Past Simple

( Timpul trecut simplu )

a. Cum se formeaz?
n limba englez verbele sunt de dou tipuri: verbe regulate i verbe
neregulate.
Formm past simple la verbele regulate cu forma de infinitiv a verbului, la
care adugm terminaia ed.
Exemple: (to) open opened;
(to) cook cooked;
(to) help helped;
(to) work worked.

La verbele regulate care se termin n e adugm doar terminaia d.

Exemple: (to) hope hoped;
(to) move moved.

Atenie! La verbele regulate care se termin n y, n cazul n care n faa lui y avem
o consoan, schimbm y n i i adugm terminaia ed, iar n cazul n care n faa
lui y apare o vocal, y rmne acelai i adaugm terminaia ed.
Exemple: (to) hurry hurried;
(to) marry married;
(to) carry carried;
(to) play played.

Exemple: She opened the door and rushed outside. (A deschis ua i s-a repezit
afar.)
I hurried down the road before the shops closed. (Am alergat n josul
strzii nainte ca magazinele s se nchid.)
We carried our suitcases onto the bus. (Ne-am crat valizele pn la
autobuz.)
You played yesterday with Jennys cat. (Te-ai jucat cu pisica lui Jenny ieri.)

Atenie! Terminaia verbelor regulate se scrie ed, dar se citete:

1. [t] - helped;
2. [d] played;
3. [id] added.

Atenie! n cazul n care naintea ultimei litere (consoan) a unui verb avem o vocal
scurt i accentuat, atunci consoana se dubleaz.
Exemplu: (to) stop stopped.

Atenie! Forma verbului nu se schimb la persoana a treia singular, he / she / it.

Exemplu: I played; We played;
You played; You played;
He / she / it played; They played;

Structura propoziiei este: Subiect + Verb+ed sau Verb II.

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 Multe verbe uzuale n limba englez nu primesc terminaia ed. Acestea sunt
numite verbe neregulate.
Iat o list cu cele mai frecvente verbe neregulate:
(to) be was/were; (to) meet met;
(to) break broke; (to) put put;
(to) buy bought; (to) see saw;
(to) come came; (to) sit sat;
(to) do did; (to) speak spoke;
(to) find found; (to) take took;
(to) go went; (to) think thought;
(to) have had; (to) win won.
(to) make made;

Diferit de alte verbe, verbul to be are dou forme la past simple.

I was We were
You were You were
He / she / it was They were

Cteva verbe au att o form regulat ct i una neregulat la past simple. Se

pot folosi ambele forme.
Exemple: (to) burn burned / burnt;
(to) learn learned / learnt;
(to) dream dreamed / dreamt;
(to) smell smelled / smelt.
Exemplu: I dreamt / dreamed a storm last night. (Am visat o furtuna noaptea
trecut.)

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b. Forma interogativ
Deoarece n structura lui past simple nu intr nici un verb auxiliar, acesta nu
poate forma singur forma interogativ. Aici intervine verbul to do, verb neregulat, cu
rol de auxiliar, conjugat la forma a doua, did.

Structura propoziiei: Did + Subiect + VerbI.

Exemple: Did I play with his brother? (M-am jucat cu fratele lui?)
Did she go to the swimming pool? (A mers la piscin?)

Atenie! Niciodat nu scriei: Did I played with his brother?

n momentul n care apare auxiliarul did n propoziie, verbul de conjugat si
pierde forma de trecut i este conjugat la forma nti (prezent).

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 Diferit de alte verbe, verbul to be nu are nevoie de auxiliarul did pentru forma
interogativ. Propoziia se formeaz prin simpla inversare a subiectului cu verbul
was / were.
Structura propoziiei: Was / were + Subject.
Exemple: Was I at school yesterday at 5? (Eram la coal ieri la 5?)
Were they sad last morning? (Erau suprai ieri diminea?)

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c. Forma negativ
Forma negativ a lui past simple se formeaz prin folosirea auxiliarului did +
not n faa infinitivului verbului de conjugat. Forma scurt a lui did not este didnt.
Exemple: They did not go to the theatre. (Ei nu s-au dus la teatru.)
We didnt see them at the swimming pool. (Nu i-am vzut la piscin.)

Atenie! Ca i la forma interogativ, niciodat nu scriei:

They did not went to the theatre.
We didnt saw them at the swimming pool.

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Verbul to be este o excepie deoarece negativul acestuia la past simple se

formeaz prin adugarea particulei not dup verb, fr folosirea auxiliarului did.
Exemple: She was not hungry. (Ei nu i era foame.)
They were not at the theatre last night. (Ei nu au fost la teatru asear.)

Forma scurt a lui was not i were not este wasnt i werent.

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d. Cnd se folosete trecutul simplu?
Past simple este un timp prin care se poate traduce perfectul compus din
romn n englez. Avnd n vedere faptul c past simple nu este singurul timp care
traduce perfectul compus, indiciul temporal este cel care ne arat cnd trebuie
folosit acest timp. Pentru a utiliza past simple trebuie s avem un timp definit,
identificabil pe calendar sau pe ceas i o aciune petrecut i ncheiat n trecut i
care nu are nici o legtur cu momentul prezent.

Exemple: It rained two days ago. (A plouat acum dou zile.)

World war first ended in 1918. (Primul Rzboi Mondial s-a ncheiat n
1918.)

Indicii temporale care cer past tense:

- 2 minutes / days / weeks / months / years ago;

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- last minute / week / month / year;
- yesterday;
- in 1985 / 1564 / etc.

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e. Used to
Used to se folosete pentru a exprima un obicei sau ceva ce fceam n trecut
i nu mai facem acum. Used to se pune nainte de infinitivul verbului de conjugat.
Exemple: used to speak
used to play;
used to study.

Exemple: My friends used to call me Bill, but now they call me William. (Prietenii
mei obinuiau s-mi spun Bill, dar acum mi spun William.)
We used to go to France every year for our holydays. (Obinuiam s
mergem n Frana n fiecare an n vacane.)
Atenie! La past simple, used to folosit n cadrul unei propoziii afirmative nu apare
niciodat la forma de prezent, use to.
Niciodat nu scriei: I use to go to school by taxi last year.

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Negativul verbului used to se formeaz cu ajutorului auxiliarului did not

(form scurt didnt), aezat naintea lui use, care-i pierde forma de trecut.
Exemplu: I did not use to skip classes when I was in the 5 th grade. (Nu obinuiam
s chiulesc de la ore cand eram n clasa a cincea.)

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Propoziia interogativ n care apare used to se formeaz din auxiliarul did
+ subiect + use (prezent) + infinitivul verbului de conjugat.
Exemple: Did I use to go to Paris in my holidays? (Obinuiam s merg la Paris n
vacane?)
Did she use to eat pizza every day? (Obinuia s mnnce pizza n
fiecare zi?)
Niciodat nu scriei: Did I used to go to Paris? sau Did I used to went to Paris?