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What did you do yesterday?

What happened?

Forma

A forma usual para a conjugação do Simple Past nos verbos regulares é:

  • John walked home.

Simple Past/Pretérito Perfeito

  • John did not walk home.

VERB + ED

Regular

  • Did John walk home?

Entretanto, precisamos atentar para alguns casos particulares

Quando um verbo termina em "e", apenas acrescentamos -d

Ações iniciadas e concluídas no passado

  • Dance -> Danced
  • Lie -> Lied
  • Yesterday, I went to the movies.
  • Live -> Lived
  • Last night, I didn't watch TV.
  • Behave -> Behaved
  • She washed her car.

Observação: Quando a última sílaba não é a tônica, não dobramos a última letra:

Quando o verbo terminar em consoante, vogal, consoante, dobramos a última vogal e acrescenta -ed

  • Stop -> Stopped

Como e quando usamos o Simple Past?

  • Develop -> Developed
  • Admit -> Admitted
  • Listen -> Listened

Vejamos, agora, um pouco da gramática

Uma série de ações completas

  • Control -> Controlled
  • Rob -> Robbed
  • I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

Simple Past/Pretérito Perfeito

Irregular

Exemplo

Quando o verbo terminar em "y" precedido de consoante troca-se o "y" por -ied:

Observação: Quando o verbo terminar em "y" e for precedido de vogal apenas acrescentamos -ed:

  • Play -> Played
  • Study -> Studied

Ações com duração no passado

The last trace of steam evaporated in the autumn air. The train rounded a corner. Harry’s hand was still raised in farewell.

“He’ll be all right,” murmured Ginny.

As Harry looked at her, he lowered his hand absentmindedly and touched the lightning scar on his forehead.

“I know he will.”

The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.

  • Stay -> Stayed
  • Worry -> Worried
  • Pray -> Prayed
  • Try -> Tried
  • Carry -> Carried
  • Enjoy -> Enjoyed

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling.

Não há uma regra para os verbos irregulares. Mas, no simple past, eles geralmente:

  • I lived in Brazil for two years.
  • Go -> Went
  • They sat at the beach all day.

(Mudam completamente)

  • Feel -> Felt

(Mudam algumas letras)

  • Choose -> Chose

(Perdem letras)

  • Read -> Read

(Conservam a mesma grafia com pronúncia diferente)

Vamos agora exercitar um pouco do simple past.

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