Past Tense

 Simple Past

Hoje vou falar do passado nos pontos gramaticais aqui do blog. No último post sobre gramática expliquei um pouco sobre o presente, e hoje é sobre o  passado simples.

Today I'm going to talk about the past tense on the grammar points in the blog. At the last post, I explained a little bit about the simple present, so today It's about the past tense.

Usamos o passado simples para falar de ações e situações que vemos como completas no passado.

We use the past simple to talk about actions and states which we see as completed in the past.

Podemos usá-lo para falar de um ponto específico no passado.
We can use it to talk about an specific point in time.

•She came back last Friday.

•I saw her on the street.

•They didn't agree to the deal.

Também pode ser usado para falar de um período de tempo.

It can also be used to talk about a period of time.

•She lived in Tokyo for seven years.

•They were in London from Monday to Thursday last week.

Você irá muitas vezes achar o passado simples em uso com expressões de tempo tais como:

You will often find the past simple used with time expressions such as these:

•Yesterday

•three weeks ago

•last year

•for a long time

•in the last century

•in the past


Here are some exercises about the past tense:


Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4