Past Simple

prezentare
Schema
Afirmativ: S + V-ed (pentru verbe
regulate)
Sau
S + V la forma a IIa (pentru verbe
neregulate)
Negativ: S + did + not + V
(didnt)
Interogativ: Did + S + V?

verbe regulate verbe neregulate
Regula generala spune ca
un verb la trecut primeste
terminatia -ed.

Ex.: play -> played
listen -> listened
visit -> visited

Pentru ca respecta aceasta
regula, asemenea verbe se
numesc regulate
Mai exista si o categorie de
verbe care nu respecta
regula de adaugare a -ed
la trecut. Ele se numesc
neregulate si au un cuvant
separat pentru a exprima
Past Simple.

Verbele neregulate se
gasesc in tabele.
utilizare
Past Simple se foloseste pentru a exprima actiuni
trecute, incheiate si care nu se mai pot repeta.

Expresii specifice:
- Yesterday (ieri)
- Last month/year/summer etc (luna/anul/varatrecut(a))
- In 1987
- In October
etc.


Reguli de scriere la adaugarea terminatiei -ed
(pentru verbe regulate)
1.Verbele monosilabice terminate in consoana-vocala-consoana dubleaza
ultima litera.
Ex: stop => stopped;

2. Verbele bisilabice cu accentul pe a doua silaba, terminate in consoana-
vocala-consoana, dubleaza ultima litera.
Ex: regret => regretted

3. -e final mut dispare.
Ex: live => lived

4. -y final precedat de consoana se transforma in -i
Ex: try => tried

5. -l final se dubleaza.
Ex: travel => travelled
Exemple de propozitii
pentru un verb regulat
Am incercat sa scriu o carte.
I tried to write a book.

N-am incercat sa scriu o
carte.
I didnt try to write a book.

Ai incercat sa scrii o carte?
Did you try to write a book?

Afirmativ: S + V-ed (pentru
verbe regulate)


Negativ: S + did + not + V
(didnt)


Interogativ: Did + S + V?


Observatie:
Verbele neregulate se gasesc in tabele speciale, sub
urmatoarea forma:
Ex:
to write wrote written
(forma I/prezent) (forma a II-a) (forma a III-a)

to speak spoke spoken
(forma I/prezent) (forma a II-a) (forma a III-a)

Exemple de propozitii
pentru un verb neregulat
Am scris o carte anul trecut.
I wrote a book last year.

Nu am scris o carte anul
trecut.
I didnt write a book last
year.

Ai scris o carte anul trecut?
Did you write a book last
year?

Afirmativ: S + V la forma a IIa (pentru
verbe neregulate)



Negativ: S + did + not + V
(didnt)


Interogativ: Did + S + V?


To be (a fi) nu respecta schema lui Past Simple el are conjugare
separata pentru afirmativ, interogativ, negativ.
Afirmativ:
I was am fost
You were tu ai fost
He was el a fost
She was ea a fost
It was el/ea a fost (animale,
lucruri, fenomene)
We were noi am fost
You were voi ati fost
They were ei/ele au fost






Interogativ:
Was I? am fost?
Were you? ai fost?
Was he? el a fost?
Was she? ea a fost?
Was it? el/ea a fost?
(animale, lucruri, fenomene)
Were we? noi am fost?
Were you voi ati fost?
Were they? ei/ele au fost?
To be (a fi) nu respecta schema lui Past Simple el are conjugare
separata pentru afirmativ, interogativ, negativ.
Negativ:
I was not (I wasnt) nu am fost
You were not (you werent) nu ai fost
He was not (he wasnt) el nu a fost
She was not (she wasnt) ea nu a fost
It was not (it wasnt) el/ea nu a fost (animale,
lucruri, fenomene)
We were not (we werent) noi nu am fost
You were not (you werent) voi nu ati fost
They were not (they werent) ei/ele nu au fost