Past simple (Pasado simple)

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Utilizamos el pasado simple para hacer referencia a acciones o situaciones que sucedieron en el pasado.

ESTRUCTURA

Verbos regulares e irregulares

En la formación del tiempo pasado hay que distinguir entre verbos regulares e irregulares. Los verbos regulares forman el tiempo pasado añadiendo “-ed” a la forma infinitiva, mientras que los irregulares no siguen un patrón determinado.

Tabla de verbos irregulares

EXERCISE

Complete the text about James Dean. Use the past simple. / Completar el texto sobre James Dean utilizando el pasado simple.

American actor James Dean was born in 1931. Dean´s mother DIED (die) when Dean was only 8 years old and he __________(grow up) on his aunt and uncle´s farm. He __________(study) acting for two years. Then, he __________(start) a career in films and the theatre. He also __________(appear) in some TV commercials, including one for Pepsi Cola. In 1954, he __________(act) in a play called The Immoralist (1954) in a New York theater. Bosses from Hollywood film studio __________(see) the play. They __________(like) Dean and __________(offer) him a film contract. Dean __________(star) in three films, East of Eden (1955), Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). During his short career, he __________(become) extremely popular with teenagers. His death in a car crash in 1955 __________(cause) great sadness in young people all over the world.