O past simple
O past simple é para ações terminadas num momento definido do passado: yesterday, last week, in 2020, two days ago. Corresponde ao pretérito perfeito do português (“fui, comprei, morei”).
| tipo | forma | exemplos |
|---|---|---|
| regular | -ed | work → worked, live → lived, study → studied, stop → stopped |
| irregular | decorar | go → went, have → had, see → saw, buy → bought, get → got |
| to be | was / were | I / he / she / it was, you / we / they were |
Pontos importantes
- Uma só forma para todas as pessoas: I worked, she worked, they worked.
- Palavras de tempo: yesterday, last …, … ago, in 2019, when I was a child.
- “Há dois anos” se diz two years ago, com ago no fim.
Exemplos
- I moved to Berlin two years ago.Eu me mudei para Berlim há dois anos.
- We went to the doctor yesterday.Fomos ao médico ontem.
- She bought a new laptop last week.Ela comprou um notebook novo semana passada.
- It was cold, and the trains were late.Estava frio, e os trens estavam atrasados.
- He studied law in Odesa.Ele estudou direito em Odessa.
Erros comuns
- ✗ I go to Salvador last year.✓ I went to Salvador last year.Uma ação terminada no passado pede o past simple: go vira went.
- ✗ We stoped at a café on the way.✓ We stopped at a café on the way.Em verbos curtos terminados em consoante-vogal-consoante, a consoante dobra antes de -ed: stopped; o português não tem regra parecida.
- ✗ She buyed a new dress.✓ She bought a new dress.buy é irregular: o passado é bought, e não buyed.
- ✗ They was at the party.✓ They were at the party.Com they, o passado de to be é were; was é para I, he, she e it.
- ✗ I moved here there are three years.✓ I moved here three years ago.O “há três anos” do português se diz com ago depois do período: three years ago.