Forma
- Verbo be: was/were
- I was surprised: the others were older.
- Fiquei surpreso: os outros eram mais velhos.
Verbos regulares: forma infinitiva + ed*
- We worked hard yesterday.
- Trabalhamos duro ontem.
- The rain stopped at six.
- A chuva parou às seis horas.
Verbos irregulares: formas especiais (veja abaixo) - Tom rang earlier.
- Tom telefonou mais cedo.
- I forgot to tell you.
- Eu me esqueci de lhe contar.
- Negação: was/were + not ou didn’t + infinitivo
- I wasn’t here yesterday.
- Não estive aqui ontem.
- The neighbours weren’t at home.
- Os vizinhos não estavam em casa.
- José didn’t come last week.
- José não veio na semana passada.
- Perguntas e respostas curtas: verbo be: was/were ou did (+ infinitivo)
- Where was Andy?
- Onde o Andy estava?
- Were you here? – Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
- Você esteve aqui? – Sim. / Não.
- Did Ed phone? – Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.
- O Ed ligou? – Sim. / Não.
More exemples :
A: Did you went /go to Angela’s party for two days / two days ago?
B: Yes, it was great. But you weren’t there.
A: I didn’t had / have time. Too much work.
B: That’s a pity.
A: Jill said some people felt / fell in the swimming pool. Did you be / Were you one of them?
B: Me? Why do you think that?
- O simple past descreve estados e acontecimentos concluídos.
- Palavras sinalizadoras típicas designam um momento ou um tempo concluído no passado.
- yesterday e last… (yesterday, last week, last month, last year, last night, last Tuesday, last weekend)
- expressões com ago (two hours ago, a few weeks ago, several months ago, ten years ago)
- when?, datas (when?, (at) what time?, in 1998, on 28 December, in April)
- Palavras sinalizadoras ficam no fim ou no início da frase; não ficam entre o verbo e o objeto.
- I saw Jill last week. (I saw last week Jill.)
- I saw Jill last week. (I saw last week Jill.)
- ago fica sempre no fim do adjunto temporal
- We met two days ago (for two days). … há dois dias.
- Verbos regulares: -ed; verbos irregulares: formas especiais; perguntas e negações com did.
- Uso: quando algum estado ou ação está concluído em determinado ponto do passado.
Verbos irregulares (alguns)
be = was/were; buy = bought; come = came; cost = cost; do = did; fall = fell; feel = felt; forget = forgot; get = got; give = gave; go = went; grow = grew; have = had; know = knew; leave = left; make = made; meet = met; ring = rang; say = said; see = saw; stand = stood; take = took; tell = told; think = thought; write = wrote
Uso e palavras sinalizadoras
Resumo
Referência: “Grammar – No problem” – Christine House e John Stevens, Disal Editora, 2005.