Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PAST
- simple
- The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once
- positive form:
- i spoke
- negative form:
- I did not speak.
- interrogative form:
- Did I speak?
- see list of irregular verbs, 2nd column
- For regular verbs, just add “ed”.
- regular verbs finished in add-ed: bigain-began
- irregular verbs use the past form: love-loved
- continuous
- The past continuous puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past.
- positive form:
- I was speaking
- interrogative form:
- Was I speaking?
- negative form:
- I was not speaking.