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Ex. 15. Translate into English




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PAST INDEFINITE

 

The Past Indefinite Tense of regular verbs is formed by adding -ed to the Infinitive: to work worked, to live lived, to rain rained

The irregular verbs have a special form of the Past Indefinite Tense: to go went, to begin began, to sit sat

The interrogative and negative forms are formed by means of the auxiliary verb did and the Infinitive of the notional verb without to:

Did you see the demonstration in Moscow yesterday?

He didnt take part in the meeting yesterday.

The past Indefinite is used:

1) to denote an action performed within a period of time which is already over. The time of the action is indicated by the adverbial of past time: ago, last year, yesterday, the other day, in 1995, etc. =a complete past action e.g. Last night my neighbours celebrated their wedding anniversary.

2) to denote repeated, habitual past actions or states. e.g. Every week he took his girl out. When I was a child I usually went to bed at 9.

When a habitual past action or state is in contrast with the present, the expression ― used to+Infinitive is used. e.g. He used to like comedies (but he doesnt now) We didnt use to go to concerts (but we do now).

The construction ― would+Infinitive is also used to describe repeated past actions (but not states). It is more common for written language and often occurs in reminiscences. e.g. On Sundays, when I was a child, we would get up early and go fishing.

3) to denote a succession of single past actions (events, facts) or states. e.g. He got out of bed, opened the window and lay down again.

4) to denote reported present-time actions (according to the rules of Sequence of Tenses). e.g. Kate said to me: ―Im a first-year student. (direct speech) Kate told me (that) she was a first-year student. (indirect/reported speech) Jane asked: ―Do you have dinner at home as a rule? Jane wondered if I had dinner at home as a rule.

5) to denote an action occupying a period of time in the past, when the fact that the action took place is more important than its duration. e.g. He lived in Minsk for 2 years and then moved to Moscow.

Exercises: THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE





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