Past Simple x Past continuous (português)

1. PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS

2. PAST SIMPLE Os verbos irregulares podem ser: REGULARES: I played tennis yesterday . IRREGULARES (consultar a lista de verbos irregulares) She ate ice- cream in winter . * to eat (comer): ate ( passado )

3. Forming the simple past tense (REGULAR VERBS) Para formar o passado simple dos verbos regulares acrescentamos ED ao verbo: BOIL --- BOILED FILL --- FILLED Exceções : Se o verbo terminar em –E: acrescenta -se apelas –D LIVE --- LIVED DATE --- DATED Se o verbo terminar em consonante + Y: troca-se o Y por I TRY --- TRIED CRY --- CRIED Se o verbo terminar em –L o –P duplicamos la conconante : ( inglês britânico ) TRAVEL --- TRAVELLED WORSHIP --- WORSHIPPED Se o verbo for monossílado e terminar em consoante + vogal + consonante ( expecto W o Y): duplicar a última consonante TAP --- TAPPED COMMIT --- COMMITTED

4. PAST SIMPLE: affirmative, negative or interrogative AFIRMATIVA: He painted the wall We woke up very early (irregular verb ) NEGATIVA: He didn’t paint the wall We didn’t wake up very early INTERROGATIVA: Did he paint the wall ? Did we wake up very early ?

5. PAST CONTINUOUS Para formar o passado contínuo vamos a utilizar o verbo to be ( was / were ) no passado e o verbo principal no gerundio (ING): Suj .+ was / were + verbo+ ING He was play ing golf They were study ing

6. PAST CONTINUOUS: affirmative, negative or interrogative AFIRMATIVA : suj+to be+verb+ing He was painting the wall We were waking up very early NEGATIVA: suj .+ to be+not+verb+ing He wasn’t painting the wall We weren’t waking up very early INTERROGATIVA: to be+ suj+verb+ing Was he painting the wall ? Were we waking up very early ?

7. PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS Para falar de uma ação acabada no passado em um tempo determinado John Cabot sailed to America in 1498 . EXPRESSÕES DO PASSADO SIMPLES: Frequência : often, sometimes, always; Um ponto determinado em um tempo: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago. Um ponto não determinado no tempo : the other day , ages ago , a long time ago etc. Exemplos : Yesterday , I arrived in Geneva. She always played the piano when she was a child . EXPRESSA UMA AÇÃO INCOMPLETA NO PASSADO: "I was going to spend the day at the beach but I've decided to go on an excursion instead.” PARA DESCREVER UMA AÇÃO INTERROMPIDA POR OUTRA AÇÃO: “I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang.“ PARA DESCREVER O CONTEXTO NO QUAL ACONTECE A AÇÃO: “It was getting dark. The prince was walking silently around the hall...”

8. Construções com o passado simples e o passado contínuo juntos WHEN + a ação curta no passado simples , que interrompe a grande no passado continuo . John was watching TV when his friend arrived . WHILE + as duas ações no passado contínuo que não se interrompem ou se cruzam . While I was talking on the phone , my brother was watching TV.