Прошедшее неопределенное (простое) время

Past Indefinite (Simple) Tense

Обозначает:

Законченное действие в прошлом; действие которое происходило периодически или имело место в прошлом; прошлые привычки.

Yesterday; (a week, 2 days, … months) ago; last (Monday, year…); the day before yesterday

Глагол be в прошедшем времени

Утвердительная (повествовательная) форма

I You He She It We You They	was were was was was were were were	15 (years old) last year. in Great Britain 3 months ago. a good pupil at school. my first girlfriend. a very interesting film. happy. at home at 3 o’clock. at sea.

Общий вопрос

Was Were Was Was Was Were Were Were	I you he she it we you they	15 (years old) last year? in Great Britain 3 months ago? a good pupil at school? my first girlfriend? a very interesting film? happy? at home at 3 o’clock? at sea?

Краткий утвердительный ответ

Yes,	I he she it   we you they	was.     were.

Краткий отрицательный ответ

No,	I he she it   we you they	was     were	(wasn’t)     not.     (weren’t)

Специальные вопросы

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Прошедшее неопределенное (простое) время смысловых глаголов

1. Правильные глаголы (regular verbs) принимают окончание –ed, которые читаются как:

[d]после гласных и звонких согласных звуков	[t]после глухих согласных звуков	[id]после звуков [t] и [d]
played rained studied lived snowed	watched helped worked danced stopped	wanted started needed

2. Если глагол оканчивается на немую букву –e, то при прибавлении –ed она выпадает.

to live – lived

3. Глаголы, основа которых оканчивается на –y с предшествующей согласной, меняют y на i:

to study – studied

А если перед yстоит гласная, то y сохраняется:

to stay – stayed

4. Глаголы, оканчивающиеся на согласную с предшествующим кратким гласным звуком, удваивают конечную согласную:

to stop – stopped

5. Неправильные глаголы (irregular verbs) не изменяются по этому правилу. Форму прошедшего времени таких глаголов можно найти в таблице неправильных глаголов (Past form).

Go – went

See – saw

Утвердительная форма

I You He She It We You They	got up played had wanted snowed worked saw did	at 7 o’clock yesterday morning. tennis last Monday. dinner very late. to be a doctor many years ago. in Moscow last week. there with our friends. him five minutes ago. this work very well.

Общий вопрос

Did	I you he she it we you they	get up play have want snow work see do	at 7 o’clock yesterday morning? tennis last Monday? dinner very late? to be a doctor many years ago? in Moscow last week? there with our friends? him five minutes ago? this work very well?