SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Observe:

Yesterday Today
8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
_____________________________________________________________

Yesterday I watched a horror movie on TV. It started at 9pm and finished at 11.30pm.

No passado os verbos se dividem em: REGULAR EVRBS e IRREGULAR VERBS.

REGULAR VERBS (+ED)

(assistir)Watch watched
(iniciar)Start started

Verbos terminados em e:
(chegar)Arrive arrived
(gostar)Like liked

verbos terminados em y

(jogar, brincar, tocar instrumento musical) vogal+y

play played

consoante+y
(chorar)cry cried

verbos terminados em
consoante+vogal+consoante

cvc

(parar) Stop stopped

(planejar) Planplanned

IRREGULAR VERBS(ED)
(ir) Go went
(beber) Drink drank
(ver) See saw
(cortar) Cut cut
(escrever)Write wrote
(vencer) Win won
(comprar) Buy bought
(custar) Cost cost
(comer) Eat ate
(ter) Have had
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
As sentenças afirmativas seguem a seguinte estrutura:

Sujeito + verbo(simple past) + ... .

Mozart wrote wonderful pieces of music.

Pit invited his friends for a party.
We drank orange juice last night.
I watched a great movie on TV.

NEGATIVE SENTENCES
Para as sentenças negativas precisamos do auxiliar DID NOT ou DIDN’T. Observe que
o verbo “volta” a sua “primeira forma” quando acompanha o auxiliar no passado.

Sujeito + did not/didn’t + verbo(infinitivo sem “to”) + ... .

Sharon didn’t write an e-mail to her friend.

The baby did not cry last night.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
nas sentenças interrogativas usamos DID no início da sentença como auxiliar do Simple
Past. Observe que na interrogativa o verbo também “volta” a sua “primeira forma” pois,
acompanha o auxiliar no passado.

Did Mary play well the piano?

Where did you go out last night?

LET’S PRACTISE.

1. Fill in the Regular verbs in parentheses into the sentences. Use the Simple Past Tense.

1. Lico __________ soccer yesterday. (to play)

2. Sarah __________ a cartoon on TV. (to watch)
3. They __________ their books. (to carry)
4. He __________ his father last Saturday. (to help)
5. John and Mary __________ the house. (to clean)

2. Fill in the Irregular verbs in parentheses into the sentences. Use the Simple Past Tense.

1. She _________ a beautiful car last week (to drive)

2. Frank _________ the whole pizza. (to eat)
3. They ________ a very good teacher last year. (to have)
4. The candidates _______ their opinion on the paper. (to write)
5. He _________ his favorite song. (to sing)
3. Change the sentences below into the interrogative and negative forms of the Simple
Past Tense.

1. His grandfather died 8 years ago.

I._________________________________________________________________
N.________________________________________________________________

2. My cousin lived in France 2 years ago.

I._________________________________________________________________
N.________________________________________________________________

3. I rode my bike to school this morning.

I._________________________________________________________________
N.________________________________________________________________

4. We had a good holiday.

I._________________________________________________________________
N.________________________________________________________________

5. John visited the Statue of Liberty last summer.

I._________________________________________________________________
N.________________________________________________________________

4. Put the sentences in the Simple Past Tense.

1. My father goes to the office by car.

_____________________________________________________________________

2. I drive his car to work in the morning.

_____________________________________________________________________

3. We eat tuna sandwiches.

_____________________________________________________________________

4. The secretary types many letters.

_____________________________________________________________________

5. Samantha has pizza for dinner.

_____________________________________________________________________

REGULAR VERBS
There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a small list of the more common
regular verbs. Complete the chart below

Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle Translation

answer
arrive

ask
borrow

call

clean

cry

dance

discover

enjoy

fail

help

invite

jump

kiss

like
look

miss

need

open

paint

rain

search

stop

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST

This is a list of some irregular verbs in English.

Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle Translation

awake awoke awoken acordar

be was, were been ser, estar

begin began begun começar

break broke broken quebrar

build built built construir

buy bought bought comprar

choose chose chosen escolher

catch caught caught pegar

come came come vir

cost cost cost custar

cut cut cut cortar

do did done fazer

draw drew drawn desenhar

dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt sonhar

drive drove driven dirigir

drink drunk drunk beber

eat ate eaten comer

fall fell fallen cair

feel felt felt sentir

find found found achar, encontrar

forget forgot forgotten esquecer

get got gotten conseguir

give gave given dar

go went gone ir

grow grew grown crescer

have had had ter

hear heard heard ouvir

hurt hurt hurt machucar

keep kept kept manter

know knew known saber

learn learned/learnt learned/learnt aprender

leave left left partir, sair

lose lost lost perder

make made made fazer

meet met met encontrar, conhecer

pay paid paid pagar

put put put colocar

read read read ler

ride rode ridden Andar de…; cavalgar

run ran run correr

see saw seen ver

sing sang sung cantar

sleep slept slept dormir

speak spoke spoken falar

swim swam swum nadar

take took taken pegar, levar

tell told told contar

think thought thought pensar

understand understood understood compreender

wear wore worn vestir

win won won vencer

write wrote written escrever

1º. Pegue uma folha de papel
2º. Escreva como o modelo:
Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle Tradução
write wrote written escrever
3º. Por 3 minutos, escreva quanto verbos irregulares lembrar nas devidas colunas.
4º. Confira-os e faça as devidas correções.
5º. Faça isso depois de seus exercícios de inglês e veja que sua lista ficará maior a cada
dia que passa.