単純過去は、 今より前に終了した行動 について述べるために使います。期間は重要ではありません。行動が起こった時は、最近でも、ずっと前でも使えます。
Frequency: often, sometimes, always
頻度: よく、時々、いつも
I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
I often played baseball.
A definite point in time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago
明確な時点: 先週、子供だったとき、6週間前
We saw a good film last week.
Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
She finished her work at seven o’clock
I went to the theatre last night
An indefinite point in time: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago
不確定な時点: 先頃、昔
People lived in caves a long time ago.
She played the piano when she was a child.
規則動詞:
通常の動詞は常に-edで終わります。
Play | Like | Live | Walk | |
---|---|---|---|---|
I | I played | I liked | I lived | I walked |
You | You played | You liked | You lived | You walked |
He/She/It | He played | She liked | It lived | He walked |
We | We played | We liked | We lived | We walked |
You (plural) | You played | You liked | You lived | You walked |
They | They played | They liked | They lived | They walked |
不規則動詞:
多くの不規則動詞があります。:'(
これらは最も一般的です。
動詞 | 単純過去 |
---|---|
Be | was |
Have | had |
Do | did |
Go | went |
Eat | ate |
Say | said |
See | saw |
否定動詞:
否定動詞の場合、通常は「didn’t」と不定形を使用します。
規則動詞 | 否定動詞 |
---|---|
Play | didn’t play |
Like | didn’t like |
Live | didn’t live |
Walk | didn’t walk |
不規則動詞 | 否定動詞 |
---|---|
Be | wasn’t |
Have | didn’t have |
Do | didn’t do |
Go | didn’t go |
Eat | didn’t eat |
Say | didn’t say |
See | didn’t see |