The Simple Past

The Simple Past (Form)
To be
AFFERMATIVA
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were
In summer 1990
NEGATIVA
I wasn’t
You weren’t
He wasn’t
She wasn’t
It wasn’t
We weren’t
You weren’t
They weren’t
I was in Brazil.
INTERROGATIVA RISPOSTE BREVI
Was I?
Were you?
Yes, + sogg. + was/were
Was he?
Was she?
No, + sogg. + wasn’t/weren’t
Was it?
Were we?
Were you?
Were they?
We were very happy to see you yesterday.
Verbi regolari
AFFERMATIVA
I loved
You loved
He loved
She loved
It loved
We loved
You loved
They loved
NEGATIVA
I didn’t love
You didn’t love
He didn’t love
She didn’t love
It didn’t love
We didn’t love
You didn’t love
They didn’t love
INTERROGATIVA
Did
Did
Did
Did
Did
Did
Did
Did
I love?
you love?
he love?
she love?
it love?
we love?
you love?
they love?
RISPOSTE BREVI
Yes, + sogg. + did
No, + sogg. + didn’t
Verbi irregolari
INTERROGATIVA RISPOSTE BREVI
AFFERMATIVA* NEGATIVA
I wrote
I didn’t write
Did I write?
You wrote
You didn’t write
Did you write?
He wrote
He didn’t write
Did he write?
Yes, + sogg. + did
She wrote
She didn’t write
Did she write?
It wrote
It didn’t write
Did it write?
No, + sogg. + didn’t
We wrote
We didn’t write
Did we write?
You wrote
You didn’t write
Did you write?
They wrote
They didn’t write
Did they write?
*OGNI VERBO IRREGOLARE HA UNA FORMA DIVERSA DAGLI ALTRI
To go – went
to give - gave
to see – saw
Regole ortografiche (verbi regolari)
 I verbi terminanti in –E aggiungono solo –D:
like – liked
hope – hoped
 I verbi terminanti in consonante+Y trasformano la Y in I e aggiungono –ED:
try – tried
reply – replied
 I verbi monosillabici terminanti in una sola consonante preceduta da una
sola vocale raddoppiano la consonante finale:
stop – stopped
plan – planned
 I verbi bisillabici con l’accento sull’ultima sillaba, raddoppiano la
consonante finale:
preFER – preferred
reGRET - regretted
The Simple Past
IN ITALIANO SI TRADUCE CON IL PASSATO REMOTO, IL PASSATO PROSSIMO E
L’IMPERFETTO.
Use
 Si usa per parlare di azioni o eventi avvenuti in un punto o un
periodo preciso del passato. Si tratta di azioni iniziate e terminate
nel passato che non hanno più nessun legame col presente.
Pertanto, (a differenza del Present Perfect) si usa con espressioni di
tempo che indicano un punto o un periodo preciso nel passato come:
yesterday
in 1990
ago
last night/week/month/etc.
then
when
I saw that film last week.
I left school in 1990.
 Si usa per parlare di azioni consecutive, che si sono susseguite una
dopo l’altra (soprattutto nelle storie):
He parked his car, went into the station and bought a ticket.