Interrogativa e Negativa Simple Past

CORSO DI INGLESE BASE INTERMEDIATE

di Antonio Portaluri e Raffaele Nardella

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FORMA NEGATIVA E INTERROGATIVA DEL SIMPLE PAST TENSE

FORMA NEGATIVA

La frase negativa del Simple Past si forma aggiungendo didn't (forma contratta) o did not (forma estesa) davanti alla forma base del verbo.
Il verbo TO BE fa eccezione, infatti è necessario aggiungere n't (forma contratta) o not (forma estesa) dopo was o were.

Afferm	Negat contratta	Negat estesa
He had breakfast yesterday	He didn't have breakfast yesterday	He did not have breakfast yesterday
You drank my coffee	You didn't drink my coffee	You did not drink my coffee
She was at home last Sunday	She wasn't at home last Sunday	She was not at home last Sunday
They were alone	They weren't alone	They were not alone

FORMA INTERROGATIVA

Le frasi interrogative si formano con l'ausiliare did davanti al soggetto a cui segue la forma base del verbo.
Il verbo TO BE fa eccezione perché assume la posizione davanti al soggetto e non richiede l'uso dell'ausiliare did.

Afferm	Interrog
He had breakfast yesterday	Did he have breakfast yesterday?
You drank my coffee	Did you drink my coffee?
They were alone	Were they alone?
She was at home last Sunday	Was she at home last Sunday?

Le Wh- questions (domande con aggettivi o pronomi interrogativi quali What, Where, When ecc.) iniziano con il pronome interrogativo Wh- mentre l'ausiliare did va davanti al soggetto.

Afferm	Interrog	Wh- Questions
The team lost the match	Did the team lose the match?	Why did the team lose the match?
She lived in London	Did she live in London?	Where did she live?
He was in Rome last year	Was he in Rome last year?	When was he in Rome?
They were at home at 5.30	Were they at home at 5.30?	What time were they at home?

Fanno eccezione le domande che hanno la forma Wh come soggetto: in questo caso si usa il Simple Past del verbo, senza ausiliare, come nella costruzione di una frase affermativa.

Es: Who wrote the message? What happened yesterday? Which team won the match?

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