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    The document discusses the past simple tense in Portuguese. It explains that the past simple is used to describe actions that occurred in the past and were completed in the past. It provides examples of regular and irregular verb forms in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative. Sample sentences demonstrate using the past simple to talk about states that were true in the past and actions that occurred at specific past times.

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    PAST SIMPLE

    - Usamos para descrever ações que aconteceram no passado.


    - Ações começadas E terminadas no passado.
    - Usamos com expressões de tempo que indiquem o passado, por
    exemplo ontem (yesterday), last week (semana passada), today
    morning (hoje de manhã), etc.

    ESTRUTURA
    - Verbo to be no passado: WAS (I, he, she, it) / WERE (You, we e
    they)
    - Verbos de ação podem ser REGULARES (adiciona D, ED, IED no
    final) ou IRREGULARES (modifica a escrita e/ou a pronúncia de
    acordo com a tabela)
    - Sujeito + verbo to be (was/were) + complemento (afirmativo)
    - Sujeito + verbo principal no passado (regular ou irregular) +
    complemento (afirmativo)
    - Sujeito + verbo to be + not (was not/wasn’t - were not/weren’t) +
    complemento) (negativo)
    - Sujeito + do/does no passado (did) + not (didn’t/did not) + verbo
    principal no infinitivo + complemento) (negativo)
    - Verbo to be (was/were) + sujeito + complemento (interrogativo)
    - Do/does no passado (Did) + sujeito + verbo principal no infinitivo +
    complemento (interrogativo)
    - Wh + do no passado (did) + sujeito + verbo principal no infinitivo +
    complemento (interrogativo)

    Ex.:

    Nós estávamos doentes. (estado)


    + We were sick.
    - We weren’t sick.
    ? Were we sick?
    Yes, we were. / No, we weren’t.

    Ele era professor. (estado)


    + He was a teacher.
    - He wasn’t a teacher.
    ? Was he a teacher?
    Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t.

    Ele fez o jantar. (ação - verbo irregular)


    + He made the dinner.
    - He didn’t make the dinner.
    ? Did he make the dinner?
    Yes, did. / No, he didn’t.

    Você lavou a louça ontem. (ação - verbo regular)


    + You washed the dishes yesterday.
    - You didn’t wash the dishes yesterday.
    ? Did you wash the dishes yesterday?
    Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.

    Quem chegou ontem? (ação)


    ? Who did arrive yesterday?
    Simone arrived yesterday.

    Quando você estava feliz? (estado)


    ? When were you happy?
    I was happy when I travelled to Spain.

    O que ela gostava de assistir na infância? (ação) / quando criança


    ? What did she like to watch in her childhood? / when she was a child
    She liked silly cartoons. (Ela gostava de desenhos bobos)

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