SIMPLE PAST
(Simple Present) – I watch TV every evening (Eu assisto TV toda noite.)
(simple Past) – I watched TV yesterday evening. ( Eu assisti TV ontem à noite.)
WATCHED (watched está no simple past)
O Simple Past é normalmente formado colocando -ED nos verbos (verbos regulares)
Work – worked
clean – cleaned
start – started
kiss - kissed
Stay – stayed
arrive – arrived
dance – danced
open – opened
Ex:
• This morning I cleaned my bedroom.
(Esta manhã eu limpei meu quarto.)
• Terry worked in a bank from 1986 to 1993.
(Terry trabalhou em um banco de 1986 a 1993.)
• Yesterday it rained all morning. It stopped at lunchtime.
(Ontem choveu a manhã toda. Parou na hora do almoço.)
• We enjoyed the party last night. We danced a lot and talked to a lot of people.
(Nós aproveitamos a festa noite passada. Nós dançamos muito e conversamos com muitas pessoas.)
• The party finished at midnight.
(A festa terminou à meia-noite.)
Obs:
a) Verbos terminados em consoante + Y, altera para -IED.
Try – tried
study – studied
copy – copied
b) Verbos terminados em consoante + vogal + consoante, repete a última letra e acrescenta -ED
Stop – stopped
plan – planned
Alguns verbos são irregulares. O Simple Past não é formado com -ED. Aqui estão alguns verbos irregulares importantes. ( há uma lista na página 318 do livro didático)
Be Was/were
Fall Fell
Leave Left
See Saw
Break Broke
Find Found
Lose Lost
Sell Sold
Bring Brought
Fly Flew
Make Made
Sit Sat
Build Built
Get Got
Meet Met
Sleep Slept
Buy Bought
Give Gave
Pay Paid
Speak Spoke
Come Came
Go Went
Put Put
Take Took
Do Did
Have Had
Read Read
Tell Told
Drink Drank
Hear Heard
Ring Rang
Think Thought
eat Ate
Know Knew
Say Said
Write wrote
Ex.
• When I was a child I slept early.
(Quando eu era criança, eu dormia cedo.)
• You were hungry, so you ate a hot dog.
(você estava com fome, então você comeu um hot dog.)
• I usually get up early but this morning I got up at 9:30.
(Eu usualmente acordo cedo mas nesta manhã eu acordei às 9:30.)
• We did a lot of homework yesterday.
(Nós fizemos muitas tarefas de casa ontem.)
• Caroline went to the cinema three times last week.
(Caroline foi ao cinema três vezes semana passada.)
• Jim came into the room, took off his coat and sat down.
(Jim veio para dentro da sala, tirou o casaco e sentou-se.)
