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LESSON SIX
SIMPLE PAST -VERB TO BE
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE (passado simples)
O simple past é normalmente usado para descrever
ações que começaram e terminaram no passado. A
primeira coisa a destacar é que os verbos podem ser
regulares ou irregulares. Ex: I WAS here last night.
6.1 - Affirmative form
Use a forma was para I, he, she, it;
Use a forma were para as demais pessoas.
I was (eu era, eu estava)
You were( você era,você estava)
He was (ele era, ele estava)
She was (ela era, ela estava)
It was (ele(a) era, ele(a) estava)
We were (nós éramos, nós estávamos)
You were (vocês eram, vocês estavam )
They were (eles(as) eram, eles(as) estavam)
6.2 - Negative form
Usam-se as formas negativas wasn't (was not) para I,
he, she, it e weren't (were not) para as demais pessoas.
I wasn't you weren't he wasn't she wasn't it wasn't we
weren't you weren't they weren't
6.3 - Interrogative form
As perguntas se formam com a anteposição do verbo to
be ao sujeito.
was I ...?
were you...?
was he...?
was she...?
was it...?
were we...?
were you...?
were they...?
Exemplos
Where were you? (Onde você estava?)
Was she home? (Ela estava em casa?)
He wasn't there. (Ele não estava lá.)
When I was a child, I was very naughty. (Quando eu era
criança, eu era muito
Levado.)
You were happy. (Você estava feliz.)
Were you at the party? (Você estava na festa?) Yes, I
was. (Sim, estava.) No, I wasn't. (Não, não estava)
NOTE: O passado de are é were e o passado de is é was.
O passado de am é was também.
6.4 - VERBOS REGULARES
São aqueles cuja forma passada é formada por regra.
Forma-se o pas sado dos verbos regulares,
acrescentando-se d, ed, ou ied.
Formação da afirmativa dos verbos regulares
1: Adicionar d aos verbos terminados em e: live - lived
love - loved agree - agreed tie - tied
2: Retirar o y e adicionar ied aos verbos terminados em
consoante + y study - studied cry-cried
3:Adicionar ed aos verbos terminados em vogal + y play
- played stay - stayed
4: Todos os outros verbos: adicionar ed work -worked
kiss - kissed
NOTE: O verbo com ed se usa com todas as pessoas
(I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they) e somente na forma
afirmativa.
Exemplo de conjugação com o verbo to study (estudar)
6.4.1 - Affirmative
I studied
You studied
He studied
She studied
It studied
We studied
You studied
They studied
6.4.2 - Forma negativa
Há coisas importantes na forma negativa do
passado:
a) Você deverá usar didn't para dizer não;
b) O didn't será usado para todas as pessoas;
c) O verbo principal volta para o normal (infinitivo sem o
to).
Então: usa-se a forma didn't + verbo no infinitivo sem o
to, para todas pessoas.
Exemplo de conjugação com o verbo to study (estudar)
6.4.3 - Negative
I didn't study
You didn't study
He didn't study
She didn't study
It didn't study
We didn't study
You didn't study
They didn't study