Sunday, October 24, 2010

Simple past use

USE 1 - Azione conclusa nel passato









Usa il Simple Past per parlare di un'azione iniziata e finita nel passato in un determinato momento.


Esempi:
  • I saw a movie yesterday.
  • I didn't see a play yesterday.
  • Last year, I went to Japan.
  • Last year, I didn't go to Korea.
  • Did you have dinner last night?
  • She washed her car.
  • He didn't wash her car.



USE 2 - Serie di azioni concluse






Usa il Simple Past per parlare di una lista di azioni accadute nel passato in successione.


Esempi:
  • I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
  • He arrived from the airport at 8:00, went to the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
  • Did you take the milk, and then add the sugar?


 

USE 3 - Azioni di varia durata accadute nel passato




Il Simple past può essere usato per parlare di un'azione di una certa durata che è iniziata e finita nel passato.

In questo caso si possono usare espressioni come for two years (per due anni), for five minutes (per 5 minuti), all day (per tutto il giorno), all year (per tutto l'anno), etc.



Esempi:
  • I lived in Brazil for two years.
  • Shauna studied Japanese for five years.
  • They sat at the beach all day.
  • They did not stay at the party the entire time.
  • We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
  • A: How long did you wait for them?
    B: We waited for one hour.

 

USE 4 - Abitudini nel passato




ll Simple Past può essere usato anche per descrivere abitudini che si avevano in passato.

In questo caso si possono usare espressioni come always (sempre), often (spesso), usually (di solito), never (mai), when I was a child (quando ero piccolo/a), when I was younger (quando ero più giovane), etc.



Esempi:
  • I studied French when I was a child.
  • He played the violin.
  • He didn't play the piano.
  • Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid?
  • She worked at the movie theater after school.
  • They never went to school, they always skipped class.




USE 5 - Fatti accaduti nel passato o generalizzazioni



Il Simple Past può essere usato anche per descrivere eventi accaduti nel passato o cose in genere sempre vere nel passato, che non sono più così adesso nel presente.



Esempi:
  • She was funny when she was a child, but now she is very seroius.
  • He didn't like tomatoes before.
  • Did you live in Texas when you were young?
  • People paid much more to make cell phone calls in the past.





(did you find all the errors in sentences of the pictures?)




3 comments:

  1. They are so small that for a moment I had not even seen! . It seems there was only one

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  2. They are so small that for a moment I had not even seen! . It seems there was only one

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  3. What are the two cute cats! Very hungry squirrel! ihihi:)!

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