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Il Simple Past, in inglese, è il tempo verbale che esprime il
passato. Sostituisce in italiano tutti i tempi passati.
Coniugazione di to be
Persona |
Forma affermativa |
Forma negativa |
Forma interogativa |
Risposte brevi |
I |
was |
wasn't |
Was I? |
Yes, I was / No, I wasn't |
You |
were |
weren't |
Were you? |
Yes, you were / No, you weren't |
He / She / It |
was |
wasn't |
Was he / she / it? |
Yes, he / she / it was / No, he / she / it wasn't |
We |
were |
weren't |
Were we? |
Yes, we were / No, we weren't |
You |
were |
weren't |
Were you? |
Yes, you were / No, you weren't |
They |
were |
weren't |
Were they? |
Yes, they were / No, they weren't |
Coniugazione dei verbi regolari
Persona |
Forma affermativa |
Forma negativa |
Forma interogativa |
Risposte brevi |
I |
asked |
didn't ask |
Did I ask? |
Yes, I did / No, I didn't |
You |
asked |
didn't ask |
Did you ask? |
Yes, you did / No, you didn't |
He / She / It |
asked |
didn't ask |
Did he / she / it ask? |
Yes, he / she / it did / No, he / she / it didn't |
We |
asked |
didn't ask |
Did we ask? |
Yes, we did / No, we didn't |
You |
asked |
didn't ask |
Did you ask? |
Yes, you did / No, you didn't |
They |
asked |
didn't ask |
Did they ask? |
Yes, they did / No, they didn't |
Come si può notare, il verbo alla forma affermativa ha la desinenza
-ed.
Variazioni ortografiche
- Se il verbo finisce per -e, si aggiunge solo una -d:
observe → observed.
- Se il verbo termina per una -y preceduta da vocale, essa
rimane tale; se invece è preceduta da una consonante la -y cade
e si aggiunge -ied: play → played, study → studied.
- Se il verbo termina per consonante preceduta da vocale ed è
monosillabico, si raddoppia l'ultima consonante e si aggiunge -ed:
stop → stopped.
Verbi irregolari
Alcuni verbi sono irregolari. Tali verbi, nel Simple Past, sono
uguali in tutte le persone. Sotto ci sono le forme al Simple Past di
alcuni verbi irregolari. Per la forma negativa si usa l'ausiliare do
(did).
Persona |
Forma affermativa |
Forma negativa |
Forma interogativa |
Risposte brevi |
I |
ran |
didn't run |
Did I run? |
Yes, I did / No, I didn't |
You |
ran |
didn't run |
Did you run? |
Yes, you did / No, you didn't |
He / She / It |
ran |
didn't run |
Did he / she / it run? |
Yes, he / she / it did / No, he / she / it didn't |
We |
ran |
didn't run |
Did we run? |
Yes, we did / No, we didn't |
You |
ran |
didn't run |
Did you run? |
Yes, you did / No, you didn't |
They |
ran |
didn't run |
Did they run? |
Yes, they did / No, they didn't |
Tavola dei verbi irregolari
Forma base |
Simple Past |
be |
was/were |
break |
broke |
buy |
bought |
come |
came |
draw |
drew |
drink |
drank |
drive |
drove |
eat |
ate |
fight |
fought |
find |
found |
get |
got |
give |
gave |
go |
went |
have |
had |
keep |
kept |
learn |
learned/learnt |
leave |
left |
make |
made |
say |
said |
see |
saw |
sell |
sold |
teach |
taught |
tell |
told |
think |
thought |
win |
won |
write |
wrote |