Natale - Grammatica
In questa lezione capirai quali sono i diversi usi del past simple.
The Past Simple:
We use the “Past Simple” to talk about past actions, when:
- It is a past action and we say when it happened.
e.g. I went to London 2 days ago. - It is a past action and it was done in finished time.
e.g. I visited my uncle last week. ( Last week OR a finished time period.) - It is a past fact.
e.g. Italy won the world cup in 2006. - It is a historical fact e.g. Messina had a big earthquake in 1908.
How is the Past Simple formed?
FORM:
- Affirmative:
Regular verbs: subject + verb +ed
e.g. walk => walked, cook => cooked etc.
If a verb ends in “y” then the past simple form is: subject+verb+ied e.g. hurry => hurried, study => studied
However there are a lot of irregular verbs, which if you want to speak English properly, you must learn:
e.g. go => went, do => did, eat => ate, etc. - Negative: All verbs: subject + didn’t + verb e.g. I didn’t go to work yesterday.
- Interrogative:
All verbs: did+ subject + verb+ object?
e.g. Did you have a nice day?
Where did you go last night?
What did you do yesterday?
postato da pmanuella il martedì 25 dicembre 2007 in:
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