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Past Simple:

A. Exprima actiuni incepute si terminate in trecut. Este insotit de: yesterday, the
day before yesterday, adverbe cu last ( week, month, etc) si adverbe cu ago ( two
days ago, etc).

B. Exprima actiuni repetate in trecut, cand pe langa adverbele specifice past

tensului avem si adverbe frecventative:

e.g: Last year I went to the disco every Sunday.

Actiunile repetate in trecut se pot exprima prin :

1. Past Tense.
2. Expresia „used to” + V1 = obisnuia sa
3. Expresia „ would „ + V1 – imperfect
e.g. Obisnuiam adesea sa ii vizitez: I would often visit them.

Afirmativ:
A. Verbele regulate se formeaza din infinitivul scurt V1 + terminatia „ed”:
Modificari care au loc in structura unor verbe regulate care primes „ed”:

1. Verbele terminate in e, ee, ie primesc doar „d”:

ex: to arrive – arrived
to agree – agreed
to tie – tied

2. Verbele terminate in consoana precedata de un sunet vocalic scurt accentuat,

dubleaza consoana in fata lui ed:
sunet vocalic scurt = o singura vocala ( to stop, to run, etc)
sunet vocalic lung = doua vocale ( to clean)
to stop – stopped
to slip – slipped
to dip – dipped ( a inmuia)
to nod – nodded
to regret – regretted
to prefer – preferred
to refer – referred

3. Verbele terminate in consoana precedata de un sunet vocalic scurt

neaccentuat, nu dubleaza consoana in fata lui ed:
ex: to remember- remembered
to suffer – suffered
to shiver – shivered

4. Verbele terminate in consoana precedata de un sunet vocalic lung nu

dubleaza consoana in fata lui ed:
to clean – cleaned
5. Verbele terminate in l il dubleaza in engleza britinica (B.E) si nu il dubleaza
in engleza americana:
to travel – travelled (B.E)
 traveled (A. E.)
to cancel - cancelled / canceled
to compell – compelled/ compeled

6. verbele terminate in Y precedat de o consoana il transforma pe y in i in fata

lui ed:
ex: to cry – cried
to try-tried
to study – studied

7. verbele terminate in y precedat de o vocala il pastreaza pe aceta in fata lui

 ed:
ex: to play – played
to stay – stayed

Verbele regulate au forme speciale pe care le gasim in coloana a II -a din tabelul

verbelor neregulate : V2.

Negativ si interogativ se formeaza din auxiliarul TO DO, care la Past Tense are
forma DID, iar verbul ramane la infinitivul scurt V1.

A: S + V2 (V1 + ed)
N: S + didn't + V1
I: DID + S + V1

Cu exceptia verbului TO BE care la Past Tense are doua forme : WAS/WERE,

toate celelalte verbe ale limbii engleze au o singura forma de past tense la toate
persoanele.

Past Tense se traduce prin : perfect compus/ perfect simplu/ imperfect.

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