ACTIONS IN THE

PAST...
I was, you were / there was,
there were / I was doing ,
you were doing / I did , you
did /
I have done, you have done

Form
a
I

verb
al

com

YOU

HE

TO
BE

( ser
,

SHE

IT

estar
)

WE
YOU

PRESEN
T

is
am

are is

THEY

is
are

are are

SINGULAR
PLURAL
wer
wer
was e
wa was was wer e
wer
s
e
e
There be
There is
There are
( PRESENT )
( H )
( H )
PASTForma
verbal

There be
( PAST )

There was
( Havia )

There were
( Havia)

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE X SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Forma
verbal

SIMPLE
PRESENT

Forma
verbal

SIMPLE
PAST

Afirmativa

Negativa

I work
You work
He/ She/ It
works
We work
You work
They work

I do not (dont) work

You do not (dont) work
He/ She / It does not
(doesnt) work
We do not (dont) work
You do not (dont) work
They do not (dont)
work
Afirmativa
Negativa

I worked
You worked
He/ She/ It
worked
We worked
You worked
They worked

I did not (didnt)

work
You did not (didnt)
work
He/ She / It did not
(didnt) work
We did not (didnt)
work

Interrogativa
Do I work ?
Do you work ?
Does he /she / It
work ?
Do we work ?
Do you work ?
Do they work ?
Interrogativa

Did I work ?
Did you work ?
Did he /she / It
work ?
Did we work ?
Did you work ?
Did they work ?

SIMPLE PAST
Forma verbal
SIMPLE PAST
(ao ocorrida em tempo
definido )
Quando ?

Forma verbal
PRESENT
PERFECT
(ao ocorrida em tempo
indefinido )
Quando ? No

PRESENT PERFECT
Afirmativa
Example :
I lost my key yesterday.
( Eu perdi minha chave
ontem.)
Afirmativa
Example :
I have lost my key ...
( Eu perdi minha chave... )

Advrbios comumente usados no

PRESENT PERFECT
many/several times
Ex.: They have done this work many times.
never
Ex.: He has never visited Disneyworld.
just
Ex.: I have just painted the room.
already
Ex.: They have already arrived.


SIMPLE PAST REGULAR VERBS
1. Para formar o passado simples dos
verbos regulares acrescenta-se -d / ed ao verbo.
Exemplos :
No
infinitivo

No passado

love
play
like
work
decide
create

loved
played
liked
worked
decided
created

Pronncia

ed = /d /
ed = /d /
ed = /t /
ed = /t /
ed = / Id /
ed = / Id /

2 . Se o verbo terminar em Y e for

precedido por
Consoante, o Y ser substitudo por ied .
Exemplos :

cry (chorar) - cried

study (estudar) studied
dry (secar) dried

3. Se o verbo terminar em slaba forte formada

por consoante / vogal / consoante ( C/ V/
C), dobra-se a ltima letra e acrescenta-se
ed.
Exemplos :
stop (parar, interromper) stopped
permit (permitir) permitted
occur (ocorrer) occurred
chat ( conversar, fofocar) - chatted
Ateno! Cuidado com os verbos terminados em C/V/C com
slaba fraca
LISten ( LIS : slaba forte/ ten : slaba fraca ) PAST : listened
HAPpen (HAP : slaba forte/pen: slaba fraca) PAST :
happened

PAST PARTICIPLE
VERBOS REGULARES
O particpio passado dos verbos
regulares escrito da mesma forma
que o passado deles .
Passado

loved
played
liked
worked
decided

Particpio
passado

loved
played
liked
worked
decided

VERBOS IRREGULARES
O infinitivo, passado e particpio passado
dos verbos irregulares NO seguem
regras, pois tm sua forma prpria.

Alguns verbos irregulares tm a mesma

forma no infinitivo,passado e particpio
(uniformes). Outros tm o passado e particpio
iguais ,ou ainda infinitivo e particpio iguais
(biformes). H ainda os que so diferentes no
infinitivo, passado e particpio passado
(triformes).

INFINITIVO

put
( colocar,pr)
let (deixar,
permitir)
sit ( sentar )
become (tornarse)
write
(escrever )
be (ser, estar)

PASSADO

PARTICPIO
PASSADO

put

put

let

let

sat

sat

became

become

wrote

written

was / were

been

Alerta !
TO BE in the PAST
Where were you last
night ?
I was at home.
When wasOl
he! born
Eu sou? o
verboin
TO1940.
BE.
He was born

Sabia que eu
posso auxiliar
outro verbo,
mas no preciso
de auxlio ? Eu
sou o mximo !
Eu me basto
sozinho !!!

Other (outros) verbs in

the PAST
Where did you go last
night ?
I went to the cinema.
When did he die ?
He died in 1990.

Advrbios ou locues adverbiais que

so usados geralmente no SIMPLE PAST
Yesterday I visited my friend yesterday.
In (month,year,etc) I traveled to Rio in
May./ She was born in 1985.

Last ( month, year,etc) I bought a car

last month.

( a week, a month , two hours,etc )

ago.
I wrote a book two years ago.