PAST TENSE SIMPLE 1.

FORMA Verbele regulate formeaza trecutul simplu prin adaugarea sufixului -ed la forma de infinitiv a verbului. Ex.: scream > screamed, work > worked. Verbele neregulate au forme proprii de trecut. Ex.: sleep > slept, drink > drank Forma negativa se compune cu ajutorul auxiliarului to do, conjugat la trecut (did) la toate persoanele + not + infinitivul scurt al verbului de conjugat. Did + not se folosesc des in forma contrasa didn't. Ex.: I did not jump over. She didn't finish the work. Forma interogativa se formeaza prin inversiunea dintre auxiliarul did si subiect: Ex.: Did it rain there? 2. REGULI DE ORTOGRAFIE: 1. Verbele al caror infinitv se termina in litera e adauga numai term. ed: to hope> hoped 2. Verbele monosilabice terminate intr-o consoana care este precedata de o vocala dubleaza consoana: to stop > stopped, to rub > rubbed 3. Daca ultima silaba a verbului este accentuata si se termina in consoana precedata de o singura vocala, respectiva consoana se dubleaza: to admit > admitted, to prefer > preferred 4. Verbele terminate in l dubleaza consoana: to travel > travelled 5. Verbele terminate in c adauga un k inaintea sufixului ed: to panic > panicked 6. Verbele terminate in y precedat de o vocala adauga sufixul ed, dar cand in y este precedat de o consoana, aceasta se transforma in - i si se adauga ed: to stay > stayed, to try > tried 3. FUNCTII

Trecutul simplu se foloseste pentru a exprima o actiune complet terminata, care a avut loc
intr-o perioada de timp bine determinata din trecut: yesterday ieri the day before yesterday - alaltaieri the other day a few minutes/hours/days/weeks/months/years ago acum cateva minute/ore/zile/saptamani/luni a short/long time ago , ages ago

last week/month/year/October, at that time at the time in + an: in 1988. Ex.:The last time she went to the mountains was two months ago.

Pentru a descrie actiuni care s-au repetat in mod obisnuit in trecut. Aceste actiuni se pot
exprima si prin used to/ would + verb la infinitiv scurt: Ex.: I went to school by bus when I was a child. / I used to go/would go to school by bus when I was a child. PAST TENSE CONTINUOUS 1. FORMA Trecutul continuu se formeaza cu ajutorul formei de trecut simplu a auxiliarului to be, was/were + participiul prezent al verbului principal. Ex.: I was singing. Negativul: Ex.: You were not / weren't singing. Interogativul: Ex.: Was he speaking clearly? 2. FUNCTII

Trecutul continuu este folosit pentru a exprima actiuni in desfasurare intr-un moment din
trecut. Deoarece indica o limita a duratei actiunii este foarte folosit pentru a indica actiuni care au avut loc (trecut simplu) in timp ce o alta actiune era in desfasurare(trecut continuu), sau pentru a indica o actiune in desfasurare care este intrerupta de o alta. Ex.: Carlos lost his watch while he was running.

Exprima doua sau mai multe actiuni simultane in plina desfasurare in trecut:
Ex.: This time yesterday I was listening to a rock concert on the radio while I was driving to London.

Pentru a vorbi despre obiceiuri din trecut care produc supararea/iritarea vorbitorului.
Trecutul continuu este insotit in acest caz de always. Ex.: Grace was always handing in late papers.