Inglês-Simple Past - Resumo Simple Past PDF

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INGLÊS Simple Past The Simple Past It is equivalent the “passado simples” in the Portuguese language. Simple Past is used to indicate past completed actions, which started and ended in the past. To reinforce the use of Simple Past, many temporal expressions are used in the sentences. The most common examples are: yesterday (ontem), last night (ontem à noite), last year (ano passado), last month (mês passado), last week (semana passada), ago (atrás). Examples: We did not go to church yesterday. The Christmas was the last month. The basic formation of Simple Past is done with the use of the auxiliary did in the negative and interrogative forms, and with the addition of –ed at the end of the main verb in the infinitive, without the to, in the affirmative form. Examples: I danced. (Affimartive) - I did not dance. (negative) - Did I dance? (Interrogative). Regular verbs: 1. To use regular verbs in affirmative sentences in Simple Past, just change the verb's ending according to the following rules: To regular verbs ending in –e, only the –d is added at the end of the verb: Examples: To love – loved. To lie– lied. 2. To regular verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant (CVC), the last consonant is doubled and the –ed is added: Stop - stopped Plan - planned 3. To verbs ending in –y preceded by a consonant, remove the y and add the –ied: To study – studied. To cry – cried. 4. To verbs ending in –y preceded by a vowel, only –ed is added: Enjoy – enjoyed.

Stay– stayed. Irregular verbs Irregular verbs do not have a pattern of formation. They do not follow the rules indicated above because they have their own shape. Examples: Abide – abode. Awake – awoke. Begin – began. Speak – spoke. The formation of affirmative sentences in Simple Past follows: subject + verb + complement. Example: She liked the English teacher. Negative Form For the construction of negative phrases in Simple Past, the verb did is used as an auxiliary verb. Being the verb in its unconjugated form. This is the structure of the negative form: subject + did + not (or didn’t) + verb + complement. Example: I didn’t know you two were siblings. Interrogative Form

Like negative, did is the auxiliary verb used for interrogative phrases in Simple Past. This is the structure of the interrogative form: did + subject + verb + complement? Example: Did you park your car here?...