SIMPLE PAST Ações que começaram e terminaram no passado. VERBOS REGULARES: são chamados assim porque seguem as regras abaixo. 1. REGRA GERAL: acrescenta-se ED no final do verbo: To clean + ed = cleaned. To watch + ed = watched. 2. Verbos terminados em CONSOANTE + Y, elimina o y e adiciona IED : To study = studied. 3. Verbos monossílabos (uma sílaba) terminados em CONSOANTE (C) + VOGAL (V) + CONSOANTE (C), dobra a última consoante e adiciona ED: To stop + p + ed = stopped Verbos Oxítonos (última sílaba forte ) terminados em consoante (C) + vogal (V) + consoante (C), dobra a última consoante e adiciona ED: To occur + r + ed = occurred
VERBOS IRREGULARES: são chamados assim porque não seguem nenhuma regra. Para sabê-los é preciso consultar a SEGUNDA COLUNA da lista de verbos. INFINITIVE PAST PAST TRANSLATION PARTICIPLE To be Was/were Been Ser/estar To buy Bought Bought Comprar To make Made Made Fazer You bought a car. You didn t buy a car. Did you buy a car? Affirmative Negative Interrogative
KEY WORDS: yesterday, last night/ week/month/year, ago, in the past etc. You liked lizards in the past. They didn t wash the car yesterday Did Michael study Science last year? Jane ate banana two hours ago. We made a cake last night. Did she swim a lot last week?
Afirmativa I/You/He/She/It/We/They + verbo (regular) com ED (sem TO). To work = I worked in hospital 20 years ago. To play = He played basketball last week. To study = They studied Spanish in the past. To study To play (A antes do Y é vogal) I/You/He/She/It/We/They +verbo(irregular)2º coluna da tabela (sem TO). To drink = She drank coffee yesterday. To buy = They bought a new car.
ATTENTION What s the verbal tense of the sentence You not drink coffee? Past? Present? Future?/ Conditional?
You not drink coffee. NOT não é suficiente para dizer qual o tempo verbal da frase, porque com o NOT a frase poderia ser traduzida como: Você não bebeu café. Você não bebe café. Você não beberá café. Você não beberia café. NEGATIVE I/You/ He/She/It We/They + DID NOT/ DIDN T + verbo (sem TO): I did not drink coffee. She didn t drink coffee.
ATTENTION You drink coffee? Past? Present? Future? Conditional? Você bebeu café? / Você bebe café?/ Você beberá café?/ Você beberia café? INTERROGATIVE DID + I/You/ He/She/It We/They + verbo (sem TO) +?: Did you drink coffee? Did she drink coffee? DID serve para mostrar que o verbo está no tempo Passado. Ele é a prova de que o verbo está no Simple Past.
ATTENTION HE pode ser trocado por um nome de homem (James/ The boy). SHE pode ser trocado por um nome de mulher (Mary/ The girl). IT pode ser trocado por um nome de animal, objeto/coisa, lugar (Garfield/ The cat, The car, The school) THEY pode ser trocado por dois ou mais nomes/ nomes no plural de homens, mulheres, animais, objetos/coisas, lugares (James and John/ Mary and Lucy/ James and Mary/ The boys/ The girls/ The cats)
Simple past Verb TO WORK Affirmative Negative Interrogative I worked I did not work Did I work? You worked You did not work Did you work? He worked He did not work Did he work? She worked She did not work Did she work? It worked It did not work Did it work? We worked We did not work Did we work? You worked You did not work Did you work? They worked They did not work Did they work?
Simple past Verb TO TRAVEL Affirmative Negative Interrogative I travelled I did not travel Did I travel? You travelled You did not travel Did you travel? He travelled He did not travel Did he travel? She travelled She did not travel Did she travel? It travelled It did not travel Did it cry travel? We travelled We did not travel Did we travel? You travelled You did not travel Did you travel? They travelled They did not travel Did they travel?
Simple past Verb TO CRY Affirmative Negative Interrogative I cried I did not cry Did I cry? You cried You did not cry Did you cry? He cried He did not cry Did he cry? She cried She did not cry Did she cry? It cried It did not cry Did it cry? We cried We did not cry Did we cry? You cried You did not cry Did you cry? They cried They did not cry Did they cry?