Question

Complete o texto com o passado simples dos verbos entre parênteses.
Marie Curie _______ (be) a physicist and a chemist. She _________ (begin) her studies in Poland but in 1891 she _______ (leave) for France. She ________ (study) there and later _________ (work) as a scientist at the Sorbonne in Paris. She _________ (meet) and ________ (marry) a French scientist, Pierre Curie. They ________ (have) two children, Irene and Ewa. Maria and Pierre _________ (discover) two radioactive elements, radium and polonium. Pierre ______ (die) in 1906 in an accident in Paris. Maria _______ (get) two Nobel Prizes, in 1903 and in 1911. She _____ (die) in 1934.

Answer 1

Marie Curie WAS a physicist and a chemist. She BEGAN her studies in Poland but in 1891 she LEFT for France. She STUDIED there and later WORKED as a scientist at the Sorbonne in Paris. She MET and MARRIED a French scientist, Pierre Curie. They HAD two children, Irene and Ewa. Maria and Pierre DISCOVERED two radioactive elements, radium and polonium. Pierre DIED in 1906 in an accident in Paris. Maria GOT two Nobel Prizes, in 1903 and in 1911. She DIED in 1934.

Explicação:

*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; Ex: Die (morrer) - Died

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

3. Aos verbos terminados em –y precedido de consoante, retira-se o y e acrescenta-se o –ied; Ex: Study (estudar) - Studied

4. Aos verbos terminados em –y precedido de vogal, acrescenta-se somente o –ed. Ex: Stay (ficar) – stayed

*Irregular verbs (verbos irregulares)

Os verbos irregulares não possuem um padrão de formação. Eles não seguem as regras indicadas acima pois possuem uma forma própria. Você deve consultar a tabela de verbos irregulares, na coluna "Past" (passado).