Grammaire: Le prétérit simple

Grammaire: Groupe verbal

Le prétérit simple

Le prétérit simple ou prétérit en anglais est un temps du passé. Le prétérit sert à raconter une succession de faits et est souvent repéré par des marqueurs temporels (yesterday, in 2019...)

Raconter un fait terminé, séparé du présent

Décrire une succession d'évènements

• This morning I baked a cake, I listened to music and I slept for 2 hours.
• Yesterday, I went to school, I visited my friend and I bought a car.

• Yesterday I discovered a treasure in the garden
• In 2019, I was 10 years old
• In July, I went to England

Interrogation

Négation

• Mot interrogatif + Did + Sujet + Base Verbale
• Was/Were + Sujet + ...
• Did + Sujet + Base Verbale

Affirmation

• Did + not + Base Verbale
• Was/Were + not + ....

• Verbe régulier: Base Verbale + '-ed'
• Verbe irrégulier

You didn't buy bananas I met a girl this morning. She wasn't very tall

What did you buy yesterday ? Were you there ? Did she go to the shopping centre ?

As soon as, I arrived at home, I drank water, I was thirsty.