English for Beginners and Advanced

Travailler le prétérit simple/ Past simple

Le past simple sert à exprimer:

ACTIONS passées                    I watched a nice movie

Terminées                                 They went to Australia in 1998

Affirmation

I watched

you watched

he watched

she watched

it watched

we watched

you watched

they watched

Négation

I did not watch = I didn't watch

You didn't watch

He didn't watch

She didn't watch

It didn't watch

We didn't watch

you didn't watch

they didn't watch

• Sans le -ed il est déjà sur DID

Interrogation

Did I watch TV?

Did you watch a German movie?

Did he watch it?

Did she watch..?

Did it watch...?

Did we watch...?

Did you watch...?

Did they watch...?

Tous les verbes anglais utilisent l’auxiliaire Did, sauf TO BE, qui est autonome, il fonctionne seul (voir conjugaison)

To be au Past Simple

i was

You were

He was

She was

It was

we were

You were

They were

A la négation on ajoute not:

I was not = I wasn't

You were not = you weren't

etc...

A l'interrogation on place was ou were en 1er:

Was he here yesterday? (était-il ici hier?)

Were you there last week? (étais-tu là la semaine dernière?)

ATTENTION, tous les verbes anglais ne sont pas réguliers. Voici une liste des principaux irréguliers:

Irregular verbs

La conjugaison à la négation et à l'interrogation suit les mêmes règles

Sujet + didn't + verbe 

Dis + Sujet + Verbe?

Pour l'affirmation, il faut connaître l’irrégularité du verbe:

example: to speak devient SPOKE et non speaked

I spoke

You spoke

He spoke

She spoke

it spoke

We spoke

You spoke

They spoke