SIMPLE PAST to be SIMPLE PAST Si usa

SIMPLE PAST to be

SIMPLE PAST Si usa per esprimere un’ azione che si è svolta e conclusa nel passato. Può coincidere con un passato recente o lontano. L’ importate è che l’azione sia conclusa. Il simple past in italiano corrisponde: al passato prossimo: I WAS AT HOME TODAY IO sono stato a casa oggi. all’imperfetto: IT WAS SUNNY ON SUNDAY. ERA soleggiato domenica al passato remoto: SHAKESPEARE WAS A GREAT WRITER. Shakespeare FU un grande scrittore

PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS espressioni del passato SI RICORDA CHE Le espressioni di tempo che si riferiscono al passato spesso includono gli avverbi : YESTERDAY ( IERI) mornig, afternoon, , evening; LAST( SCORSO) Monday, week, summer, year, month, ; A week, month, year, …AGO ( FA) ; N. B. In inglese le espressioni di tempo del passato si mettono all’ inizio o alla fine di una frase. YESTERDAY I WAS AT THE CINEMA ( ieri ero al cinema) I WAS AT THE CINEMA YESTERDAY (ero al cinema ieri)

SIMPLE PAST TO BE AFFIRMATIVE FORM si costruisce con il soggetto seguito dal verbo: SOGGETTO I YOU HE/ SHE/ IT WAS/ WERE WAS (sono stato) (ero)( fui) WERE WAS WE WERE YOU WERE THEY WERE

SIMPLE PAST TO BE NEGATIVE FORM si costruisce : soggetto+was/were+not FORMA INTERA I WAS NOT YOU WERE NOT HE/ SHE/ IT WAS NOT FORMA BREVE I WASN’T YOU WEREN’T HE/ SHE/ IT WEREN’T WE WERE NOT WE WEREN’T YOU WERE NOT YOU WEREN’T THEY WERE NOT THEY WEREN’T

SIMPLE PAST TO BE INTERROGATIVE FORM La forma interrogativa si costruisce: was/were+ soggetto…? Was/WERE SOGGETTO WAS I……? WERE YOU …. ? WAS HE/ SHE/ IT……. ? WERE WE ……. . ? WERE YOU ……? WERE THEY……. ?

SIMPLE PAST TO BE SHORT ANSWERS Costruzione delle risposte brevi Risposte brevi affermative: YES, SOGGETTO+WAS/ WERE e NON HANNO MAI LA FORMA CONTRATTA WERE YOU AT THE CINEMA YESTERDAY? YES, I WAS

SIMPLE PAST TO BE SHORT ANSWERS Costruzione delle risposte brevi Risposte brevi negative: YES, SOGGETTO+WAS/ WERE+NOT WASN’T/ WEREN’T Le forme contratte wasn’t/weren’t si usano solo nell’inglese parlato e informale WERE YOU AT THE CINEMA YESTERDAY? NO, I WASN’T

SIMPLE PAST THERE WAS / THERE WERE Traduciamo THERE WAS( forma singolare) con C’ERA e THERE WERE(forma plurale con C’ERANO THERE WAS a child in the park yesterday. C’ERA un bambino nel parco ieri THERE WERE many people in the park last weekend. C’ERANO molte persone nel parco la settimana scorsa FORMA AFFERMATIVA THERE WAS/WERE FORMA NEGATIVA THERE WASN’T/ WEREN’T FORMA INTERROGATIVA WAS/WERE THERE…. ? YES/ THERE WAS/WERE NO/ THERE WASN’T / WEREN’T