Simple Past
Verbos irregulares
Possuem forma própria no
passado e no particípio
to drink - drank - drunk
to eat - ate - eaten
to swim - swam - swum
to pay - paid - paid
to write - wrote - written
Verbos regulares
Possuem terminações em “ed” no
passado e no particípio
to work - worked - worked
to believe - believed - believed
to accept - accepted - accepted
to play - played - played
Verbos regulares terminados
em “e”
verbo + d
to close - closed
to prepare - prepared
to love - loved
to receive - received
Verbos regulares terminados
em “y”
Precedidos de consoante
verbo - y + ied
to try - tried
to study - studied
to copy - copied
to fry - fried
Verbos regulares terminados
em “y”
Precedidos de vogal
verbo + ed
to play - played
to enjoy - enjoyed
to obey - obeyed
to replay - replayed
Verbos regulares terminados
em “cvc”
verbo + 2 x c + ed
c = consoante final
to stop - stopped
to omit - omitted
to prefer - preferred
to control - controlled
Mas...
to abandon - abandoned
to develop - developed
to open - opened
to happen - happened
to answer - answered
Adverbs of Time
today
every day
tonight
every night
every week
every month
every year
every Sunday
yesterday
yesterday
last night
last night
last week
last month
last year
last Sunday
every Monday
every Tuesday
every Wednesday
every Thursday
every Friday
every Saturday
every morning
every afternoon
every evening
last Monday
last Tuesday
last Wednesday
last Thursday
last Friday
last Saturday
yesterday morning
yesterday afternoon
yesterday evening
Forma interrogativa
Did + sujeito + verbo (infinitivo)
That boy swam yesterday.
Did that boy swim
swam yesterday ?
The girl opened the window.
Did the girl opened
open the window ?
Forma negativa
Sujeito + did not + verbo (infinitivo)
That boy swam yesterday.
That boy did not swim
swam yesterday.
The girl opened the window.
open the window.
The girl didn’t opened
1.Complete the sentences with the simple
past of the verbs and modify the
adverbs when necessary:
a)Lucy goes to Washington every month.
Lucy________to
Washington ___________.
went
last month
b)We take our aunt to the train station every day.
We______her
to the train station __________.
took
yesterday
c)They write reports about their experiments every night.
They______reports
about their experiments _________.
wrote
last night
d)They drink juice every Monday.
last Monday
They _________juice_____________.
drank
e)We hear strange sounds every day
heard strange sounds ________.
yesterday
We_______
f)I work in that place every day.
I________in
that place__________.
worked
yesterday
g)We play foot-ball every week.
We _________foot-ball___________.
played
last week
h)My parents rest after lunch every day.
They_______after
lunch_________.
rested
yesterday
i)It happens to Harold every month.
last month
It __________to
Harold___________.
happened
j)I fix this machine every year.
I ______this
machine_________.
fixed
last year
2.Complete the sentences with the correct
interrogative form.
a)I wrote many letters last night
And you?______you__________last
night?
Did
write
b)Orlando broke several cups.
And they?_____they_________several
Did
break
cups?
c)We heard several sounds yesterday.
Did
hear
And she? _____she_______several
sounds yesterday?
d)I visited the museum.
What?_____you
______the
museum?
Did
visit
e)We closed the doors.
close
The doors? ______you_______the
doors?
Did
3.Complete the sentences with
the correct negative form.
a)Did Arthur respect his mother?
Arthur? No, he _____________
didn’t respect her.
b)Did Mauricio love Jane?
Jane? No, he _____________Jane.
didn’t love
c)Did Sally finish the exercises?
Oh no! Sally ____________the
exercises.
didn’t finish
d)Did the boys do the tasks ?
No! They __________
didn’t do them.
e)Did Mrs. John tell you the reasons?
The reasons? She ___________me
the reasons.
didn’t tell
Test 1
(PUC - PR) - Assinale a alternativa que completa
a frase corretamente:
“I didn’t come to class yesterday because......”
a) I am feeling sick
b) I have felt sick
c) I won’t feel sick
d) I felt sick
e) I feel sick
Test 2
(ITA) – Choose the alternative that completes
the sentence below.
They went for a walk in the park but
I____because I get tired very easily.
a) doesn’t go
b) not go
c) didn’t went
d) not went
e) didn’t go
Test 3
(Fuvest) - Qual a pergunta a atenceder a
resposta "yes, I did"?
a) Did you buy a car?
b) Will you buy a car?
c) Didn't you have a nice car?
d) Have you bought it?
e) You didn't.
Test 4
(UFRS) - Complete a frase a seguir com a
forma verbal mais adequada para cada lacuna:
The kids ............. in love with the Tamagotchi
when they first ............. it, but they have not
played with it lately.
a) fell - saw
b) fall - see
c) fell - see
d) have fallen
e) fall - saw
Test 5
"Where were you born?“
(UFPR) - Choose the alternative(s) that can
answer the question above.
01.No. She was born, in the United States.
02.I was born in Brazil.
04.In Japan,
08.Yes, I was.
16.You were born in Arkansas.
32.I was born in Curitiba
but I live in São Paulo.
64.No, I wasn't.
Verb “to be”
Simple Past
Forma afirmativa
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were
Forma negativa
I was not (wasn’t)
You were not (weren’t)
He was not
She was not
It was not
We were not
You were not
They were not
Forma interrogativa
Was I ?
Were you ?
Was he ?
Was she ?
Was it ?
Were we ?
Were you ?
Were they ?