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Modais no passado
No passado, a obrigação é had to (Did you have to? didn't have to) e a habilidade é could (could not; na fala, couldn't). Must não tem passado: a obrigação passada é had to. I had to work yesterday. I could swim at five. She could not sleep.
- Yesterday I had to work. Ontem eu tive que trabalhar.
- When I was a child, I could swim. Quando eu era criança, eu sabia nadar.
- She could not sleep last night. Ela não conseguiu dormir ontem à noite.
- Ana: Did you have to pay? Lucas: No, I didn't have to. It was free. Ana: Você teve que pagar? Lucas: Não, não precisei. Era de graça.
Você já conta o passado com ed, com irregulares e com was e were. Faltam as obrigações e as habilidades de antes.
Tive que, obrigação no passado: had to. I had to work on Sunday. We had to take a taxi. Pergunta e negativa com did, como verbo comum: Did you have to pay? I didn't have to wake up early.
Must não tem forma de passado. Quando a regra era de antes, o inglês usa had to no lugar: I had to show my passport.
Sabia, conseguia, podia: could, o passado de can. I could swim at five. She could read at four. Não consegui: could not. I could not sleep last night. We could not find the hotel. Na fala, couldn't.
Could é modal, como can: sem to, sem s, sem did. She could not sleep, e não she didn't could sleep.
Palavras novas: early (cedo), child (criança; children no plural), to find (encontrar, achar), free (de graça, você já viu).