Past Simple: regras e exercícios

Exercícios

Frases Afirmativas

Para verbos regulares, adicione -ed ao verbo.
Para verbos irregulares, use a segunda forma (V2) da lista de verbos irregulares.

Exemplos:

She worked abroad.

My uncle lived here.

Harry wrote many books. (irregular)

O verbo to be tem formas especiais no passado:

I/He/She/It – was

We/You/They – were

Exemplos:

• She was angry yesterday.
• We were young and happy.

Frases Negativas

Use did not (didn’t) + verbo na forma base.
Did é a forma passada de do e funciona para todas as pessoas.

Exemplos:

• She didn’t work abroad.
• Harry didn’t write many letters.
• His uncle didn’t live here.

Com to be, basta adicionar not depois de was/were:

• I wasn’t tired yesterday.
• They weren’t here two days ago.

Perguntas

Forme perguntas com Did + sujeito + verbo na forma base.

Exemplos:

• Did she work abroad?
• Did Harry write many letters?
• Did your uncle live here?

Para perguntas especiais, adicione uma palavra interrogativa (QW) no início:

• Where did she work?
• What did Harry write?
• When did he live here?

Com to be, inverta was/were com o sujeito:

• Was Harry a good writer?
• Were your parents at home last night?

Quando usamos o Past Simple?

Ações curtas no passado

• She worked abroad two years ago.
• I met my old friend yesterday.

Ações finalizadas (sem ligação com o presente)

• He was a famous singer.
• She worked abroad for 20 years. (not anymore)

Ações que não podem acontecer novamente

• Mary won a math medal when she was a student.
• My grandmother once sang with Freddie Mercury.

Sequência de ações no passado

• She entered, looked around, and screamed.
• I woke up, washed my face, and brushed my teeth.

Expressões de tempo com o Past Simple

Costumamos usar o Past Simple com palavras que mostram quando a ação aconteceu:

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