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Forma afirmativ a trecutului simplu pentru verbele regulate l reprezint infinitivul scurt al verbului (adic to
paint = infinitiv; paint = infinitivul scurt) + terminaia ed sau doar d, dac verbul regulat se termin n litera e . Verbele neregulate au propria form de trecut (vezi tabelul verbelor neregulate forma a II-a). pentru verbele regulate: S + vb+ed/d to walk (a merge) I walked You walked He / She / It walked I admired You admired He / She / It admired We walked You walked They walked We admired You admired They admired pentru verbele neregulate: S + vb forma a II-a Verbul TO BE (a fi)

Persoane
I You He / She / It We You They

to admire (a admira)

Forma afirmativ was were was were were were

Traducere eu am fost tu ai fost el/ea a fost noi am fost voi ai fost ei au fost

S reinem de aici nainte c trecutul simplu al: - verbelor regulate este verb + ed/d - verbelor neregulate este forma a doua din tabelul verbelor neregulate

Reguli de scriere
Forma de trecut a verbelor neregulate este cea de-a doua din tabelul verbelor neregulate. Verbele regulate sunt acele verbe care i formeaz trecutul simplu i participiul trecut prin adugarea terminaiei ed/d la infinitivul lor scurt, n funcia de ultima liter a verbului. n cazul verbelor regulate, exist anumite reguli de scriere de care trebuie inut seama la formarea trecutul simplu. Atenie, deci, la urmtoarele reguli: - la verbele regulate al cror infinitiv scurt se termin n e, se adaug terminaia d (to dance - danced); - atunci cnd un verb regulat monosilabic se termin n consoan (una singur), cu excepia consoanelor c, w sau x, precedat de o singur vocal, consoana final se dubleaz i se adaug terminaia ed i se mai adaug i consoana k (to drop dropped; to pat patted; to stop stopped; to prefer preffered; etc); - la verbele regulate al cror infinitiv scurt se termin n c, se mai adaug consoana k nainte de adugarea terminaiei (to panic - panicked); - atunci cnd un verb format din dou sau mai multe silabe se termin n consoan precedat de o singur vocal, consoana final se dubleaz, dac ultima silab a verbului este accentuat ( to omit omitted; to occur occurred ; excepii: to kidnap kidnapped; to handicap handicapped); - la verbele regulate care se termin n l, nainte de adugarea terminaiei ed, litera l se dubleaz (to travel travelled; to quarell quarrelled). verbele care se termin n y: - dac y-ul este precedat de consoan, atunci y-ul se schimb n i naintea adugrii terminaiilor: to try (a ncerca) I tried You tried He / She / It tried We tried You tried They tried to fly (a zbura) I flied You flied He / She / It flied We flied You flied They flied

- dac y-ul este precedat de vocal, atunci y-ul rmne y naintea adugrii terminaiei:
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to play I played (a (se) juca, a cnta You played la un instrument) He / She / It played

We played You played They played

to enjoy (a se bucura de)

I enjoyed You enjoyed He / She / It enjoyed

We enjoyed You enjoyed They enjoyed

Forma negativ a trecutului simplu se formeaz dup formula de mai joc, cu ajutorul formei de trecut a infinitivului
scurt al verbului to do (a face), adic to do = infinitiv ; did = infinitive scurt): pentru verbele neregulate: S + did not / didnt + infinitivul scurt pentru verbele regulate S + did not / didnt + infinitivul scurt I did not (didnt) drink milk. He did not (didnt) drink coffee. Verbul TO BE (a fi) Forma negativ I was not You were not He / She / It was not You were not We were not They were not Forma negativ scurt I wasnt You werent He/ She/ It wasnt You werent We werent They werent Traducere eu nu am fost tu nu ai fost el / ea nu a fost voi nu ai fost noi nu am fost ei nu au fost

La forma interogativ a trecutului simplu subiectul se pune dup verb.

pentru verbele neregulate: Did + S + infinitivul scurt? Verbul TO BE (a fi) Forma interogativ Traducere Was I happy? Were you alone at home? Was he tall? Was she nice? Was it difficult? Were we in Rome? Were you brothers? Were they from Spain?

pentru verbele regulate Did + S + infinitivul scurt? Did they go to school yesterday? Did he go to school two day ago?

La forma negativ interogativ a trecutului simplu subiectul se pune dup verbul urmat de negaia not. La forma
scrut, ns subiectul se pune dup negaie, exceptnd persoana nti singular: pentru verbele neregulate: Didnt + S + infinitivul scurt? Did + S + not + infinitivul scurt? Verbul TO BE (a fi) Forma interogativnegativ Am I not? Are you not? Is he/she/it not? Are we not? Are you not? Are they not? Forma interogativnegativ scurt Arent I? Arent you? Isnt he/she/it? Arent you? Arent we? Arent they? Traducere Nu sunt? (eu) Nu eti? Nu este? (el / ea) Nu suntem? Nu suntei? Nu sunt? (ei)

pentru verbele regulate Didnt + S + infinitivul scurt? Did + S + not + infinitivul scurt? Didnt they like the apples? Did the not like the apples?

Trecutul simplu este un timp narativ care se folosete:

- pentru a exprima o aciune care a avut loc n trecut la un moment bine determinat (se folosesc adverbe care exprim trecutul precum yesterday, last week/month/year, a week/month/year ago, in 1999, in 2010, in July (cu condiia ca July s fie o lun care a trecut deja), when she was little, at the turn of the century, once upon a time ) sau pentru a exprima o aciune trecut al crei loc este menionat: Ex. The child played all day yesterday. The child tried to jump over the fence. - pentru a exprima un obicei pe care subiectul l-a avut n trecut, dar nu l mai are : Ex. I smoked a lot in my youth. (Fumam mult n tineree.; adic obinuiam s fumez, dar nu mai fumez din tineree), - n fraze ce implic utilizarea condiionalului prezent (The Present Conditional (Unreal)) , se pot folosi verbele used to i would: Ex. We went to the theatre. We would / used to go to the theatre every Friday evening. Where would you stay if you went to Bucharest? Tom would help me with my homework if he had time. - pentru a exprima o aciune obinuit din trecut:

Ex. She always complained about everything. We used to drink a lot of beer in our student days.
- n vorbirea indirect pentru a exprima prezentul simplu din vorbirea direct: Ex. We live in a big house, the girl said. The girl said they lived in a big house. - pentru a introduce cuvintele cuiva n vorbirea direct: Ex. Where are the children?, mother asked. - n subordonatele condiionale pentru a exprima prezentul condiional: Ex. My friend would help me, if she were here. - n fraze ce implic utilizarea viitorului n trecut (Future-in-the-Past) (cnd aciunile viitoare fa de aciunea trecut sunt simultane): Ex. He promised me that we would go to Italy when he had time. (when arat simultaneitatea) (Mi-a promis ca vom merge n Italia cnd va avea timp.) - dup verbul to wish (a(-i) dori) sau dup as if / as though, if only, would rather (atunci cnd subiectele sunt diferite), its high time: Ex. I wish I were on holiday now. He is speaking as if he knew everything about the accident. Its (high) time my son learnt English, too. - pentru a exprima o serie de aciuni trecute ntr-un paragraf narativ : Ex. He went inside the house, locked the door and went to sleep. - pentru a exprima o aciune prezent ntr-o propoziie subordonat al crei verb principal este la trecut (cel mai adesea n vorbirea indirect diateza pasiv): Ex. I live in a block of flats. / He said he lived in a block of flats. - pentru a exprima o aciune viitoare, ntr-o subordonat de timp, care este simultan cu o alta, exprimat de viitorul anterior: Ex. He promised me that he would tell me the truth when he knew it. - n condiionala a II-a: Ex. If we moved abroad life would be easier. If he had a little more courage he would ask for a raise. Suppose the Earth were flat.