Past simple
Benvenuti alla nostra pagina dedicata al simple past.
Il simple past indica un azione svolta in un momento preciso del passato, per questo tempo è normalmente associato a un complemento di tempo determinato (espresso da avverbio o da preposizione).
Come si forma il “simple past”
“Simple past” con i verbi regolari
| Affermativa | ||
| Soggetto | + verbo + ed | |
| I | walked. | |
| Negativa | ||
| Soggetto | + did not | + base form |
| They | didn’t | walk. |
| Interrogativa | ||
| Did | + soggetto | + base form |
| Did | she | walk? |
| Interrogativa negativa | ||
| Did not | + soggetto | + base form |
| Didn’t | you | play? |
Simple past dei verbi : to be, to have, to do
| Soggetto | Verbo | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| be | have | do | |
| I | was | had | did |
| You | were | had | did |
| He/She/It | was | had | did |
| We | were | had | did |
| You | were | had | did |
| They | were | had | did |
Simple past e i verbi irregolari
Alcuni vebri sono irregolari al simple past. Ecco un elenco dei più comuni.
Forma base | Simple Past |
Arise | Arose |
Awake | Awoke (Awaked) |
Be | Was / Were |
Bear | Bore |
Beat | Beat |
Become | Became |
Begin | Began |
Bend | Bent |
Bet | Bet |
Bid | Bid / Bade |
Bind | Bound |
Bite | Bit |
Bleed | Bled |
Blow | Blew |
Break | Broke |
Bring | Brought |
Broadcast | Broadcast (Broadcasted) |
Build | Built |
Burn | Burnt / Burned |
Burst | Burst |
Buy | Bought |
Cast | Cast |
Catch | Caught |
Choose | Chose |
Cling | Clung |
Clothe | Clad (Clothed) |
Come | Came |
Cost | Cost |
Cut | Cut |
Deal | Dealt |
Dig | Dug |
Do | Did |
Draw | Drew |
Dream | Dreamt (Dreamed) |
Drink | Drank |
Drive | Drove |
Eat | Ate |
Fall | Fell |
Feed | Fed |
Feel | Felt |
Fight | Fought |
Find | Found |
Fling | Flung |
Fly | Flew |
Forbid | Forbade |
Forecast | Forecast (Forecasted) |
Forget | Forgot |
Forgive | Forgave |
Freeze | Froze |
Get | Got |
Give | Gave |
Go | Went |
Grow | Grew |
Hang | Hung |
Have | Had |
Hear | Heard |
Hide | Hid |
Hit | Hit |
Hold | Held |
Hurt | Hurt |
Keep | Kept |
Kneel | Knelt |
Know | Knew |
Lay | Laid |
Lead | Led |
Lean | Leant (Leaned) |
Leap | Leapt (Leaped) |
Learn | Learnt (Learned) |
Leave | Left |
Lend | Lent |
Let | Let |
Lie | Lay |
Lose | Lost |
Make | Made |
Mean | Meant |
Meet | Met |
Mistake | Mistook |
Overcome | Overcame |
Pay | Paid |
Put | Put |
Quit | Quit (Quitted) |
Read | Read |
Ride | Rode |
Ring | Rang |
Rise | Rose |
Run | Ran |
Saw | Sawed |
Say | Said |
See | Saw |
Seek | Sought |
Sell | Sold |
Send | Sent |
Set | Set |
Sew | Sewed |
Shake | Shook |
Shave | Shaved |
Shed | Shed |
Shine | Shone |
Shoot | Shot |
Show | Showed |
Shut | Shut |
Sing | Sang |
Sink | Sank |
Sit | Sat |
Sleep | Slept |
Smell | Smelt (Smelled) |
Speak | Spoke |
Speed | Sped (Speeded) |
Spell | Spelt (Spelled) |
Spend | Spent |
Spill | Spilt (Spilled) |
Spin | Span |
Spread | Spread |
Stand | Stood |
Steal | Stole |
Stick | Stuck |
Sting | Stung |
Stink | Stank |
Swear | Swore |
Swim | Swam |
Take | Took |
Teach | Taught |
Tell | Told |
Think | Thought |
Throw | Threw |
Thrust | Thrust |
Undergo | Underwent |
Understand | Understood |
Upset | Upset |
Wear | Wore |
Weave | Wove |
Win | Won |
