VERBOS NO PASSADO (CORREÇÃO)

A . Put in am/is/are/was/were. Some sentences are present and some are past.

1. Last year she was 22, so she is 23 now.

2. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it was cold.
3. I am hungry. Can I have something to eat ?
4. I was hungry last night, so I had something to eat.
5. Where were you at 11 o’clock last Friday morning ?
6. Why were you so angry yesterday?
7. ‘Where are the children?’ ‘I don’t know. They were in the garden ten minutes
ago.”
Comentário : Para que você consiga identificar no exercício A qual o verbo to be que deverá
ser usado corretamente na frase, faça uma associação com as palavras chaves, ou seja,
com os advérbios presentes em cada oração. Na frase número 1, por exemplo, temos “last
year”(ano passado) usado em frases no passado e “now”(agora) usado em frases no presente.

B. Put in was / wasn’t / were / weren’t.

1. We didn’t like our hotel room. It was very small and it wasn’t very clean.
2. Kate got married when she was 24 years old.
3. I phoned you yesterday evening but you weren’t at home. Where were you ?
4. “ Were you at home at 9.30?’ ”No, I wasn’t .I was at work.

C. Write questions.

2. Were they friendly ? ( friendly ? )

3. Was it difficult ? (difficult ?)
4. Were they expensive ? (expensive ?)
5. Was it interesting ? (interesting ?)

Comentário : Para que você consiga elaborar a frase corretamente, é importante

compreender a informação dada nas frases escritas com verbos no passado. A partir daí
será importante raciocinar como usar as palavras (que estão dentro dos parenteses) na
frase interrogativa criada , a fim de que haja nexo com a resposta dada nas frases com
verbos no passado. O objetivo deste exercício é elaborar frases interrogativas com o
verbo to be .
 D. Complete these sentences. Use one of these verbs in the past simple :

die / enjoy / finish / happen / live / open / play / start / stay / watch

1) Yesterday evening I watched television.

2) The concert last night started at 7.30 and finished at 10 O clock.
3) The accident happened last Sunday afternoon.
4) Mozart lived from 1756 to 1791.
5) We enjoyed our holiday last year. We stayed at a very good hotel.
6 ) It was hot in the room, so I opened the window.
7) The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we played tennis.
8) William Shakespeare died in 1616.

Comentário : O objetivo do exercício D é encaixar os verbos die / enjoy / finish / happen /

live / open / play / start / stay / watch nas frases , de forma a estabelecer coerência entre
o significado do verbo e o sentido da frase. O princípio de tudo é saber o significado dos
verbos listados acima para que se possa raciocinar qual a frase mais adequada onde o
verbo poderá se encaixar.

E. Write Sentences about Present and The Past (Yesterday / Last Week etc) .

1) He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he went to work by car.

2) Bill often loses (lose) his keys. He lost his keys last Saturday.
3) I write (write) a letter to Jane every week. Last week I wrote a letter to Jane.
4) She meet (meet) her friends every evening. She met her friends yesterday evening.
5) I usually read (read) two newspapers every day. I read two newspapers yesterday.
6) They come (come) to my house every Friday. Last Friday they came to my house.
7) She usually goes (go) to the cinema on Sunday. She went to the cinema last Sunday.
8) Tom always has (have) a shower in the morning. Tom had a shower this morning.
9) He usually does (do) his shopping on Monday. He did his shopping last Monday.
10) Ann often takes ( take) photographs. Last weekend Ann took photographs.

Comentário : Observe que o verbo GO (infinitivo) usado na primeira frase He always goes
to work by car ” é o mesmo verbo usado na segunda frase Yesterday he went to work by
car. A diferença é que o verbo GO na primeira frase está no tempo presente conjugado na
3ª pessoa do singular, enquanto na segunda frase, ele foi escrito no passado . Observe
neste exemplo de que se trata de verbo irregular . Por essa razão, a escrita WENT é
totalmente diferente da escrita GOES . O verbo READ da frase 5 tem a escrita do verbo no
presente (conjugado na 1ª pessoa) igual a escrita deste verbo conjugado no passado. A
diferença , portanto, está na pronúncia.

F. You are asking somebody questions. Write questions with did…?

1) I watched TV last night. And you ? Did you watch TV last night ?
2) I enjoyed the party. And you ? Did you enjoy the party ?
3) I had a good holiday. And you ? Did you have a good holiday ?
4) I got up early this morning. And you ? Did you get up early this morning ?
5) I slept well last night. And you ? Did you sleep well last night ?
 Comentário : Observe (no exercício F) que na forma afirmativa o verbo principal
sofre alteração na sua escrita. Porém , ao escrever a frase na forma interrogativa, o
verbo principal não sofre alteração na sua escrita, ou seja, ele é escrito conforme
sua forma básica devido o mesmo ser acompanhado pelo verbo auxiliar DID.

G. Write questions with who/ what/how/why…?

1) I met somebody. Who did you meet ?

2) Harry arrived. What time did Harry (he) arrive ?
3) I saw somebody. Who did you see ?
4) They wanted something. What did they want ?
5) The meeting finished. What time did the meeting finish ?
6) Pat went home early. Why Did Pat go home early ?
7) We had dinner. What time did we have dinner ? / What did we have for dinner ?
8) It cost a lot of money. How much did it cost ?

Comentário : Observe que a diferença entre o exercício G e o exercício F está exatamente

na presença do pronome interrogativo. Quando elaboramos uma frase interrogativa que
contenha um pronome interrogativo, é importante saber que este virá escrito no início da
frase , ou seja, antes do verbo auxiliar.

H. Put the verb in the correct form of the past ( positive, negative or question).

1) I played (play) tennis yesterday but I didn’t win (not /win ) .

2) We waited (wait) a long time for the bus it didn’t come . ( not / come ).
3) That’s a nice shirt. Where did you buy it ? (you/buy)
4) She saw (see) me but she didn’t speak (not/ speak) to me.
5) “ Did it rain ( it/ rain) yesterday?’ “No, it was a nice day.’
6) That was a stupid thing to do. Why did you do ( you/do) it ?

Comentário : Observe que na forma negativa , a frase deve conter o auxiliar did seguido
de not, que pode vir abreviado ou não. Veja : did not ou didn’t. Observe também que o
verbo principal, o que acompanha o verbo auxiliar deve estar escrito na sua forma original
, ou seja, no infinitivo. Lembre-se de que o verbo principal só irá mudar sua escrita no
passado na frase afirmativa, já que o mesmo não virá acompanhado de verbo auxiliar.

BONS ESTUDOS !