SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE PAST
AÇÕES OCORRIDAS NO
PASSADO EM UM TEMPO
DETERMINADO.
REGULAR VERBS - examples
Infinitive
Miss
Start
Need
Want
Remember
Travel
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Simple past
missed
started
needed
wanted
remembered
traveled
REGRAS VERBOS REGULARES
• Verbo termina em vogal + “y” = “ed”
Play >> played
I played the piano last night.
• Verbo termina em consoante + “y” = “ied”
Study >> studied
I studied Math yesterday.
• Verbo C-V-C = dobrar a consoante
Prefer >> preferred
I preferred the black shoes.
IRREGULAR VERBS - examples
Infinitive
Begin
Lose
Know
Find
Be
Go
-
Simple past
began
lost
knew
found
was / were
went
QUESTIONS = DID + verb
infinitive
Examples:
Did you study Math yesterday?
Yes, I did. / No, I did not. (didn’t)
Yes, I studied Math yesterday.
Did she play the piano last night?
Yes, she did. / No she didn’t.
Yes, she played the piano last night.
MORE VERBS IN THE PAST
Eat >> ate
Drink >> drank
Buy >> bought
Give >> gave
Send >> sent
Say >> said
Write >> wrote
See >> saw
Fell >> felt
Arrive >> arrived
Call >> called
Leave >> left
Understand >> understood
Get >> got
Think >> thought
Live >> lived
There are >> there were
Walk >> walked
Examples
1 – Yesterday I ___________ (miss – neg.)
the train, I _________(miss – af.) the bus.
2 – Classes _______ (begin – neg.)in
February. They ________ (begin – af. ) in
March.
3 – Laura _______ (know – neg.) a word in
English. She _______ (know- af.) how to
speak Italian.