• Last night → Anoche
• Last Tuesday → El martes pasado
• Last week → La semana pasada
• Last month → El mes pasado
• An hour ago → Hace una hora
• Two days ago → Hace dos días
• One week ago → Hace una semana
• One year ago → Hace un año
• In 1999 / 2005 / 2025 → En 1999 / 2005 / 2025

📘 Reglas: Pasado de Verbos Regulares

1. Regla general: A los verbos se les añade -ed. (Ej: work → worked)
2. Terminados en “e”: Solo se agrega -d. (Ej: live → lived)
3. Consonante + vocal + consonante: Se duplica la última letra y se añade -ed. (Ej: stop → stopped)

Ejemplos de Verbos Regulares

Ask (preguntar) → Asked | Believe (creer) → Believed | Brush (cepillar) → Brushed | Call (llamar) → Called | Clean (limpiar) → Cleaned

Close (cerrar) → Closed | Dance (bailar) → Danced | Enjoy (disfrutar) → Enjoyed | Help (ayudar) → Helped | Like (gustar) → Liked

Look (mirar) → Looked | Look for (buscar) → Looked for | Move (mover) → Moved | Open (abrir) → Opened | Paint (pintar) → Painted

Plan (planear) → Planned | Play (jugar) → Played | Remember (recordar) → Remembered | Rest (descansar) → Rested | Smile (sonreír) → Smiled

Study (estudiar) → Studied | Talk (hablar) → Talked | Thank (agradecer) → Thanked | Travel (viajar) → Traveled | Try (intentar) → Tried

Use (usar) → Used | Visit (visitar) → Visited | Wait (esperar) → Waited | Walk (caminar) → Walked | Want (querer) → Wanted

Wash (lavar) → Washed | Wish (desear) → Wished | Work (trabajar) → Worked

📘 Verbos Irregulares (Más Importantes)

A diferencia de los regulares, estos verbos cambian su forma en pasado:

• Be → Was/Were → Been (ser/estar)
• Begin → Began → Begun (empezar)
• Buy → Bought → Bought (comprar)
• Can → Could (poder)
• Choose → Chose → Chosen (elegir)
• Come → Came → Come (venir)
• Dream → Dreamed → Dreamed (soñar)
• Do → Did → Done (hacer)
• Drink → Drank → Drunk (beber)
• Drive → Drove → Driven (conducir)
• Eat → Ate → Eaten (comer)
• Fall → Fell → Fallen (caer)
• Feed → Fed → Fed (alimentar)
• Feel → Felt → Felt (sentir)
• Find → Found → Found (encontrar)
• Get → Got → Gotten (obtener)
• Give → Gave → Given (dar)
• Go → Went → Gone (ir)
• Have → Had → Had (tener)
• Hear → Heard → Heard (oír)
• Keep → Kept → Kept (mantener)
• Know → Knew → Known (saber)
• Learn → Learned → Learned (aprender)
• Leave → Left → Left (dejar)
• Lose → Lost → Lost (perder)
• Make → Made → Made (hacer)
• Put → Put → Put (poner)
• Read → Read → Read (leer)
• Run → Ran → Run (correr)
• Say → Said → Said (decir)
• Search → Searched → Searched (buscar)
• See → Saw → Seen (ver)
• Send → Sent → Sent (enviar)
• Share → Shared → Shared (compartir)
• Sit → Sat → Sat (sentarse)
• Sleep → Slept → Slept (dormir)
• Speak → Spoke → Spoken (hablar)
• Spend → Spent → Spent (gastar)
• Swim → Swam → Swum (nadar)
• Take → Took → Taken (tomar)
• Teach → Taught → Taught (enseñar)
• Tell → Told → Told (decir)
• Think → Thought → Thought (pensar)
• Win → Won → Won (ganar)
• Write → Wrote → Written (escribir)

📘 Ejemplos de Oraciones

1. I began the homework last night → Yo empecé la tarea anoche.
2. I bought a dress yesterday → Yo compré un vestido ayer.
3. I fell from my bike yesterday → Yo me caí de mi bicicleta ayer.
4. I chose happiness in the park last week → Yo elegí la felicidad en el parque la semana pasada.
5. I dreamed about my father yesterday → Yo soñé con mi padre ayer.