SIMPLE PAST

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
To be
To buy
To make
PAST
PAST
TRANSLATION
PARTICIPLE
Was/were
Been
Ser/estar
Bought
Bought
Comprar
Made
Made
Fazer
You bought a car.
Affirmative
You didn’t buy a car.
Negative
Did you buy a car?
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 “
Past? Present? Future?/ Conditional?
You not drink coffee”?
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
I worked
You worked
He worked
She worked
It worked
We worked
You worked
They worked
Negative
I did not work
You did not work
He did not work
She did not work
It did not work
We did not work
You did not work
They did not work
Interrogative
Did I work?
Did you work?
Did he work?
Did she work?
Did it work?
Did we work?
Did you work?
Did they work?
Simple past
Verb TO TRAVEL
Affirmative
I travelled
You travelled
He travelled
She travelled
It travelled
We travelled
You travelled
They travelled
Negative
I did not travel
You did not travel
He did not travel
She did not travel
It did not travel
We did not travel
You did not travel
They did not travel
Interrogative
Did I travel?
Did you travel?
Did he travel?
Did she travel?
Did it cry travel?
Did we travel?
Did you travel?
Did they travel?
Simple past
Verb TO CRY
Affirmative
I cried
You cried
He cried
She cried
It cried
We cried
You cried
They cried
Negative
I did not cry
You did not cry
He did not cry
She did not cry
It did not cry
We did not cry
You did not cry
They did not cry
Interrogative
Did I cry?
Did you cry?
Did he cry?
Did she cry?
Did it cry?
Did we cry?
Did you cry?
Did they cry?