PAST SIMPLE dei verbi non ausiliari

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PAST SIMPLE
VERB BE
Positive
Negative
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They


was
at home last night.
were
Il verbo to be ha due forme: was e were.
Questions
Were
not at home last night
were
Le forme contratte sono: wasn’t e
weren’t.
Short answers
I
You
he
she
it
we
you
they
Was
was
at home last night?
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
Yes,
was.
No,
were.
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
wasn’t.
weren’t.
TO HAVE
Positive
Negative
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They


had
a car.

Il verbo to have ha soltanto una forma:
had.

Al passato, normalmente, non si usa
got.
Questions
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
Did

not have a car.
did
Nella negazione si usa l’ausiliare did.
La forma contratta è: didn’t.
Short answers
have a car?
Nelle domande si usa l’ausiliare did.
Yes,
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
did.
No,
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
didn’t
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CAN
Il verbo can ha soltanto una forma: could.
La forma negativa è couldn’t.
La forma interrogativa premette could al soggetto.
PAST SIMPLE dei verbi non ausiliari
Positive
Regular verbs
Irregular verbs
I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They worked for IBM. I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They went out
 Il Past simple di molti verbi inglesi è irregolare. La forma del Past simple è uguale per tutte le
persone, sia nei verbi regolari, sia nei verbi irregolari.

VERBI REGOLARI
Il Past simple dei verbi regolari si forma aggiungendo –ed alla forma base del verbo (per tutte le persone).
ORTOGRAFIA
live
stop
prefer
allow
listen
travel
study
play

lived
stopped
preferred
allowed
listened
travelled
studied
played
-e = + -d
vocale accentata + 1 consonante = doppia consonante + -ed
-w oppure
vocale non accentata + 1 consonante = + -ed
vocale + l = doppia l + -ed
consonante + Y = Y + -ied
vocale + Y = + -ed
VERBI IRREGOLARI
Forma affermativa.
Per formare il Past simple dei verbi irregolari è necessario studiare la tabella dei verbi (uguale per tutte le
persone)
Negative
Regular verbs I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They didn’t work for IBM.
Irregular verbs I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They didn’t go out

Anche nella negazione la forma del Past simple è uguale per tutte le persone, sia nei verbi regolari,
sia nei verbi irregolari: si inserisce didn’t tra il soggetto e il verbo all’infinito senza to.
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Regular
verbs
Interrogative
I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They
Did
Irregular Did I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They
verbs




Short Answers
Yes,
I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They
work
for
IBM? No,
go
out?
did
didn’t
Yes, I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They
did
No,
didn’t
Did si usa nella forma interrogativa del Past simple di tutti i verbi non ausiliari, per tutte le persone.
Did precede il soggetto. Il verbo è all’infinito senza to per tutte le persone.
Quando il verbo to have non è usato con funzione di ausiliare, richiede did nelle forme interrogativa
e negativa. Es: I didn’t have lunch at home.
USO DEL PAST SIMPLE.
Usiamo il Past simple per parlare di azioni compiute nel passato e completamente concluse. Es: I
saw a film yesterday. (Ieri ho visto un film); Amelia broke all records with her flight (Amelia battè
tutti i primati con il suo volo).
Il Past simple si può rendere in italiano con il passato remoto, il passato prossimo o l’imperfetto.
PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS
He went to the USA

yesterday (afternoon)
this morning, etc
last night/week/month/year
in 1989.
Two years ago.
Le espressioni di tempo si trovano all’inizio o alla fine della frase. Es: Last Friday they went to London
/ They went to London last Friday (Venerdì scorso sono andati a Londra.)
*1 Completa le frasi con la forma corretta
del Past simple di to be.
0 Where’s Marie? I don’t know … she was
here ten minutes ago.
1 Jackie’s in hospital at the moment, so she
_________ at school this morning.
2 Where ________ you at 9.30 last night?
– Oh, I _______ in bed. I ________ very
tired.
3 _________ Andy and Joan at Sarah’s
house on Saturday? – No, they ______ .
But Alex _______ there. We had a great
time.
4 My mum ______ really good at
languages at school. Now she’s a French
teacher.
5 ______ the film interesting? – No, it
_______ . It ______ really boring.
6 The weather on holiday _______ good. It
______ cold and rainy every day.
7 Where ________ Mark yesterday? – He
_______ in the Maths lesson.
*2 Scrivi delle domande usando la forma
interrogativa del Past simple di to be e
le parole suggerite. Poi rispondi con
una short answer e una frase
affermativa (usa la parola tra
parentesi e la forma affermativa del
Past simple di to be).
0 you / ill / last week? (tired)
Were you ill last week? – No, I wasn’t.
I was tired.
1 his ex-girlfriend / American? (French)
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2 Joan’s husband / rich / 20 years ago?
(poor)
5 life / easy / in the 18th century?
(difficult)
3 you / late / yesterday? (early)
6 the weather / sunny / yesterday? (rainy)
4 they / at home / 10 minutes ago? (at
school)
*3 Riscrivi le frasi usando la forma
affermativa del Past simple le espressioni
di tempo tra parentesi.
0 I usually play tennis on Mondays. (last
Monday / football)
Last Monday I played football.
1 School usually starts at 8 a.m. (today / 9 a.m.)
__________________________________
2 She lives in Paris. (10 years ago / Madrid)
__________________________________
3 We watch football on TV every Sunday.
(yesterday / a film)
__________________________________
4 I work 40 hours every week. (last week / 35
hours)
____________________________________
5 They study at a school in Milan. (2 years ago
/ Rome)
____________________________________
6 He stays with his cousin most weekends.
(last weekend / his sister)
__________________________________
7 John usually finishes work at 6 p.m. (today /
8 p.m.)
__________________________________
8 They phone their parents every day. (this
morning / their friends)
__________________________________
*4 Volgi le frasi alla forma negativa e
sostituisci le parole sottolineate con le
parole tra parentesi.
0 John got up early this morning. (late)
John didn’t get up late this morning.
1 My sisters travelled to Greece last month.
(Spain)
____________________________________
2 Tom played football at the weekend. (rugby)
____________________________________
3 We watched the new Brad Pitt film last
night. (Johnny Depp film)
__________________________________
4 I waited for my friend in front of the cinema.
(next to the pub)
____________________________________
5 I talked to Julie at work this morning. (at
school)
____________________________________
6 Andrew finished school at 1 o’clock. (2
o’clock)
____________________________________
*5 Scrivi delle domande usando il Past simple
e rispondi con una short answer seguendo
le indicazioni tra parentesi.
0 your brother / get that job? (3)
Did your brother get that job? – Yes, he did.
1 you / go to the cinema last night? (3)
__________________________________
2 they / meet on holiday? (7)
__________________________________
3 Marcus / go to University? (7)
__________________________________
4 she / call her mother? (3)
__________________________________
5 your friends / give you that CD? (7)
__________________________________
6 the concert / finish early? (3)
__________________________________
7 your dog / eat the birthday cake? (7)
__________________________________
8 Joanna / call you this morning? (3)
__________________________________
**6 Completa le frasi con la forma
affermativa del Past simple dei verbi nel
riquadro.
be • break • drink • eat • fall • fly • get • fail
• lose • run • spend • take
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0 I’m sorry that you failed your driving test.
Try again next month!
1 Sarah ________ very good results in her
English test.
2 They ________ a lot of photos at the
wedding.
3 Their last holiday _______ very expensive.
They ________ a lot of money.
4 He was late, so he _______ to school.
5 I ______ on some ice and _______ my leg in
the mountains last winter.
6 I ______ from Heathrow to New York with
British Airways.
7 She ________ 10 kg on that diet!
8 It was a very expensive party. They ______
caviar and ______ champagne!