| 8.2.6 Negazione nel simple past |
La negazione nel simple past funziona come spiegato nel capitolo negazone. Abbiamo anche già detto che con i verbi to be e to have non si ha bisogno del verbo to do per la negazione.
| esempi | ||
| In 1980 I went to school. |
In 1980 I did not go to school. |
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| He
bought a
bike last month. |
He did not buy a bike last month. |
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| The
school was
red still yesterday. |
The school was not red still yesterday. |
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| He played the piano. |
He did not play the piano. |
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| Yesterday she gave him a present. | Yesterday she did not give him a present. |
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| It was dark and cold, when he came out of the house. | It was not dark and cold, when he did not come out of the house. |
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| I read a book the day before yesterday. | I did not read a book the day before yesterday. |
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| They saw the light at the end of the tunnel last year. | They did not see the light at the end of the tunnel last year. |
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| esempio | ||
| Modal verb => Perifrasi nel passato | ||
| can => was able to |
In 1980 I was not able to go to school. |
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shall => was to |
He was not to buy a bike (he did it anyway). |
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| must => had to | Yesterday she did not have to give him a present. |
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| to may => was allowed to |
They were not allowed to cross the border. |
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| to will => wanted to | I didn't want to do it all over again. |
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