SIMPLE PAST

Tempo verbal utilizado para expressar ações cotidianas do passado, que

provavelmente não são mais realizadas, ou que foram realizadas em um momento
específico. Com esse tempo verbal, é necessário que se determine em que momento a
ação aconteceu, através de algum advérbio de tempo.

 Estrutura afirmativa: Sujeito + Verbo (passado) + Complemento

Ex:
I studied English yesterday. (Eu estudei ingles ontem.)
He worked a lot last week. (Ele trabalhou muito semana passada.)
We liked the meal. (Nós gostamos da refeição)

Repare: Os verbos chamados regulares recebem, em sua terminação “d”, “ed"

ou “ied” para indicar que estão no passado, como nos exemplos acima. Entretanto, os
verbos irregulares têm formas completamente diferentes para o passado. Veja os
exemplos:
Yesterday, I went to the supermarket. (to go – went)
He wrote a letter to his mother. (to write – wrote).

É necessário, então, memorizar as formas dos verbos a partir de uma lista ou

dicionário.

Translation Past Participle Past Simple Infinitive

acordar awoken awoke awake

ser, estar been was, were be

começar begun began begin

quebrar broken broke break

construir built built build

comprar bought bought buy

escolher chosen chose choose

pegar caught caught catch

vir come came come

custar cost cost cost

cortar cut cut cut

fazer done did do

desenhar drawn drew draw

 sonhar dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt dream

dirigir driven drove drive

beber drunk drunk drink

comer eaten ate eat

cair fallen fell fall

sentir felt felt feel

achar, encontrar found found find

esquecer forgotten forgot forget

conseguir gotten got get

dar given gave give

ir gone went go

crescer grown grew grow

ter had had have

ouvir heard heard hear

machucar hurt hurt hurt

manter kept kept keep

saber known knew know

aprender learned/learnt learned/learnt learn

partir, sair left left leave

perder lost lost lose

fazer made made make

encontrar, conhecer met met meet

pagar paid paid pay

colocar put put put

ler read read read

Andar de…; cavalgar ridden rode ride

correr run ran run

 ver seen saw see

cantar sung sang sing

dormir slept slept sleep

falar spoken spoke speak

nadar swum swam swim

pegar, levar taken took take

contar told told tell

pensar thought thought think

compreender Understood understood understand

vestir worn wore wear

vencer won won win

escrever written wrote write

 Estrutura negativa: Sujeito + Did (not) + Verbo + Complemento

Ex:
I did not (didn’t) study English yesterday.
He didn’t work a lot last week.
We didn’t like the meal.
They didn’t go.
Obs: Usamos o auxiliar “did” para negar frases e formar perguntas no simple past,
independentemente do sujeito. Por fazermos isso, o verbo volta para sua forma normal.

 Estrutura Interrogativa: Did + Sujeito + Verbo + Complemento

Ex:
Did you study English?
Did He work a lot last year?
Did you like the meal?

EXERCÍCIOS

1- Fill in the Regular verbs in parentheses into the sentences. Use the Simple Past
Tense.
a) Lico __________ soccer yesterday. (to play)
b) Sarah __________ a cartoon on TV. (to watch)
c) They __________ their books. (to carry)
d) He __________ his father last Saturday. (to help)
e) John and Mary __________ the house. (to clean)

2- Fill in the Irregular verbs in parentheses into the sentences. Use the Simple Past
Tense.
 a) She _________ a beautiful car last week (to drive)
b) Frank _________ the whole pizza. (to eat)
c) They ________ a very good teacher last year. (to have)
d) The candidates _______ their opinion on the paper. (to write)
e) He _________ his favorite song. (to sing)

3- Change the sentences below into the interrogative and negative forms of the Simple
Past Tense.
a) His grandfather died 8 years ago.
Int:
Neg:
b) My cousin lived in France 2 years ago.
Int:
Neg:
c) I rode my bike to school this morning.
Int:
Neg:
d) We had a good holiday.
Int:
Neg:
e) John visited the Statue of Liberty last summer.
Int:
Neg:

4- Put the sentences in the Simple Past Tense.

a) My father goes to the office by car.

b) I drive his car to work in the morning.

c) We eat tuna sandwiches.

d) The secretary types many letters.

e) Samantha has pizza for dinner.

5- Mark the option in which all the verbs are written in the Simple Past.
a) put - drank - ate - heard – taken
b) knew - brought - wanted - made – was
c) wrote - come - felt - had – flew
d) told - were - begun - gave – read
e) left - spent - slept - swum – traveled
6- “My name is Patrick. I ___________ on vacation to Brazii last Summer, and I
___________ in a five-star hotel in front of the beach in Rio de Janeiro.
I went to Rio by plane and I___________ a month there, I ___________ a lot of people
and we____________a great time! I want to go back to Brazil as soon as possible.”
Choose the option which completes the gaps in text I respectively.

a) traveled / stayed / spend / knew / had

b) traveled / were / spent / knew / did
c) went / stayed / spent / met / had
 d) went/were/spend/met/did
e) were / went / stayed / knew / have

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Glossary:
drawing - “desenho"
greasy - “engordurado(a)"
sweaty  - “suado(a)"
fix - “consertar"
easily - “facilmente"

In the underlined sentences (lines 1, 2 and 3), there are ____ verbs used in the past
tense.
a) Six
b) Five
c) Four
d) Three