VERBOS NO PASSADO (CORREO)

A . Put in am/is/are/was/were. Some sentences are present and some are past.
1. Last year she was 22, so she is 23 now.
2. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it was cold.
3. I am hungry. Can I have something to eat ?
4. I was hungry last night, so I had something to eat.
5. Where were you at 11 oclock last Friday morning ?
6. Why were you so angry yesterday?
7. Where are the children? I dont know. They were in the garden ten minutes
ago.
Comentrio : Para que voc consiga identificar no exerccio A qual o verbo to be que
dever ser usado corretamente na frase, faa uma associao com as palavras chaves, ou
seja, com os advrbios presentes em cada orao. Na frase nmero 1, por exemplo, temos
last year(ano passado) usado em frases no passado e now(agora) usado em frases no
presente.

B. Put in was / wasnt / were / werent.

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We didnt like our hotel room. It was very small and it wasnt very clean.
Kate got married when she was 24 years old.
I phoned you yesterday evening but you werent at home. Where were you ?
Were you at home at 9.30? No, I wasnt .I was at work.

C. Write questions.

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Were they friendly ? ( friendly ? )

Was it difficult ? (difficult ?)
Were they expensive ? (expensive ?)
Was it interesting ? (interesting ?)

Comentrio :
Para que voc consiga elaborar a frase corretamente, importante
compreender a informao dada nas frases escritas com verbos no passado. A partir da
ser importante raciocinar como usar as palavras (que esto dentro dos parenteses) na
frase interrogativa criada , a fim de que haja nexo com a resposta dada nas frases com
verbos no passado. O objetivo deste exerccio elaborar frases interrogativas com o
verbo to be .

D. Complete these sentences. Use one of these verbs in the past simple :
die / enjoy / finish / happen / live / open / play / start / stay / watch
1) Yesterday evening I watched television.
2) The concert last night started at 7.30 and finished at 10 O clock.
3) The accident happened last Sunday afternoon.
4) Mozart lived from 1756 to 1791.
5) We enjoyed our holiday last year. We stayed at a very good hotel.
6 ) It was hot in the room, so I opened the window.
7) The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we played tennis.
8) William Shakespeare died in 1616.
Comentrio : O objetivo do exerccio D encaixar os verbos die / enjoy / finish / happen /
live / open / play / start / stay / watch nas frases , de forma a estabelecer coerncia entre
o significado do verbo e o sentido da frase. O princpio de tudo saber o significado dos
verbos listados acima para que se possa raciocinar qual a frase mais adequada onde o
verbo poder se encaixar.
E.

Write Sentences About Present and The Past (Yesterday / Last Week etc) .

1) He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he went to work by car.

2) Bill often loses (lose) his keys. He lost his keys last Saturday.
3) I write (write) a letter to Jane every week. Last week I wrote a letter to Jane.
4) She meet (meet) her friends every evening. She met her friends yesterday evening.
5) I usually read (read) two newspapers every day. I read two newspapers yesterday.
6) They come (come) to my house every Friday. Last Friday they came to my house.
7) She usually goes (go) to the cinema on Sunday. She went to the cinema last Sunday.
8) Tom always have (have) a shower in the morning. Tom had a shower this morning.
9) He usually does (do) his shopping on Monday. He did his shopping last Monday.
10) Ann often takes ( take) photographs. Last weekend Ann took photographs.
Comentrio : Observe que o verbo GO (infinitivo) usado na primeira frase He always goes
to work by car o mesmo verbo usado na segunda frase Yesterday he went to

work by car. A diferena que o verbo GO na primeira frase est no tempo presente

conjugado na 3 pessoa do singular, enquanto na segunda frase, ele foi escrito no

passado . Observe neste exemplo de que se trata de verbo irregular . Por essa razo, a
escrita WENT totalmente diferente da escrita GOES . O verbo READ da frase 5 tem a
escrita do verbo no presente (conjugado na 1 pessoa) igual a escrita deste verbo
conjugado no passado. A diferena , portanto, est na pronncia.
F. You are asking somebody questions. Write questions with did?
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I watched TV last night. And you ? Did you watch TV last

I enjoyed the party. And you ? Did you enjoy the party ?
I had a good holiday. And you ? Did you have a good holiday ?
I got up early this morning. And you ? Did you get up early this morning ?
I slept well last night. And you ? Did you sleep well last night ?

night ?

Comentrio : Observe (no exerccio F) que na forma afirmativa o verbo principal

sofre alterao na sua escrita. Porm , ao escrever a frase na forma interrogativa, o
verbo principal no sofre alterao na sua escrita, ou seja, ele escrito conforme
sua forma bsica devido o mesmo ser acompanhado pelo verbo auxiliar DID.
G. Write questions with who/ what/how/why?
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I met somebody. Who did you meet ?

Harry arrived. What time did Harry (he) arrive ?
I saw somebody. Who did you see ?
They wanted something. What did they want ?
The meeting finished. What time did the meeting finish ?
Pat went home early. Why Did Pat go home early ?
We had dinner. What time did we have dinner ? / What did we have for dinner ?
It cost a lot of money. How much did it cost ?

Comentrio : Observe que a diferena entre o exerccio G e o exerccio F est exatamente

na presena do pronome interrogativo. Quando elaboramos uma frase interrogativa que
contenha um pronome interrogativo, importante saber que este vir escrito no incio da
frase , ou seja, antes do verbo auxiliar.
H. Put the verb in the correct form of the past ( positive, negative or question).
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I played (play) tennis yesterday but I didnt win (not /win ) .

We waited (wait) a long time for the bus it didnt come . ( not / come ).
Thats a nice shirt. Where did you buy it ? (you/buy)
She saw (see) me but she didnt speak (not/ speak) to me.
Did it rain ( it/ rain) yesterday? No, it was a nice day.
That was a stupid thing to do. Why did you do ( you/do) it ?

Comentrio : Observe que na forma negativa , a frase deve conter o auxiliar did seguido
de not, que pode vir abreviado ou no. Veja : did not ou didnt. Observe tambm que o
verbo principal, o que acompanha o verbo auxiliar deve estar escrito na sua forma original
, ou seja, no infinitivo. Lembre-se de que o verbo principal s ir mudar sua escrita no
passado na frase afirmativa, j que o mesmo no vir acompanhado de verbo auxiliar.
BONS ESTUDOS !