Whats the weather like today It is Simple

What’s the weather like today? It is………. .

Simple past TO BE I wasn’t Was I? you were You weren't Were you? he/she/it was we were He wasn't We weren't Was he? Were we? you were You weren't Were you? they were They weren't Were they? Il passato del verbo essere segue le stesse regole del presente. Where were you? I was at my aunt’s house.

Simple Past…. . exercises Completa le frasi con la forma corretta del verbo “to be” 1…………they in town yesterday? No, they………. in the mountains. 2. Maria………. …born in Rome, but in Florence. 3. What………the weather like last weekend? It………. . very good. It ………. wet and cold. 4. ………there many peaches on the tree? Yes, it……. . full of fruit. 5. Why………. he in bed yesterday? Because he………. . very well. 6. That t-shirt………. . expensive. It………only £ 5, 99. 7. ………. she there with Henry? No, she………. alone. 8. …………you really born on the same day?

Simple past of REGULAR verbs FORMA AFFERMATIVA: aggiungo -ED (o -D) alla forma base del verbo. to work> worked to live > lived Ricorda che i verbi che terminano in -Y cambiano in -IED to study > studied

FORMA NEGATIVA: come al tempo presente, utilizziamo gli ausiliari. Nel caso del Simple Past ne troveremo 1 solo, e lo utilizzeremo per TUTTE le persone. DID + NOT = DIDN’T Gli usi sono gli stessi di do/does, stesse collocazioni all’interno della frase. FORMA INTERROGATIVA: anche in questo caso, l’unica differenza che troviamo con il presente è la parolina DID, che esprime il tempo passato, per il resto utilizziamo le conoscenze che abbiamo del presente.

Esempi: I was born in 1984 She wasn’t at the party Was he at the cinema? Yes he was/ No he wasn’t I worked last year You didn’t work last year* Did he work last year? * Yes he did/ No he didn’t * come per il presente, quando c’è l’ausiliare il verbo NON si modifica, ma manteniamo la sua forma base.

Simple past of IRREGULAR verbs Molti verbi, in inglese, hanno la forma del passato IRREGOLARE. Non segue quindi la regola dell’-ED. Bisognerà quindi impararli, piano a memoria. Nota positiva, ricordiamo che il passato è uguale per tutte le persone! Per quanto riguarda la forma negativa e la forma interrogativa restano valide le regole illustrate fino ad ora.

TO BECOME > BECAME TO LEAVE> LEFT TO BEGIN > BEGAN TO LOSE> LOST TO BUY>BOUGHT TO MAKE > MADE TO CATCH > CAUGHT TO MEET > MET TO COME> CAME TO RIDE> RODE TO COST > COST TO RING > RANG TO DO > DID TO SEE> SAW TO DRIVE > DROVE TO SELL > SOLD TO EAT> ATE TO SEND > SENT TO FEEL > FELT TO SING > SANG TO FLY> FLEW TO TAKE> TOOK TO GET> GOT TO TELL > TOLD TO GIVE> GAVE TO THINK> THOUGHT TO GO> WENT TO WEAR> WORE TO HAVE> HAD TO WIN> WON TO HEAR >HEARD TO WRITE>WROTE TO KNOW > KNEW

ALCUNE ESPRESSIONI CHE ESPRIMONO CHE UN’AZIONE SI E’ SVOLTA NEL PASSATO IN: quando ci sono i mesi, le stagioni e gli anni We were on holiday in June AT: quando c’è un’orario o una festività Dan was in Scotland at Christmas ON: con i giorni della settimana e le date He started work on Monday LAST (lo/a scorso/a): quando c’è un periodo specifico Where did you go on holiday last year? AGO(fa): per definire quanto un’azione è lontana nel passato I started university three years ago