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PAST SIMPLE
-traducere romana= perfect compus
I. FORM
Affirmative: S+vb-forma a II-a/-ed
Interrogative: did+S+vb -la infinitive
Negativ: S+did not/didnt+vb -infinitive
II. USES
-exprima actiuni repetate, obisnuite, obiceiuri in trecut (habits in the past):
eg.: I drank a lot of milk when I was baby.
-exprima adevaruri generale in trecut (general truths in the past):
eg.: Dinossaurs dissappeard millions of years ago.
-actiuni incepute si incheiate intr-un moment bine definit din trecut (finished actions in the
past)
eg. I met John two minutes ago
- cand vrem sa vorbim despre faptele unei persoane care a murit (talking about dead
people):
eg. Princess Diana helped a lot of people.
- Actiuni trecute care sau petrecut succesiv (past actions that happened one after the
other):
eg. First they cleaned their room and then they played on the computer.
III.Adverbs: yesterday, last week, month etc, year ago, in 1998.
PAST CONTINUOUS
-traducere romana=imperfect
I. FORM
Affirmative: S+was/were+vb-ing
Interrogative: Was/were+S+vb-ing
Negative: S+was/were+not+vb-ing
II. USES
1.Actiuni aflate in desfasurare intr-un moment din trecut (actions in progress at special
time in the past):
eg. At four oclock yesterday I was washing the car
Peter was reading a book yesterday evening.
2. doua/ mai multe actiuni simultane (two actions were happening at the same time -the
actions do not influence each other)
eg.Anne was writing a letter while Steve was reading the New York Times.
3.pentru a descrie o actiune aflata in desfasurare intrerupta de o alta actiune trecuta :
-actiunea aflata in desfasurare(actiune lunga)-past continuous
-actiunea scurta(care intrerupe actiunea lunga)-past simple
eg. While we were sitting at the breakfast table, the telephone rang.Note:
2. We
(happen).