Question

1 - Use o passado das palavras abaixo e complete as frases corretamente (4,0): STUDY – EAT – BUY – GO – HAVE – WORK – PLAY – TAKE – SELL – START – SPEND – LEAVE – RAIN – LOSE – MEET – SWIM a. I _______________ school when I was six years old. b. We ______________ until 7 am, and then I _____________ some friends and we ___________ to the movies. c. She ____________ her old car and ___________ a new car. d. I ________________ soccer in the morning, but it ______________ in the afternoon, so I __________ for my exams. e. Susie __________________ her wallet last week. She _____________ it in the library and someone ___________ it. f. We ____________ a lot of fun last weekend. We _____________ two days in a really nice hotel where we ____________ in the pool and ______________ delicious meals.

Answer 1

a. I started school when I was six years old.

b. We worked until 7 pm, and then I met some friends and we went to the movies.

c. She sold her old car and bought a new car.

d. I played soccer in the morning, but it rained in the afternoon, so I studied for my exams.

e. Susie lost her wallet last week. She left it in the library and someone took it.

f. We had a lot of fun last weekend. We spent two days in a really nice hotel where we swam in the pool and ate delicious meals.

Explicação:

Formação do Simple Past

A formação básica do Simple Past é feita com o uso do auxiliar did nas formas negativa e interrogativa, e com o acréscimo de –ed, –ied ou –d ao final do verbo principal no infinitivo, sem o to, na forma afirmativa.

Regular verbs (verbos regulares)

Para usar os verbos regulares em frases afirmativas no Simple Past, basta mudar a terminação do verbo de acordo com as seguintes regras:

1. Aos verbos regulares terminados em –e, acrescenta-se somente o –d no final do verbo:

to love (amar) – loved

to lie (mentir) – lied

to arrive (chegar) – arrived

to like (gostar) – liked

2. Aos verbos regulares terminados em consoante+vogal+consoante (CVC), duplica-se a última consoante e acrescenta-se o –ed:

stop (parar) – stopped

control (controlar) – controlled

plan (planejar) – planned

prefer (prefer) – preferred

3. Aos verbos terminados em –y precedido de consoante, retira-se o y e acrescenta-se o –ied:

to study (estudar) – studied

to worry (preocupar-se) – worried

to cry (chorar) – cried

to try (tentar) – tried

4. Aos verbos terminados em –y precedido de vogal, acrescenta-se somente o –ed:

enjoy (aproveitar) – enjoyed

stay (ficar) – stayed

play(brincar; jogar) – played

Irregular verbs (verbos irregulares)

Os verbos irregulares não possuem um padrão de formação. Eles não seguem as regras indicadas acima pois cada um possue uma forma própria.

Veja os exemplos da pergunta acima:

to buy    => bought

to eat     =>  ate

to go      => went

to have  => had

to leave  => left

to lose    => lost

to meet   => met

to sell      => sold

to spend => spent

to swin    => swan