SIMPLE PAST
FORMA AFFERMATIVA DEI VERBI REGOLARI
SOGGETTO
VERBO
I
started
You
started
he / she / it
started
we
started
you
started
they
started
I verbi regolari formano il
simple past aggiungendo il
suffisso -ED alla forma base
del verbo
VARIAZIONI
Se il verbo termina in -E
Si aggiunge –D
Arrive - arrived
Se il verbo termina in-Y
La –Y cambia e diventa –I e si
aggiunge ED
Study-studied
Se il verbo termina con una Si raddoppia la consonante e si
consonante preceduta da una vocale aggiunge –ED
Stop-stopped
Se il verbo termina in –L
Si raddoppia –L e si aggiunge –ED
Travel-travelled
Se il verbo termina in -ER
Non viene raddoppiata –R e si
aggiunge –ED
Offer-offered
FORMA AFFERMATIVA DEI VERBI IRREGOLARI
Il simple past dei verbi irregolari non si forma aggiungendo –ED alla forma
base ma vi sono delle forme propri che devono essere imparate
(Es: BE-WAS/WERE ESSERE)
FORMA NEGATIVA, INTERROGATIVA, NEGATIVAINTERRGATIVA
Forma negativa con il verbo BE non si forma aggiungendo
did/didn’t, ma was/were + not
Forma negativa
SOGGETTO + NOT + VERBO
La forma negativa,
interrogativa,
interrogative-negativa si
costruiscono usando a
forma base del verbo e
DID (il simple past di DO)
I
You
He/she/it
didn’t
go
We
You
ES: Where did you go?
We went to china!
They
Forma interrogative
AUSILIARE DID + SOGGETTO + VERBO?
I
You
did
He/she/it
go?
We
you
they
forma interrogative-negativa
AUSILIARE DID + NOT + SOGGETTO + VERBO ?
I
You
Didn’t
He/she/it
go?
We
they
PAST SIMPLE
1)Esercizio sul past simple (forma affermativa).
1) Daniel (play)played football last night.
2) It (be)was a good idea.
3) I (phone)phoned my dad when I was in America.
4) We (travel)travelled through Europe by car last
year.
5) I (be)was at primary school five years ago.
6) There (be) were six children in the family.
7) We (study)studied too much for the English test.
8) Last summer I and my family (go)went to Ibiza by
plane.
2)Esercizio sul past simple (forma negativa).
1) I (phone not) didn’t phone Lucy last night.
2) You (tidy not)didn’t tidy up your room.
3) Olivia (become not)didn’t become an actress.
4) We (find not)didn’t find the treasure.
5) He (speak not)didn’t speak Spanish.
6) He (be not)wasn’t at work.
7) We (go not) didn’t go on a trip because we (be) were
too noisy.
3)Trasforma le frasi dell’esercizio 1 in frasi
interrogative.
4)Trasforma le frasi dell’esercizio 2 in frasi
interrogative.
5)Trasforma le frasi dal present simple al past
simple.
1) There are a lot of people at the dentist.
2) The hotel is very beautiful but the beach is dirty.
3) We are at home on Saturday.
4) There’s a pop concert in the park.
5) My parents are on holiday on Spain.
6)Trasforma I seguenti verbi al passato.
Arrive
mean
visit
watch
Study
get
speak
make
Stop
decide
say
sleep
travel
call
meet
swim
worry
offer
ski
see
Prefer
go
know
tell
Cancel
live
become
win
Rebel
come
put
fly
Start
have
keep
dream
Wash
be
lose
play
