PAST SIMPLE (navadni preteklik)

1. RABA
a) zaključena dejanja v preteklosti (so se začela in zaključila v preteklosti)
We talked on the phone last week.
b) pretekle navade (kaj je nekdo včasih delal)
When I was young, I played tennis every day.
c) pretekle resnice (kaj je bilo včasih res)
My mum was a singer when she was young.
d) zaporedje zaključenih dejanj v preteklosti (če so se zvrstila eno za drugim)
I washed my face, brushed my teeth and got dressed.

2. POGOSTI PRISLOVI
yesterday, (two days) ago, last (week), in (January, 1990), on (Friday), at (five o'clock).

3. TVORJENJE

+ TRDILNA OBLIKA: ED ali 2. stolpec

I watched TV on Friday.
My cat slept in the kitchen.

a) Pravilni glagoli: oseba, glagol + ed

Pravilnim glagolom damo v trdilni obliki končnico –ed. Pri tem moramo paziti na:

- če se glagol konča na –e, dodamo le –d:

love – loved

- če se glagol konča na –l, se ta podvoji:

travel – travelled, cancel – cancelled

- če se glagol konča na –y, pred njim pa je soglasnik:

carry – carried, tidy – tidied

- če se glagol konča na –y, pred njim pa je samoglasnik:

play – played, enjoy – enjoyed

- kratek glagol, kjer je predzadnja črka a, e, i, o, u, se zadnja črka podvoji in dodamo ed:
drop – dropped, stop - stopped

b) Nepravilni glagoli: 2. oblika, naučimo se na pamet

be - was / were
become – became
bring – brought

- NIKALNA OBLIKA: DIDN'T + infinitive

I didn't watch TV on Friday.
My cat didn't sleep in the kitchen.

? VPRAŠALNA OBLIKA: DID + oseba + infinitive

Did I watch TV on Friday?
Did my cat sleep in the kitchen?

!!POSEBNOST: glagol biti – TO

BE:
I, he, she, it - WAS/WASN'T
They, we, you – WERE/WEREN'T