Help me please c’est en anglais

Bonsoir!

1. I was wathcing television when Jane knocked at the door.

2. He went to Australia last year, then he took the boat to New Zealand.

3. I can tell you they were smoking when the manager came in the office.

4. Yesterday, Annie visited Los Angeles. She liked this city a lot.

5. Mr Agee killed Mr De Vries while he was looking for help.

A- I was doing my homework when Peter arrived.

B- When we went to the disco, we saw a car accident.

C- When they were sleeping, they heard a big noise.

D- Last week I bought a new car.

E- Sarah was doing her homework when you arrived.

F- What did you do last summer?

G- Peter didn't go to school because he was too tired.

Explications:

Le prétérit est utilisé pour parler d'une action passée et terminée.

-Quand c'est une phrase affirmative, on ajoute "ed" à la fin du verbe (sauf pour les verbes irréguliers):

ex: knock -> knocked

look -> looked

buy -> bought (verbe irrégulier)

-Quand c'est une phrase interrogative, on utilise l'auxiliaire "did" et on fait:

Did + sujet + verbe

ex: Did she eat?

-Quand c'est une phrase négative, on utilise "didn't" (contraction de "did not") et on fait:

sujet + didn't + verbe

ex:

She didn't know

(On utilise pas "didn't" pour le verbe "be" puisque "be" peut se mettre sous sa forma négative: wasn't ou weren't)

-Quand au prétérit be + ing, il décrit action qui est en cours/pas finie dans le passé souvent interrompue par une action ou un évènement. On fait:

be (au prétérit) + verbe + ing

ex: You were sleeping when I arrived.

She was eating when you came.

-Pour une question, on inverse le sujet et l'auxiliaire "be".

ex: Were you sleeping when the phone rang ?

-Dans une phrase négative, on met l'auxiliaire "be" sous sa forme négative.

ex: I wasn't sleeping when the phone rang.

Voilà j'espère que ça t'aidera :)