Past Simple
Past Simple
Forma affermativa
I talked ?
You talked ?
He, she, it talked ?
We talked ?
They talked ?
Forma negativa
I didn’t talk ?
You didn’t talk ?
He, she, it didn’t talk ?
We didn’t talk ?
They didn’t talk ?
Forma interrogativa
Did I talk? ?
Did you talk? ?
Did he, she, it talk? ?
Did we talk? ?
Did they talk? ?
Regular verbs
1) Si definiscono regolari i verbi che formano il past simple e il participio passato
aggiungendo alla forma base la desinenza -ed.
The regular verbs get the the past simple and the past participle by adding –ed to
the base form of the verb.
2) Le forme negative e interrogative del past simple si formano con l'ausiliare did. Il verbo
torna alla forma base, perchè il passato è già contenuto nell'ausiliare.
The negative and interrogative form need the auxiliary verb “did”. The main verb
goes back to the base form.
3) La -y finale preceduta da vocale non varia/ The ending y coming after a vowel doen’t
change: play-played ; stay-stayed
4) I monosillabici che terminano con una sola consonante preceduta da una sola vocale
raddoppiano la consonante finale/ verbs of one syllable ending with one consonant
coming after one vowel double the the last consonant:
stop - stopped ; drop - dropped
Irregular verbs
1) I verbi irregolari inglesi sono quelli che invece di terminare in -ed hanno forme proprie al
past simple e al participio passato. Di questi verbi è quindi necessario conoscere le tre forme
del paradigma. The irregular verbs don’t have a regular past in –ed, instead they get
both their past simple and past participle in an irregular way. That’s the reason why
we must learn their paradigm by heart.
2) Il past simple dei verbi irregolari corrisponde alla seconda forma del paradigma ed è
uguale per tutte le persone. Soltanto il verbo essere fa eccezione, in quanto presenta la
forma was per la prima e terza persona singolare e were per le altre. The past simple
form is the same in all the persons, to be is the only exception since it has was for
the first and third person in singular and were for all the other persons.
3) Le forme negative e interrogative dei verbi irregolari si formano con did + il verbo alla
forma base, come per quelli regolari. The negative and interrogative form need the
auxiliary verb “did”. The main verb goes back to the base form.
Il Past Simple traduce/ The past Simple translates the following Italian tenses:
• Il passato remoto italiano,
• L’imperfetto indicativo,
• Il passato prossimo.
1. Il passato remoto italiano è sempre tradotto dal Past Simple. “Passato Remoto” is
always translated with the Past Simple.
Ieri Mark giocò a tennis. Yesterday Mark played tennis.
2. L’imperfetto indicativo, è tradotto con il Past Simple quando non ammette la forma
stava + gerundio. “Imperfetto indicativo” is translated with the Past Simple if
it doesn’t admit the form stava + gerundio.
Quando Mark era in vacanze, si alzava presto e non faceva colazione.
When Mark was in holiday, he got up late and didn’t have breakfast.
3. Il passato prossimo, è tradotto con il Past Simple se indica un’azione che si è svolta
nel passato e non ha più nessun rapporto con il presente. “Passato prossimo” is
translated with the Past Simple if it points out an action developped
completely in the past.
La settimana scorsa siamo andati al cinema.
Last week we went to the cinema.
*Interactive Exercises
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*Please note:
Listen carefully to the following videos in youtube, they are speaking about
the Past Simple.
Ascoltate attentamente i seguenti video di youtube, essi parlano del Past
Simple.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5E9SWg6_fw Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttjAMb3II_Q Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KWLZELf1Sk Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRsLLGnYhJ0 Irregular verbs
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