Lesson 10. Past Tense

Grammaire

Past Tense of Verbs

'The past tense' des verbes, également appelé 'the simple past tense', décrit une action, un événement ou un état émotionnel qui s'est produit dans le passé. La plupart des verbes forment 'the past tense' en ajoutant le suffixe ed à la fin d'un verbe. Par exemple 'the past tense' de walk est walked.

Exemples

Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense

De nombreux verbes très courants en anglais ont un 'past tense' irrégulier. Cette leçon aborde quelques-uns de ces verbes irréguliers très courants. La prochaine leçon abordera également d'autres verbes irréguliers.

To Be

Le verbe be est le plus irrégulier en anglais. Il a deux formes du 'past tense'. Le tableau suivant montre le passé pour le verbe be.

Exemples

Autres verbes irréguliers

Le tableau suivant montre des verbes très courants irréguliers dans 'the past tense'. Leçon 11 couvrira des verbes encore plus irréguliers.

Exemples

They went to the store last week.	Ils sont allés au magasin la semaine dernière.
He thought about it.	Il y réfléchit.
I slept all night.	J'ai dormi toute la nuit.
We did the work.	Nous avons fait le travail.
They found it.	Ils l'ont trouvé.
She found the book.	Elle a trouvé le livre.
I did the dishes.	J'ai fait la vaisselle.
They slept on the floor.	Ils ont dormi par terre.

Questions and Negative Statements with the Past Tense

Pour les questions et les relevés négatifs, 'the past tense' du verbe assistant do est utilisé avec le verbe, similaire à la manière dont do est utilisé comme verbe assistant lors de la poser des questions ou de la fabrication déclarations négatives au 'present tense'.

Note: Did not est souvent raccourci à didn't.

Exemples

Did they go to the store?	Sont-ils allés au magasin?
They did not go to the store.	Ils ne sont pas allés au magasin.
They didn't go to the store.	Ils ne sont pas allés au magasin.
Did you sleep all night?	Avez-vous dormi toute la nuit?
I did not sleep all night.	Je n'ai pas dormi de la nuit.
Did she find the book?	A-t-elle trouvé le livre?
She did not find the book.	Elle n'a pas trouvé le livre.
Did you buy it?	Est-ce que tu l'as acheté?
We did not buy it.	Nous ne l'avons pas acheté.
They did not do it.	Ils ne l'ont pas fait.

Un très petit nombre de verbes, tels que be, n'utilisez pas de verbe d'assistance lors de la question ou de faire une déclaration négative. Les exemples suivants montrent comment poser des questions et faire des déclarations négatives avec le verbe be.

Were you tired?	Tu étais fatigué?
I was not tired.	Je n'étais pas fatigué.
I wasn't tired.	Je n'étais pas fatigué.
Was the house for sale?	La maison était-elle à vendre?
The house was not for sale.	La maison n'était pas à vendre.
The house wasn't for sale.	La maison n'était pas à vendre.
Were the dishes clean?	La vaisselle était-elle propre ?
The dishes were not clean.	La vaisselle n'était pas propre.
The dishes weren't clean.	La vaisselle n'était pas propre.

Practice

Changez chaque phrase afin qu'elle utilise le passé.

Exemple - Question: I do the work. Réponse: I did the work.

I want to go to the store.		I wanted to go to the store.
The boy is sad.		The boy was sad.
She doesn't want a coffee.		She didn't want a coffee.
Do you have a pen?		Did you have a pen?
They walk to the park.		They walked to the park.

Vérifier

Lire l’anglais

Vocabulaire anglais

Chapter 2: Granville Island

Ana and Alejandro have been exploring Granville Island, a shopping district that contains a public market, marina, restaurants, theaters and small shops.

As they are walking along the waterfront, Alejandro sees an ice cream shop. “Hey Ana, let’s get some ice cream,” he says.

“That’s a good idea,” she agrees.

They walk into the shop and look at the different types of ice cream on display.

“What kind of ice cream cone are you going to get?” Ana asks her brother.

“I think I’ll get a chocolate cone. How about you?”

“They all look good, but I’m going to get the caramel swirl.”

“Hello,” the lady behind the counter says. “Have you decided what you would like?”

“I’ll have a caramel swirl ice cream cone,” Ana says.

“And I’ll have a chocolate one,” Alejandro adds.

The lady prepares the ice cream cones and hands them to Ana and Alejandro. “That’ll be six dollars,” she says.

They pay the lady and then walk back outside. There are a few small tables in front of the store, but they decide to keep walking. Soon they come to a large open area with several large benches.

“Let’s sit here,” Ana says.

They sit down on one of the benches and watch all the people walking by. In front of them is a small inlet glistening in the sun, and beyond that is Downtown Vancouver. Several people are kayaking on the water. A small pedestrian ferry is slowly approaching.

They sit quietly in the warm sun for a while, eating their ice cream cones. When Alejandro finishes his cone, he says “This is so relaxing. I could sit here all day.”

“It’s a beautiful view of the city from here. I wish I was in one of those sailboats though, slowly sailing away.”

“That would be nice!”

“Let’s go to the market and get some vegetables for tonight’s dinner,” Ana says after a few minutes.

They get up and walk into the market. Inside, the smell of fresh bread and coffee fills the air. People are talking, laughing, and calling out orders. They wander around the crowded market for a while, looking at all the things for sale. Eventually they find a produce vendor.

“What do we need to get?” Alejandro asks.

“We need some carrots, red peppers, onions, strawberries, and blueberries.”

They collect the items and bring them up to the cashier.

“Hello,” says the man at the cash register. “Did you find everything you need?”

“Yes. I think we have everything we need,” Ana replies.

“That’ll be $24.45.”

Ana pays the man and Alejandro picks up the bag with the food in it.

“Thank you,” Ana says as the man hands her the change, “Have a nice day.”

“You, too.”

Ana and Alejandro walk out of the market into the bright, sunny day and head home.