PAST INDEFINITE. ПРОШЕДШЕЕ НЕОПРЕДЕЛЕННОЕ ВРЕМЯ

Типичные ошибки:

Do they saw him yesterday? => Did they see him yesterday?

Did she be in London last month? => Was she in London last month?

Did she was in London last month? => Was she in London last month?

Did he has a test last Monday? => Did he have a test last Monday?

He didnt has a test last Monday. => He didn't have a test last Monday.

They didnt played chess yesterday. => They didn't play chess yesterday.

Past Indefinite употребляется для описания того, что происходило в прошлом.

В утвердительном предложении смысловой глагол употребляется во второй форме².

Не was in London last year.

He had five lessons yesterday.

He gave me the book two days ago.

Глагол be в Past Indefinite

Утверждение	Вопрос	Отрицание
I was here. Не was here. She was here. It was here. We were here. You were here. They were here.	Was I here?	I was not here. He was not here. She was not here. It was not here. We were not here. You were not here. They were not here.
	Was he here?
	Was she here?
	Was it here?
	Were we here?
	Were you here?
	Were they here?
was not = wasnt were not = werent

Глагол have³в Past Indefinite

Утверждение	Вопрос	Отрицание
I had lunch. He had lunch. She had lunch. It had lunch. We had lunch. You had lunch. They had lunch.	Did I have lunch? Did he have lunch? Did she have lunch? Did it have lunch? Did we have lunch? Did you have lunch? Did they have lunch?	I didnt have lunch. He didnt have lunch. She didnt have lunch. It didnt have lunch. We didnt have lunch. You didnt have lunch. They didnt have lunch.
did not = didnt

Смысловые глаголы в Past Indefinite

Утверждение	Вопрос	Отрицание
I worked.	Did I work?	I did not work. He did not work. She did not work. It did not work. We did not work. You did not work. They did not work.
He worked.	Did he work?
She worked.	Did she work?
It worked.	Did it work?
We worked.	Did we work?
You worked.	Did you work?
They worked.	Did they work?

В Past Indefinite часто употребляются следующие слова:

yesterday	I met my friend yesterday.
(two years) ago	She was a student two years ago.
last (Sunday)	We had a good time last Sunday.
in (1999)	They went to Italy in 1999.

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¹ Эта видовременная форма имеет и другое название: Simple Past.

² См. § 21.

³ Обратите внимание на то, что в настоящем времени возможны оба варианта:

У них пять уроков.

They have five lessons. = They have got five lessons.

У него пять уроков.

Не has five lessons. = He has got five lessons.

В прошедшем времени оборот have got/ has got не употребляется. Возможна только форма had.

У них было пять уроков.

They had five lessons.

У него было пять уроков.

Не had five lessons.