Narrar acontecimientos pasados

Objetivos

1. Narrar con past simple regular (-ed) e irregulares básicos was/were, went, had.
2. Usar there was / there were para decir qué había.
3. Anclar el relato con yesterday y last… (last week, last month, last Sunday…).
4. Negar e interrogar en pasado con didn't / Did…? en modelos cortos.

Explicación

Contar lo que ya pasó. Tres piezas: past simple, there was/were, y las marcas yesterday / last….

Past simple

Regulares: verbo + -ed — *I visited. She played. We walked.* Irregulares de esta lección (los mismos que ya tocamos en L07, ahora para narrar): was/were, went, had.

• *I was at home. They were happy.*
• *We went to the park.*
• *I had a sandwich.*

Negativa: *I didn't visit…* · Pregunta: *Did you visit…?* (verbo base después de *did*).

There was / there were

• *There was a cake.* (singular)
• *There were two parks.* (plural)

Es el pasado de *there is/are* (L07/L08), ahora para narrar.

yesterday / last…

• *yesterday*
• *last week, last month, last Sunday, last year*

El decreto dice *yesterday, last month, etc.* Añadimos *last week / last Sunday / last year* como ese etcétera, y lo decimos aquí.

Respetamos L07: allí *already/still/yet* no empujaban a present perfect. Aquí tampoco: no *have visited*.

Mnemónico

«Yesterday/last → pasado. Was/were, went, had. There was uno; there were varios.»

Glosas de esta lección

• Past simple regular. verbo + -ed: visited, played, walked.
• was / were. pasado de be: I was, they were.
• went. pasado de go: We went to the park.
• had. pasado de have: I had a match.
• didn't / Did…?. negación y pregunta en pasado: I didn't go. Did you go?
• there was. había (singular): There was a cake.
• there were. había (plural): There were two bikes.
• yesterday. ayer.
• last…. el/la … pasado/a: last week, last month, last Sunday.

Ejemplos resueltos

Ejemplo 1 — León · domingo

Yesterday I visited my grandma. There was a cake. We went to the park. I was happy.

Ejemplo 2 — Last week

Last week I had a match. There were many people. We didn't win. Did you watch it?

Ejemplo 3 — Singular / plural

There was one bus. There were three buses.

Mini cierre

Yesterday / last… abren el relato. Past simple cuenta lo que pasó. There was/were dice lo que había. Sin present perfect.