*EXAMPLES IN SIMPLE PAST
- POSITIVE SENTENCES (SUBJECT
+ MAIN VERB PAST)
1. I called you
Ai caold yu
Te llamé
2. You missed the show
Yu misd de chou
Te perdiste el show
3. He worked with us
Ji guorcd güit as
Él trabajó con nosotros
4. She went to the hospital
Chi güent tu de jospiral
Ella fue al hospital
5. My dog (it) loved to jump
Mai dog lovd tu llamp
A mi perro le encantaba saltar
7. We used to live in the
countryside
Güi ust tu lib in de
contrisaid
Solíamos vivir en el campo
8. You sang horribly
Yu sang joruibl
Cantaste horrible
9. They wrote the book
Dei gruot de buc
Ellos escribieron el libro
- NEGATIVE SENTENCES (SUBJECT
+ AUXILIARY VERB + NOT + MAIN VERB BASE)
1. I did not sleep well
Ai did not slip güel
Yo no dormí bien
2. You didn’t swim in the pool
Yu dirent suim in de pul
No nadaste en la piscina
3. He didn’t jump on the
trampoline
Ji dirent llamp on de
trampoulin
Él no brincó en el truampolin
4. She did not cook the dinner
Chi did not cuc de diner
Ella no cocinó la cena
5. It didn’t work
It dirent guorc
No funcionó
6. We didn’t travel to Brazil
Güi dirent truabl tu Brazil
Nosotros no viajamos a Brasil
7. You did not come to the meeting
Yu did not com tu de miring
Ustedes no vinieron a la
reunión
8. They didn’t run in the marathon
Dei dirent ruan in de
meruaton
Ellos no corrieron en el
maratón
- POSITIVE QUESTIONS (AUXILIARY
VERB + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB BASE)
1. Did I say something wrong to you?
Did ai sei somting gruong tu
yu?
¿Te dije algo malo?
2. Did you wake up early?
Did yu gueic ap irli?
¿Te despertaste temprano?
3. Did he drink the juice?
Did ji drinc de llus?
¿Se tomó el jugo?
4. Did she give you her number?
Did chi guib yu jer namber?
¿Ella te dio su número?
5. Did it hurt you?
Did it jart yu?
¿Eso te lastimó?
6. Did we finish the homework?
Did güi finish de jomguorc?
¿Terminamos la tarea?
7. Did you buy the cake?
Did yu bai de queic?
¿Ustedes compraron el pastel?
8. Did they walk from school?
Did dei gualc from scul?
¿Ellos caminaron desde la
escuela?
* EXCEPTION!!
The verb to be is
different. We conjugate the verb to be ( I was, you were, he/she/it
was, we/they were); and we do not use an auxiliary for negative and
question sentences. To form a question, we exchange the subject and
verb. Look at these examples:
- POSITIVE:
|
SUBJECT
|
MAIN VERB
|
|
|
I
|
WAS
|
HERE
|
|
YOU
|
WERE
|
HERE
|
|
HE
|
WAS
|
HERE
|
|
SHE
|
WAS
|
HERE
|
|
IT
|
WAS
|
HERE
|
|
WE
|
WERE
|
HERE
|
|
THEY
|
WERE
|
HERE
|
- NEGATIVE:
|
SUBJECT
|
MAIN VERB
|
|
|
|
I
|
WAS
|
NOT
|
THERE
|
|
YOU
|
WERE
|
NOT
|
THERE
|
|
HE
|
WAS
|
NOT
|
THERE
|
|
SHE
|
WAS
|
NOT
|
THERE
|
|
IT
|
WAS
|
NOT
|
THERE
|
|
WE
|
WERE
|
NOT
|
THERE
|
|
THEY
|
WERE
|
NOT
|
THERE
|
- QUESTIONS:
|
MAIN VERB
|
SUBJECT
|
|
|
WAS
|
I
|
LATE
|
|
WERE
|
YOU
|
LATE
|
|
WAS
|
HE
|
LATE
|
|
WAS
|
SHE
|
LATE
|
|
WAS
|
IT
|
LATE
|
|
WERE
|
WE
|
LATE
|
|
WERE
|
THEY
|
LATE
|
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