Simple Past (Regular Verbs)
O Simple Past refere-se a ações que ocorreram em determinado momento e é geralmente usado com expressões que indicam tempo passado (yesterday, last week, two days ago etc.). Affirmative Form sujeito + verbo principal no passado + complemento I walked for hours yesterday. You He She It We They Carol and her friends studied hard for the test yesterday. It rained a lot last week!
Negative Form I You didn’t walk for hours yesterday. sujeito + did + not + verbo principal + complemento I didn’t walk for hours yesterday. You He She It We They I didn’t study for my math test. We did not go to the club last Saturday.
Interrogative Form I Did + sujeito + verbo principal + complemento you walk for hours yesterday? you he she it we they Did your friends enjoy the movie? Did you travel on the weekend?
enjoy the meal yesterday? Short Answers Interrogative Form Affirmative Form Negative Form Did I enjoy the meal yesterday? Yes, did. No, didn’t. you he she it we they
General Rules Existem seis regras principais para a formação do passado dos verbos regulares. 1. Aos verbos terminados em -e acrescenta-se -d: dance → like → danced liked 2. Aos verbos terminados em consoante, em geral, acrescenta-se -ed: walk→ listen → walked listened
General Rules 3. Nos verbos que terminam em consoante-vogal-consoante dobra-se a consoante final e acrescenta-se -ed: stop → drop → stopped dropped 4. Se a última sílaba for átona, a consoante final não é dobrada: open→ opened
General Rules 5. Nos verbos terminados em -y, precedidos de uma consoante, troca-se o -y por -i antes de acrescentar -ed: study → cry → studied cried 6. Quando o -y for precedido de vogal não há mudança, apenas acrescentamos -ed ao verbo: stay→ play→ stayed played