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English · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 34

What did you do yesterday? O que fizeste ontem?

Contar o que aconteceu: o passado simples. Vocabulário: yesterday, last night, last week, ago, go (went), eat (ate), see (saw), have (had), buy (bought), watch (watched), visit (visited). Gramática-chave: para uma ação terminada, usa o passado simples. Os verbos regulares acrescentam "-ed": watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked. Mas muitos verbos comuns são irregulares e têm de se aprender um a um: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came. Usa-o com yesterday, last week e "ago": "I watched a film last night." O coreano forma o passado com uma mesma terminação regular em todos os verbos, por isso os estudantes coreanos acrescentam "-ed" também aos irregulares: "Yesterday I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "went", "ate" ✓. Canto da pronúncia: os três sons de "-ed" (walked, played, wanted).

goed or went? — goed ou went?

  1. Emma Minsu, what did you do yesterday? Minsu, o que fizeste ontem?
  2. Minsu I goed home early and eated dinner with my family. Eu goed para casa cedo e eated o jantar com a minha família. (deslize: go e eat são verbos irregulares — o passado é "went" e "ate", sem "-ed")
  3. Emma Those verbs are irregular: go → went, eat → ate. No "-ed". Esses verbos são irregulares: go → went, eat → ate. Sem "-ed".
  4. Minsu Ah, I went home early and ate dinner with my family. Ah, fui para casa cedo e jantei com a minha família.
  5. Emma Perfect! Regular verbs are easy — "watched", "visited" — but irregulars need practice. Perfeito! Os verbos regulares são fáceis — "watched", "visited" — mas os irregulares precisam de prática.
  6. Minsu I'll learn them! Yesterday I saw you, and I had a great day. Vou aprendê-los! Ontem vi-te e tive um ótimo dia.

Emma's weekend — O fim de semana de Emma

  1. Minsu Emma, what did you do last weekend? Emma, o que fizeste no fim de semana passado?
  2. Emma On Saturday I visited my sister and we cooked lunch together. No sábado visitei a minha irmã e cozinhámos o almoço juntas.
  3. Minsu That sounds nice. Did you go out in the evening? Parece bom. Saíste à noite?
  4. Emma Yes, we saw a film and had dinner in town. I didn't get home until midnight! Sim, vimos um filme e jantámos na cidade. Só cheguei a casa à meia-noite!
  5. Minsu Wow, a busy weekend! Last week I just studied and slept. Uau, um fim de semana ocupado! A semana passada só estudei e dormi.
  6. Emma Rest is important too! Next weekend, come with us. Descansar também é importante! No próximo fim de semana vem connosco.
汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
yesterday adv. ontem
last night phr. ontem à noite
last week phr. a semana passada
ago adv. há (tempo)
go (went) v. ir (went)
eat (ate) v. comer (ate)
see (saw) v. ver (saw)
have (had) v. ter, tomar (had)
buy (bought) v. comprar (bought)
watch (watched) v. ver, assistir (watched)
visit (visited) v. visitar (visited)

The past simple: -ed and irregular verbs O passado simples: -ed e verbos irregulares

To talk about a finished action in the past, use the past simple. Most verbs are regular: just add "-ed" — watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked, play → played. (Spelling: like → liked; study → studied.) But many of the most common verbs are IRREGULAR — each has its own past form you must memorise: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came, get → got, take → took. Use the past with time words like yesterday, last night, last week, and "two days ago": "I saw a film last night." To ask or say no, use "did / didn't" with the plain verb: "Did you go?" "I didn't go." Korean makes the past with one regular ending on every verb, so learners add "-ed" to irregular verbs too: "I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "I went home and ate dinner" ✓.

Para falar de uma ação terminada no passado, usa o passado simples. A maioria dos verbos é regular: basta juntar "-ed" — watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked, play → played. (Ortografia: like → liked; study → studied.) Mas muitos dos verbos mais comuns são IRREGULARES — cada um tem a sua forma de passado que tens de memorizar: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came, get → got, take → took. Usa o passado com palavras de tempo como yesterday, last night, last week e "two days ago": "I saw a film last night." Para perguntar ou negar, usa "did / didn't" com o verbo simples: "Did you go?" "I didn't go." O coreano forma o passado com uma mesma terminação regular em todos os verbos, por isso os estudantes acrescentam "-ed" também aos irregulares: "I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "I went home and ate dinner" ✓.

  • Yesterday I watched a film and cooked dinner. Ontem vi um filme e cozinhei o jantar.
  • Last week we went to London and saw a show. A semana passada fomos a Londres e vimos um espetáculo.
  • I bought bread and had a coffee this morning. Esta manhã comprei pão e tomei um café.
  • Did you visit your family last weekend? — Yes, I did. Visitaste a tua família no fim de semana passado? — Sim.

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