Comment choisir entre

wasn’t & didn’t

Was he….? & Did he….?

Exemples:

didn’t go / wasn’t
1. He (go - not) __________________________________ to school today.
didn’t be / wasn’t
2. He (be - not) __________________________________ at school today. 


Did he go / Was he
3. (he - go) __________________________________ to school today?
Did he be / Was he
4. (he - be) __________________________________ at school today?

Rappel
Les auxiliaires sont _____________ , ___________ , _____________.
Ils servent à construire:

-la forme _________________________________ (have, do ou be),

-la forme ___________________________ (haven’t, don’t ou aren’t/isn’t),
et
-les temps composés (seulement HAVE & BE: he has eaten, he was running).
Comment savoir quel auxiliaire choisir, entre Do, Have et Be ?

Exemple 1 :

Do you enjoy the flight? DO et non Are you enjoy the flight? BE

Exemple 2 :

Are you ready? BE et non Do you ready? DO

Exemple 3 :

Have you cleaned your room? et non Do you cleaned your room?

En règle générale, c’est assez simple :



1) Au présent simple = DO sauf pour le verbe TO BE



Au présent simple, quand il s’agit d’une question ou d’une forme négative,
et que le verbe to BE n’est pas utilisé, on utilise DO.



Do you think it’s a good idea? He doesn’t know her. I don’t play soccer. 



Quand il y a le verbe to BE, on utilise to BE en tant qu’auxiliaire pour poser la
question ou faire la négation.



Are you crazy? He isn’t very nice. You aren’t a bad student. 




2) Au présent Continu = Be 



Au présent continu, on utilise toujours BE.



Are you going to school right now? He isn’t doing his homework, he’s playing instead. 





 

3) Au Passé simple = Did sauf pour le verbe TO BE



Tout comme au présent simple, mais en utilisant ces auxiliaires au passé.
On utilise DO au passé (DID) pour les questions et les négations:


Did you think it was a good idea? He didn’t know her. I didn’t play soccer. 



SAUF quand il y a le verbe to BE, on utilise was ou were:


Were you crazy? He wasn’t very nice. You weren’t a bad student. 


Rappel
Les auxiliaires au simple past:

DO BE

I did was
You did were
He/she/it did was
We did were
You did were
They did were