1. PAST SIMPLE and
PAST CONTINUOUS

2. PAST SIMPLE
• Os verbos irregulares podem ser:
– REGULARES:
I played tennis yesterday.
– IRREGULARES (consultar a lista de verbos
irregulares)
She ate ice-cream in winter.
*to eat(comer): ate (passado)

3. Forming the simple past tense
(REGULAR VERBS)
• Para formar o passado simple dos verbos regulares
acrescentamos ED ao verbo:
BOIL --- BOILED
FILL --- FILLED
• Exceções:
– Se o verbo terminar em –E: acrescenta-se apelas
–D
LIVE --- LIVED
DATE --- DATED
– Se o verbo terminar em consonante + Y: troca-se
o Y por I
TRY --- TRIED
CRY --- CRIED
– Se o verbo terminar em –L o –P duplicamos la
conconante: (inglês britânico)
TRAVEL --- TRAVELLED
WORSHIP --- WORSHIPPED
– Se o verbo for monossílado e terminar em
consoante+ vogal + consonante (expecto W o Y):
duplicar a última consonante
TAP --- TAPPED
COMMIT --- COMMITTED

4. PAST SIMPLE: affirmative, negative
or interrogative
• AFIRMATIVA:
– He painted the wall
– We woke up very early (irregular verb)
• NEGATIVA:
– He didn’t paint the wall
– We didn’t wake up very early
• INTERROGATIVA:
– Did he paint the wall?
– Did we wake up very early?

5. PAST CONTINUOUS
Para formar o passado contínuo vamos a
utilizar o verbo to be (was/were) no
passado e o verbo principal no
gerundio (ING):
Suj.+was / were + verbo+ ING
He was playing golf
They were studying

6. PAST CONTINUOUS: affirmative,
negative or interrogative
• AFIRMATIVA: suj+to be+verb+ing
– He was painting the wall
– We were waking up very early
• NEGATIVA: suj.+to be+not+verb+ing
– He wasn’t painting the wall
– We weren’t waking up very early
• INTERROGATIVA: to be+ suj+verb+ing
– Was he painting the wall?
– Were we waking up very early?

7. PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
PARA FALAR DE UMA AÇÃO ACABADA NO EXPRESSA UMA AÇÃO INCOMPLETA NO
PASSADO EM UM TEMPO DETERMINADO PASSADO:
John Cabot sailed to America in 1498. "I was going to spend the day at the beach but
I've decided to go on an excursion instead.”
EXPRESSÕES DO PASSADO SIMPLES:
Frequência: often, sometimes, always; PARA DESCREVER UMA AÇÃO
Um ponto determinado em um tempo: last week, when INTERROMPIDA POR OUTRA AÇÃO:
I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago. “I was having a beautiful dream when the
Um ponto não determinado no tempo: the other day, alarm clock rang.“
ages ago, a long time ago etc.
PARA DESCREVER O CONTEXTO NO QUAL
Exemplos: ACONTECE A AÇÃO:
•Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva. “It was getting dark. The prince was walking
•She always played the piano when she was a silently around the hall...”
child.

8. Construções com o passado simples
e o passado contínuo juntos
• WHEN + a ação curta no passado simples, que
interrompe a grande no passado continuo.
– John was watching TV when his friend arrived.
• WHILE + as duas ações no passado contínuo que
não se interrompem ou se cruzam.
– While I was talking on the phone, my brother was
watching TV.