Прошедшее время — Past Tenses

Прошедшее время в английском языке выражается с помощью че- тырех времен: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, по сути, являясь «зеркалом» настоящего.

В зависимости от типа глагола Past Simple образуется при помощи добавления к глаголу окончания -ed (правильные глаголы). Непра- вильные глаголы имеют свои особые формы, которые нужно запом- нить (см. таблицу неправильных глаголов):

 

	Утверждение	Общий вопрос	Отрицание
I	Cried	Did I cry?	I didn’t cry
You	Cried	Did you cry?	You didn’t cry
He/she/it	Cried	Did she cry?	She didn’t cry
We	Cried	Did we cry?	We didn’t cry
You	Cried	Did you cry?	You didn’t cry
They	Cried	Did they cry?	They didn’t cry

 

Для образования Past Continuous необходим глагол to be в Past Sim- ple и Participle I:

 

	Утверждение	Общий вопрос	Отрицание
I	Was crying	Was I crying?	I wasn’t crying
You	Were crying	Were you crying?	You weren’t crying
He/she/it	Was crying	Was he crying?	He wasn’t crying

 

 

We	Were crying	Were we crying?	We weren’t crying
You	Were crying	Were you crying?	You weren’t crying
They	Were crying	Were they crying?	They weren’t crying

 

Для образования Past Perfect нужен вспомогательный глагол have в прошедшем времени и Participle II:

 

 

	Утверждение	Общий вопрос	Отрицание
I	Had done	Had I done?	I hadn’t done
You	Had done	Had you done?	You hadn’t done
He/she/it	Had done	Had she done?	She hadn’t done
We	Had done	Had we done?	We hadn’t done
You	Had done	Had you done?	You hadn’t done
They	Had done	Had they done?	They hadn’t done

 

Для образования Past Perfect Continuous нужен вспомогательный гла- гол to be в форме Past Perfect и Participle I:

 

 

	Утверждение	Общий вопрос	Отрицание
I	Had been doing	Had I been doing?	I hadn’t been doing
You	Had been doing	Had you been doing?	You hadn’t been doing
He/she/it	Had been doing	Had she been doing?	She hadn’t been doing

 

 

We	Had been doing	Had we been doing?	We hadn’t been doing
You	Had been doing	Had you been doing?	You hadn’t been doing
They	Had been doing	Had they been doing?	They hadn’t been doing

 

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