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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!
