Read the following text:
“According to the Cambridge Dictionary, 'the simple past tense is used to describe an action that happened before the present time and is no longer happening.' ”
Source: CAMBRIDGE Dictionaries Online. The Past Time. Available at: Accessed on 26 Jan. 2024.
After reading the text below about simple past and text available on English VIII, Lesson 1, Theme 2, read the following sentences. Check (x) the alternative that shows a sentence in the simple past tense:
A)Tom is my brother.
B)I work from 9am to 5pm.
C)Are you going downtown?
D)Can you help me?
E)She came to work by bus.
Ed
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Vamos analisar as alternativas para identificar a frase no simple past tense (passado simples): A) "Tom is my brother." — verbo "is" está no presente. B) "I work from 9am to 5pm." — verbo "work" está no presente. C) "Are you going downtown?" — verbo "are" está no presente contínuo. D) "Can you help me?" — verbo modal "can" no presente. E) "She came to work by bus." — verbo "came" é passado do verbo "come", ou seja, está no simple past. Portanto, a alternativa correta é: E) She came to work by bus.
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