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Present Simple vs Past Simple

The Present Simple Tense vs The Past Simple Tense


Il uso - Confronto tra Tempi

Si usa il presente semplice per fatti, routine e cose permanenti.

Si usa il passato semplice per azioni completate che sono avvenute in un momento specifico del passato.

  • The Present Simple:
  • FACT
  • FATTO
  • ROUTINE
  • ABITUDINI
  • NOW (state)
  • ATTUALMENTE (STATO)
  • PERMANENT
  • IMMUTEVOLE
  • The Past Simple:
  • ... in 2010
  • ... 2 years ago
  • ... last week/last year/yesterday

Grammatica - Presente Semplice

  • Be:
  • (Q. +) Am/Are/Is + SUBJ. ... ?
  • I + am
  • You/We/They + are
  • He/She/It + is
  • Verbs:
  • (Q. +) Do/Does + SUBJ. + INF. ... ?
  • I/You/We/They + INF.
  • He/She/It + INFINITIVE-s

Esempi - Be: Presente Semplice

Q.BES. SUBJ.BEANSWER
Whereareyou?➤ Iamat work.
Howishe?➤ HeisOK.

Esempi - Verbi: Presente Semplice

Q.AUX.S.INF. S.VERBANS.
Whatdoyouplay?➤ Iplayfootball.
Wheredoeshelive?➤ Helivesin Rome.

Grammatica - Passato Semplice

  • Be:
  • (Q. +) Was/Were + SUBJ. ... ?
  • I/He/She/It + was
  • You/We/They + were
  • Verbs:
  • (Q. +) Did + SUBJ + INF. ... ?
  • I/You/He/She/It /We/They + V2

Esempi - Be: Passato Semplice

Q.BES.... ANSWER
Wherewereyoulast week?➤ I was at work.
Howwasheyesterday?➤ He was OK.

Esempi - Verbi: Passato Semplice

QUESTION ANSWER
What did you play earlier?➤ I played golf.
What did he do yesterday?➤ He watched TV.
SIMBOLI/ABBREVIAZIONI
ANS.
  • RISPOSTE
AUX.
  • VERBO AUSILIARE
INF.
  • INFINITO
Q.
  • PRONOME INTERROGATIVO
S.
  • SOGGETTO
SUBJ.
  • SOGGETTO
V2
  • PASSATO SEMPLICE

Forme - Past Simple: Verbi Irregolari

Ecco un elenco di verbi irregolari (V2) al passato semplice:

INFINITIVEPAST VERB (V2)
bewas/were
becomebecame
beginbegun
betbet
blowblew
breakbroke
bringbrought
buildbuilt
buybought
catchcaught
choosechose
comecame
costcost
INFINITIVEPAST VERB (V2)
cutcut
dodid
drawdrew
drinkdrank
drivedrove
eatate
fallfell
feedfed
feelfelt
findfound
flyflew
forgetforgot
INFINITIVEPAST VERB (V2)
getgot
givegave
gowent
growgrew
havehad
hearheard
hidehid
hithit
holdheld
keepkept
knowknew
learnlearnt

⚠ Attenzione!

  • learned = American English
  • learnt = British English
INFINITIVEPAST VERB (V2)
leaveleft
lendlent
letlet
loselost
makemade
meetmet
paypaid
putput
readread ("red")
riderode
ringrang
runran

⚠ Attenzione!

  • The pronunciation of read is "red" in the past simple. It is the same pronunciation as the colour red.
  • read (PRONUNCIA): "red"
INFINITIVEPAST VERB (V2)
saysaid
seesaw
sellsold
sendsent
shakeshook
shootshot
singsang
sitsat
sleepslept
speakspoke
spellspelt
spendspent

⚠ Attenzione!

  • spelled = American English
  • spelt = British English
INFINITIVEPAST VERB (V2)
standstood
stealstole
swimswam
taketook
teachtaught
telltold
thinkthought
throwthrew
understandunderstood
wakewoke
wearwore
winwon
writewrote
SIMBOLI/ABBREVIAZIONI
=
  • UGUAGLIANZA
V2
  • PASSATO SEMPLICE

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Voci correlate

01) Present Simple: Forme verbali

02) Be al Past Simple: was/were

03) Past Simple: Verbi regolari

04) Past Simple: Verbi irregolari

05) Past Simple: Negativo

06) Past Simple: Domande aperte

07) Past Simple: Domande chiuse e risposte brevi

08) Past Simple: Verbi vs Be




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