Emploi :
rupture avec le présent : action passée , révolue ,
Marqueur de
temps : two years
ago ; yesterday ; last year ; in those days ; When? ; How long
ago? ;
first, and then, later ( narration)
Auxiliaire : did
Conjugaison :
-
affirmatif : he played football yesterday
-
négatif : he didn’t play football yesterday
-
yes-no
question + short anwsers:
did he play football yesterday ? Yes, he did / No, he didn’t
-
wh- question : What did he do yesterday ?
Temps et
aspect : LE
PRETERIT EN BE + ING
Emploi :
ce que l’on était en train de faire à un moment précis du passé
Marqueur de temps : yesterday at 10 :00 ; when the
police arrived…. ;
Auxiliaire : be ( was ,
were )
Conjugaison :
-
affirmatif : they were fighting when the police arrived
-
négatif : they were not fighting when the police arrived
-
yes-no
question + short answers: Were
they fighting when the police arrived, yes, they were / No, they weren’t
-
wh- question : What were
they doing when the police arrived ?
Temps
et aspect :
LE PAST PERFECT ou PLUPERFECT
Emploi : action antérieure à une
action passée
Marqueur de temps : the day before ( discours rapporté) ; at the age of 20 ; by
the time he was 20 ; (already)
Auxiliaire : had
Conjugaison :
-
affirmatif : at the age of 20, he had arleady travelled aroud the world
-
négatif : at the age of 20, he had not arleady travelled aroud the world
-
yes-no question + short
answers: Had he already travelled aroud
the world at the age of 20 ? yes, he had/ No, he hadn’t
-
wh- question :
Where had he already travelled at the age of 20 ?