# 1. Isabel bought a lot of things for Paco (past simple affirmative)

## Caso práctico

## The Simple Past Tense: Isabel went shopping

## ING01-02-01-audio02.mp3

Isabel went shopping on her own. She bought a lot of things for Paco as she thought that her son needed some useful and necessary articles for his journey. She didn't want to worry Paco, so Isabel decided to do some shopping.

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Isabel saw a lot of useful stuff for Paco, but she knew she could not buy so many things.

Paco wanted to take a lot of articles with him, although he knewthat he could buy anything he would need anywhere.

In the end, he changed his mind and he tried to take just a few things, only the most necessary ones.

As Paco likes video recording and photography a lot, of course he took his two cameras , but he wasn't sure about taking his laptop with him.

Identify all the simple past affirmative forms you can find in the text, either regular or irregular ones.

### Retroalimentación

Isabel went shopping on her own. She bought a lot of things for Paco as she thought that her son needed some useful and necessary articles for his journey. But she didn't want to worry Paco so Isabel decided to do some shopping.

Isabel saw a lot of useful stuff for Paco, but she knew she could not buy so many things.

Paco meant to take a lot of articles with him, although he knew that he could buy anything he would need anywhere. In the end, he changed his mind and he tried to take just a few things, only the most necessary ones.

As Paco likes video recording and photography a lot, of course he took his two cameras , but he wasn't sure about taking his laptop with him.

## Ejercicio Resuelto

went | to need
bought | to know
thought | to have
needed | to want
decided | to buy
saw | to go
wanted | to try
knew | to think
changed | to take
tried | to see
liked | to decide
took | to change
had | to like

Match the Simple Past forms on the left with their infinitive verbs on the right.

### Retroalimentación

Went | To go
Bought | To buy
Thought | To think
Needed | To need
Decided | To decide
Saw | To see
Wanted | To want
Knew | To know
Changed | To change
Tried | To try
Liked | To like
Took | To take
Had | To have

## Comprueba lo aprendido

### Pregunta

The Simple Past affirmative form is formed:

#### Respuestas

Opción 1

by adding -ed to the main verb, like wanted (< to want).

Opción 2

by adding -ing to the main verb.

#### Retroalimentación

Correct.

Wrong. The ending -ing is used for the Present Continuous Tense.

#### Solución

1. Incorrecto (Retroalimentación)
2. Opción correcta (Retroalimentación)

### Pregunta

We can distinguish an irregular verb:

#### Respuestas

Opción 1

because it ends in -ed.

Opción 2

We can't distinguish it by its form.

#### Retroalimentación

Wrong. Regular verbs always end in -ed.

We have to learn the irregular verbs by heart (de memoria).

#### Solución

1. Opción correcta (Retroalimentación)
2. Incorrecto (Retroalimentación)

## Curiosidad

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Do you know the difference between England and Britain?

ING01-02-01-audio03.mp3

Three countries make up Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wales. So England is a part of Great Britain, and a Scotsman is British, too. A person born in Wales is Welsh, and they are British, too. Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom.

So the UK is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the last of which is not a part of Great Britain. The formal name of the country is the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, but in everyday speech Britain is often used to mean the UK, though, as you have seen, this is not perfectly correct.

The word “great” was added to “Britain” several hundred years ago, in the Middle Ages, when the English kings had lands in what is now France, and a certain part of it was called Britanny. To avoid confusion, they added the word “great” to the name of the land which was larger.

## Para saber más

In order to check you understand the Simple Past Tense, have a look here.

In case you need further practice, then click here.