1. Cristian Fontanez L.
English Teacher
M.A. in English Language Teaching

2. : Let’s watch “The mistery of the castle”.
LESLIE
: I’ve already seen it! I watched it last Friday!
PETER
: What about “The secret in the lake”?
LESLIE
PETER : Stanley and I have seen that, too!
: Well, you’ve already seen all the videos!
LESLIE
What can we do now?
PETER : We could watch the football match on TV!

3. Past Simple
Utilizamos el pasado simple para hablar de

eventos ya terminados o que ocurrieron antes
del momento del habla.
 Orlando lost his hearing at the age of five.
 “Before then, I didn’t know I was deaf and that I was
different!.
English in Mind 3A, p.12.

4. Formamos el pasado simple con verbos

regulares agregando la terminación –ed al
infinitivo.
Visit = They visited churches and musemus.
Con los verbos irregulares, debemos cambiar

el verbo por su forma correspondiente en
pasado.
Go = He went to a restaurant.
[Ver tabla de verbos irregulares.]

5.  Formamos el negativo del pasado
simple con didn’t (did not) y el verbo
en infinitivo
 He didn’t like old churches.
 Formamos preguntas con did o
didn’t y el verbo en infinitivo.
Did he like old churches?


6. Present perfect
Usamos el presente perfecto simple

para conectar el pasado y el “ahora”.
 Deaf teenagers Orlando Chavez (16) and
German Resendiz (17) have been friends
since kindergarten.
English in Mind 3A, p.12.

7. Formamos el presente perfecto con

have/has y un verbo en participio.

8. Usamos diferentes expresiones para el pasado

simple y el presente perfecto.
Past simple Present perfect
Ten minutes ago For
Yesterday Since
Last week Just
When I was… Already
Yet
Ever
never

9. References
Bolton & Goodey. English Grammar in Steps.

Richmond Publishing. 1996.
Puchta & Stranks. English in Mind 3A. Cambridge

University Press. 2007.