Volume 2

grammar Il past simple di (to) be Il past simple esprime un azione avvenuta in un momento passato ormai concluso. In italiano corrisponde al passato prossimo, all imperfetto o al passato remoto. Di solito è accompagnato da espressioni di tempo quali yesterday, last week/month/year. Esamina il past simple di (to) be: forma affermativa forma negativa was were was were were were I you he/she/it we you they wasn t (was not) weren t (were not) wasn t (was not) weren t (were not) weren t (were not) weren t (were not) I you he/she/it we you they La forma negativa contratta di (to) be al past simple è wasn t/weren t, la forma negativa non contratta è was not/were not: You weren t (were not) at school yesterday. It wasn t (was not) a holiday. La forma interrogativa richiede l inversione del soggetto: Were you in your office yesterday? Was he here last week? 7 Osserva le immagini e scrivi la professione dei celebri personaggi, scegliendola tra quelle date, come nell esempio: 1 4 * William Shakespeare 2 Valentina Tereskova 5 Charles Darwin * Charles Darwin was a scientist. 1. ....................................................................................................................... 2. ....................................................................................................................... 3. ....................................................................................................................... 4. ....................................................................................................................... 5. ....................................................................................................................... 6. ....................................................................................................................... director tist scien r dance astron comic actor aut Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Alfred Hitchcock 6 3 phys icist writer Albert Einstein Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers YESTERDAY AND TODAY 37