Passé simple en anglaise - usage et exercices

Exercices

Phrases affirmatives

Pour les verbes réguliers, ajoutez -ed au verbe.
Pour les verbes irréguliers, utilisez la deuxième forme (V2) de la liste des verbes irréguliers.

Exemples :

She worked abroad.

My uncle lived here.

Harry wrote many books. (irregular)

Le verbe to be a des formes spéciales au passé :

I/He/She/It – was

We/You/They – were

Exemples :

She was angry yesterday.

We were young and happy.

Phrases négatives
Utilisez did not (didn’t) + verbe à la base.
Did est la forme passée de do et s’utilise avec toutes les personnes.

Exemples :

She didn’t work abroad.

Harry didn’t write many letters.

His uncle didn’t live here.

Avec to be, ajoutez simplement not après was/were :

I wasn’t tired yesterday.

They weren’t here two days ago.

Questions

Formez les questions avec Did + sujet + verbe à la base.

Exemples :

Did she work abroad?

Did Harry write many letters?

Did your uncle live here?

Pour les questions spéciales, ajoutez un mot interrogatif (QW) au début :

Where did she work?

What did Harry write?

When did he live here?

Avec to be, inversez was/were et le sujet :

Was Harry a good writer?

Were your parents at home last night?

Quand utilise-t-on le Past Simple ?

Actions courtes dans le passé
She worked abroad two years ago.

I met my old friend yesterday.

Actions terminées (sans lien avec le présent)
He was a famous singer.

She worked abroad for 20 years. (not anymore)

Actions qui ne peuvent plus se produire
Mary won a math medal when she was a student.

My grandmother once sang with Freddie Mercury.

Suite d’actions passées
She entered, looked around, and screamed.

I woke up, washed my face, and brushed my teeth.

Expressions de temps avec le Past Simple

On utilise souvent le Past Simple avec des mots qui indiquent quand l’action a eu lieu :

yesterday

the day before yesterday

just now

last night / last week / last month / last year

an hour ago / two days ago / five years ago

in 1992

at 6 o’clock