SIMPLE PAST

O Simple Past é um dos tempos verbais do inglês. Ele é equivalente ao passado

simples na língua portuguesa.

➔ No Português: Passado Perfeito (simples): expressa um fato ocorrido num

momento anterior ao atual e que foi totalmente terminado.

Por exemplo: Ele estudou as lições ontem à noite.

O Simple Past é usado para indicar ações passadas já concluídas, ou seja, para
falar de fatos que já aconteceram; que começaram e terminaram no passado.

● Affirmative form (forma afirmativa):

Para usar os verbos regulares em frases afirmativas no Simple Past, basta mudar a

terminação do verbo de acordo com as seguintes regras:

1. REGRA DO E: Aos verbos terminados em –e, acrescenta-se somente o –d no final

do verbo:

● to love (amar) – loved

● to lie (mentir) – lied

● to arrive (chegar) – arrived

● to like (gostar) – liked

2. REGRA DO CVC: Aos verbos terminados em consoante+vogal+consoante (CVC),

duplica-se a última consoante e acrescenta-se o –ed:

● stop (parar) – stopped

● control (controlar) – controlled

● plan (planejar) – planned

● prefer (preferir) – preferred

3. REGRA DO Y: Aos verbos terminados em –y com uma consoante antes, retira-se

o y e acrescenta-se o –ied:

● to study (estudar) – studied

● to worry (preocupar-se) – worried

● to cry (chorar) – cried

● to try (tentar) – tried

4. REGRA DO Y: Aos verbos terminados em –y com uma vogal antes, acrescenta-se

somente o –ed:

● enjoy (aproveitar) – enjoyed

● stay (ficar) – stayed

● play (brincar; jogar) – played

 VERBOS IRREGULARES NO SIMPLE PAST:

Infinitive Simple Past Translation Infinitive Simple Past Translation

be was/were ser, estar hear heard ouvir, escutar

break broke quebrar, romper keep kept manter, guardar

build built construir, fabricar know knew saber, conhecer

buy bought comprar learn learnt aprender, estudar

come came vir, chegar leave left sair, deixar, partir

do did fazer, cuidar, funcionar make made fazer, criar

draw drew desenhar, traçar meet met conhecer, encontrar

drink drank beber put put pôr, colocar

drive drove dirigir, guiar read read ler, aprender

eat ate comer, mastigar ride rode andar, passear

fall fell cair, descer run ran correr

feel felt sentir, perceber say said dizer, contar

find found encontrar, descobrir see saw ver, observar

fly flew voar send sent enviar, mandar

forget forgot esquecer show showed mostrar

forgive forgave perdoar, desculpar sing sang cantar

get got receber, conseguir, pegar sit sat sentar

give gave dar, entregar sleep slept dormir, descansar

go went ir, partir slide slid escorregar, deslizar

have had ter, possuir speak spoke falar, dizer

Infinitive Simple Past Translation Infinitive Simple Past Translation

stand stood ficar/estar em pé understand understood entender

swear swore jurar wake woke acordar, despertar

swim swam nadar wear wore usar, vestir

take took pegar, tirar win won ganhar,conseguir

teach taught ensinar write wrote escrever, anotar

tell told contar, saber think thought pensar,acreditar

● Negative Form (forma negativa):

Para a construção de frases negativas no Simple Past, o verbo DID é empregado como

verbo auxiliar.

OBSERVAÇÃO: o verbo principal não é conjugado no passado (“LIKED”, por

exemplo”), já que o DID já indica o tempo verbal.

ESTRUTURA NA FRASE:

Pronome + did + not + verbo principal + complemento

Exemplo: She did not like the English teacher. (Ela não gostou da professora de

inglês)

OU: She didn't like the English teacher. (mesmo significado)

OBS; a forma contraída de did not é didn’t.

 ● Interrogative Form (forma interrogativa):

Da mesma maneira que acontece na forma negativa, o DID é o verbo auxiliar utilizado

para as frases interrogativas no Simple Past . Ele é a primeira coisa que aparece na

frase.

ESTRUTURA NA FRASE:

Did + pronome + verbo principal + complemento

Exemplo: Did she like the English teacher? (Ela gostou da professora de inglês?)

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I danced I did not dance Did I dance?

You danced You did not dance Did you dance?

He danced He did not dance Did he dance?

She danced She did not dance Did she dance?

It danced It did not dance Did it dance?

We danced We did not dance Did we dance?

You danced You did not dance Did you dance?

They danced They did not dance Did they dance?

Expressões temporais:

Para reforçar o uso do Simple Past, muitas expressões temporais são utilizadas nas

frases. Os exemplos mais usuais são: yesterday (ontem),

the day before yesterday (anteontem),

last night (ontem à noite),

last year (ano passado),

last month (mês passado),

last week (semana passada),

ago (atrás)

Exemplos de frases com Simple Past + expressões temporais:

● We did not go to school yesterday. (Nós não fomos para a escola ontem.)

● His birthday was the day before yesterday. (O aniversário dele foi anteontem.)

● She studied Math last night. (Ela estudou matemática ontem à noite.)

● I traveled to Brazil last year. (Eu viajei para o Brasil ano passado.)

● They visited their uncle last month. (Eles visitaram o tio deles mês passado.)

● I called you three days ago. (Eu te liguei três dias atrás.)

● We learned how to dance samba last week. (Nós aprendemos a dançar samba
semana passada.)
 Exercícios:

1. Complete as frases abaixo com a flexão de Simple Past correta do verbo entre parênteses.
Fique atento à forma indicada (affirmative, negative ou interrogative).

1. I _____________ the house three times yesterday. (to clean - affirmative form)

2. She _____________ the windows because it was too hot in here. (to open - affirmative form)

3. The class _____________ at 8 a.m. (to begin – negative form)

4. He _____________ to be a doctor when he was a kid. (to want - affirmative form)

5. _____________ the accident _____________ last night? (to happen – interrogative form)

6. We _____________ at a nice place in LA. (to stay – affirmative form)

7. They _____________ the party. (to enjoy - negative form)

8. My grandmother _____________ when I was eight. (to die - affirmative form)

9. He _____________ to work by bus. (to come – negative form)

10. Why _____________ you _____________ a cab to the airport? (to take – interrogative form)

11. When _____________ he _____________ ? (to arrive - interrogative form)

12. He _____________ a great student. (to be - affirmative form)

13. We _____________ French classes at school. (to have - negative form)

14. _____________ you _____________ in New York? (to live - interrogative form)

15. Why _____________ you _____________ him to the party? You knew he was a troublemaker!
(to invite - interrogative form)

16. She _____________ (to go - affirmative form) to the hospital because she _____________ (to be
- negative form) feeling well.

17. They _____________ at that company for 30 years. (to work - affirmative form)

18. _____________ he _____________ the race? (to win - interrogative form)

19. I _____________ them at the shopping mall. (to see - affirmative form)
2. Assinale a forma correta dos seguintes verbos irregulares:

Brazil __________ last year’s world soccer championship.

a) win

b) won

c) wins

d) to win

e) winning

John __________ me some money last week.

a) sends

b) send

c) sent

d) sending

e) to send

3. Assinale a alternativa que contenha a resposta correta para a pergunta feita no Simple Past:

“Did she eat all those plants last night?”

a) Yes, she eats all those plants last night.

b) Yes, she ate all those plants last night.

c) Yes, she eaten all those plants last night

d) Yes, she eat all those plants last night.

e) Yes, she eaten all those plants last night.

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative:

Where _____ they _____- ?

a) Go – Did

b) Did – Went

c) Do – Did

d) Did – Did

e) Did – Go

5. Assinale a alternativa que corretamente preenche as lacunas I, II e III das frases a seguir:

OBSERVAÇÃO:

DO: “fazer” no contexto de execução, realização, desenvolvimento de ação

MAKE: “fazer” no contexto de criação, elaboração, fabricação, transformação num processo

He __________(I) me a favor 2 months ago.

They __________(II) an attempt (TENTATIVA) to escape (ESCAPAR).

I __________(III) an important decision (DECISÃO) last night.

a) did - made - made

b) made - did - made

c) did - made - did

d) made - made - made

e) made - did - did

6. Complete as frases com os verbos no passado simples.

__ Verbos Irregulares (consultar a tabela)

__ Verbos Regulares

a) Yesterday my friend Sally and I (go) ______________ to the supermarket to buy food.

b) We (find) ______________ everything we (want) ______________ , except my favorite cookies.

c) John usually goes to school by bus, but yesterday he (walk) ______________ because it (be)

______________ a beautiful day.

d) When Mary and Jake (arrive) ______________ at the party, they (look) ______________ for Mike

but couldn't find him.

e) We (see) ______________ Star Wars last week. I (like) ______________ it a lot, but my friends

didn't.

f) My TV (be) ______________ broken last week, so I (read) ______________ all my magazines in

my free time.

g) Janet (make) ______________ three delicious dishes for lunch last Saturday. We (eat)

______________ all the food - there was nothing left.

h) Tony and Tim (play) ______________ basketball as children. Tim also (study) ______________

French and piano.

7. Complete o seguinte texto usando a forma correta dos verbos em parênteses no Simple Past:

Last night Susan (go) ____________ to her friend’s birthday party. She (dance) ____________ with

her boyfriend, and (eat) ____________ cake. After they (leave) ____________ the party, Susan and

her boyfriend (decide) ____________ to go and watch a movie at the theater. They (see)
____________ the new Transformer’s movie, and then they went home. When she (get)

____________ home, Susan (take) ____________ a shower and (fall) ____________ asleep quickly.

8. Complete as lacunas com os verbos entre parênteses conjugados no Simple Past:

a) She ____________ (go) to the shopping mall.

b) Marisa ____________ (want/not) a ride.

c) Your parents ____________ (make) a cake.

d) ____________ (you talk) to his friends?

e) Sofia and Jane ____________ (be) at the party.

9. Escreva a frase abaixo no Simple Past nas formas afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa:

She goes to the United States of America.

+: __________________________________________________________________________________

-: __________________________________________________________________________________

?: _________________________________________________________________________________

10. She _________ with her dog for an hour.

a) runned

b) ran

c) ruined
11. They _________ together at the party last night.

a) was

b) wered

c) weren’t

12. ______ John ________ Paris on his last trip?

a) Did – visit

b) Did – visited

c) Was – visited

13. We _________ the cake we ________ at the café this evening

a) loved – eated

b) love – ate

c) loved – ate

14. I __________ a coffee this morning, it _______ cold

a) drank – were

b) drank – was

c) drinked – were
15. You ___________ when you _______ a child

a) didn’t swimmed – were

b) didn’t swam – was

c) didn’t swim – were

16. Complete as sentenças com o “Simple Past Tense” dos verbos regulares, em seguida,
assinale a alternativa correta.

I ________my friend yesterday. (to visit) - exceção à regra do CVC

a. ( ) visited b. ( ) visitied

They_________a new restaurant last week. (to open) - exceção à regra do CVC

a. ( ) opened b. ( ) oppened

The little boy_________your question. (to answer) - exceção à regra do CVC

a. ( ) answered b. ( ) answerred

Jonas________very well yesterday. (to dance)

a. ( ) danced b. ( ) danceed

You_________computer games yesterday. (to play)

a. ( ) played b. ( ) plaied

We________the new coffee shop. (to love)

a. ( ) loved b.( ) loveed

17. Complete a cruzadinha com os verbos regulares no passado em inglês.