The Simple Past
Autor: teacher Evelin | Publicado: 2014-12-01T06:52:00-08:00


The Simple Past



Uma vez que
você já está familiarizado com a estrutura do Simple Present, passamos, a seguir, para o Simple Past. O Simple Past é o tempo verbal equivalente
ao pretérito perfeito e ao pretérito imperfeito em português, dependendo do contexto.
Os verbos no Simple Past, quando
expressos no modo afirmativo, têm sua própria forma, que não é utilizada em
conjunto com o verbo auxiliar “did”. A peculiaridade do Simple Past é
que os verbos são divididos entre regulares e irregulares. 

Todos os verbos regulares preservam a sua raiz
     e terminam em “ed”: 


play =
played  start = started design = designed



Já os verbos irregulares são imprevisíveis:


begin =
began &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; read = read&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; go = went



Regras Especiais para verbos Regulares:



Verbos terminados em “c.v.c” (consoante-vogal-consoante),
     cuja última sílaba é a tônica: dobrar a última consoante:


stop = stopped &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; plan
= planned



Verbos terminados em “e”: acrescentar
     somente “d”:


delete = deleted &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; complete = completed



Verbos terminados em consoante + “y”: substituir
     o “y” por “i” e acrescentar “ed”:


study = studied &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; try
= tried



 

  
  
Forma afirmativa

  
  
Negativa

  
  
Interrogativa

 

  
  
I danced
  yesterday.

  
  
Did I dance yesterday?

  
  
I didn’t
  dance yesterday.

 

  
  
You danced
  yesterday.

  
  
Did you dance yesterday?

  
  
You didn’t
  dance yesterday.

 

  
  
He danced
  yesterday.

  
  
Did he dance yesterday?

  
  
He didn’t
  dance yesterday.

 

  
  
She danced
  yesterday.

  
  
Did she dance yesterday?

  
  
She didn’t
  dance yesterday.

 

  
  
It danced
  yesterday.

  
  
Did it dance yesterday?

  
  
It didn’t
  dance yesterday.

 

  
  
We danced
  yesterday.

  
  
Did we dance yesterday?

  
  
We didn’t
  dance yesterday.

 

  
  
You danced
  yesterday.

  
  
Did you dance yesterday?

  
  
You didn’t
  dance yesterday.

 

  
  
They danced
  yesterday.

  
  
Did they
  dance yesterday?

  
  
They didn’t
  dance yesterday.

 




 

  
  
Verbo to be

 

  
  
Am

  
  
Was

 

  
  
Is

  
  
Was

 

  
  
Are

  
  
Were

 


Ao analisar
a estrutura do Simple Past, você concluirá que: 



<!--[if !supportLists]-->a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->&nbsp;o verbo
auxiliar did é utilizado somente nos modos interrogativo e negativo, com
o verbo principal na sua forma infinitiva;

<!--[if !supportLists]-->b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->&nbsp;as formas
dos verbos no passado, sejam regulares ou irregulares, são utilizadas no modo
afirmativo, sem o verbo auxiliar;


<!--[if !supportLists]-->c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<!--[endif]-->&nbsp;o verbo to be
não é utilizado com o auxiliar did.