Trecutul Simplu/ The Simple Past Tense

Cum se formeaza
Acest timp desemneaza o actiune care a avut loc in trecut, dar care este amintita in
momentul prezent.
a) VERB+ed --> pentru verbele regulate.
b) forma a 2-a a verbelor neregulate --> pentru verbele neregulate.
Observatii:
1) consoana finala a formei de infinitive se dubleaza cand vocala care o precede
este scurta si accentuate:
stop -> stopped
prefer -> preferred
2) verbele terminate in y precedat de consoana il schimba in i:
study -> studied
3) verbele terminate in e adauga doar d:
move -> moved
Cand se foloseste & Exemple

1. actiunea e in trecut; timpul e definit cu exactitate (last week, last month, last
year, that day, that week, that year, in 1990, on Thursday, 10 years ago)

I visited London 10 years ago.

(Am vizitat Londra acum 10 ani.)

2. pentru o actiune care era o obistuinta in trecut (acum nu mai e)

We went to the Black See every year.

(acum nu mai mergem in fiecare an la Marea Neagra)

(Am mers la Marea Neagra in fiecare an. /Obisnuiam sa mergem la Marea Neagra in fiecare
an)
3. in fraze ce implica utilizarea lui "Present Conditional (Unreal)"

Where would you stay if you went to Bucharest?

(Unde ai sta daca ai merge la Bucuresti?)
Tom would help me with my homework if he had time.
(Tom m-ar ajuta cu temele daca ar avea timp.)

4. in fraze ce implica utilizarea lui "Future-in-the-Past" (cand actiunile viitoare fata de

actiunea trecuta sunt simultane)

He promised me that we would go to Italy when he had time.

(when arata simultaneitatea)
(Mi-a promis ca vom merge in Italia cand va avea timp.)

Trecutul (Simplu) Continuu

(The Past Tense Continuous)
Cum se formeaza

was/were + present participle

Cand se foloseste & Exemple

1. pentru a exprima o actiune in progres la un anumit moment din trecut

I remember that yesterday at 5 Pm I was watching TV.
(Imi amintesc ca ieri la ora 5 pm, ma uitam la Tv.)

2. pentru a arata ca o actiune trecuta a fost intrerupta de o alta

I was playing a computer game when she called.
(Ma jucam pe calculator cand ea a sunat.)
While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.
(In timp ce eram la picnic, a inceput sa ploua.)

3. folosind "Past Continuous Tense" pentru actiuni trecute sublinieaza ideea de

paralelism, simultaneitate (se cunoaste timpul)
Last evening at 5 Pm, I was studying while he was making dinner.
(Seara trecuta, la ora 5 pm, eu invatam in timp ce el pregatea cina.)

4. pentru a exprima iritarea vis-a-vis de actiuni care se repetau in trecut

He was constantly/ always coming late to the English class.
(Intotdeauna venea tarziu la ora de engleza.)

5. pentru a exprima conditionalul prezent ireal continuu

What would you say if the boy were studying now ?

(Discutie intre parinti cand se pregatesc sa intre in camera copiilor. Ei nu se asteapta ca

baiatul lor sa invete acum.)
(Ce ai spune daca baiatul ar invata acum?)

Trecutul Perfect
(The Past Perfect Tense)

Cum se formeaza

had + past participle

Cand se foloseste & Exemple

1. exprima o actiune anterioara altei actiuni din trecut sau anterioara unui moment din trecut

The little boy said that he had seen a flying saucer in the garden.
(Baietelul a spus ca vazuse o farfurie zburatoare in gradina.)

The little spoke as if he had seen a flying saucer.

(Micutul a vorbit ca si cum vazuse o farfurie zburatoare.)

2. in constructiile care folosesc Conditional in Trecut (Ireal)

Tom would have helped me with my homework if

he had had time.
(situatie ipotetica in trecut)
(Tom m-ar fi ajutat cu temele daca ar fi avut timp.)

3. pot exprima o dorinta nerealizata

I wish I hadn't missed the buss.

(Imi doresc sa nu fi pierdut autobuzul.)

I wished I hadn't missed the buss.

(Mi-as fi dorit sa nu fi pierdut autobuzul.)

4. exprima o actiune anterioara unei actiuni a carui timp e "Future-in-the-Past"

Tom said that he would go to England after he had learned English

a little bit.
(Tom a spus ca va merge in Anglia, dupa ce va invata putina engleza.)

Trecutul Perfect Continuu

(The Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

Cum se formeaza

had been + present participle

Cand se foloseste & Exemple

1. exprima o actiune continua inainte unei actiuni situate in trecut

They had been talking for over two hours before Tom arrived.
(Ei vorbeau de peste doua ore, cand Tom a ajuns.)

Aceeasi situatie poate fi prezenta si in vorbirea indirecta:

John said that he had been watching TV at 9 o'clock.

(John a spus ca se uitase la TV la ora 9. )