2. Escreva as frases no passado: a)John works in an office. John worked in an office. b)I study in the morning. __ c)I wash my face in the morning. __ d)We play.football in the afternoon. __ e)They live on a farm. __ f) The girls clean the house. __ g)The boys plant many trees. __ h)I start my work at 8. __

## Step 1<br />The task is to convert the given sentences from the present tense to the past tense. In English, the past tense is typically formed by adding "-ed" to the base form of the verb. However, there are also irregular verbs that do not follow this rule and have their own unique past tense forms.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />For sentence a) "John works in an office", the verb "works" is in the present tense. To convert it to the past tense, we add "-ed" to the base form of the verb, resulting in "worked".<br /><br />## Step 3<br />For sentence b) "I study in the morning", the verb "study" is in the present tense. To convert it to the past tense, we add "-ed" to the base form of the verb, resulting in "studied".<br /><br />## Step 4<br />For sentence c) "I wash my face in the morning", the verb "wash" is in the present tense. To convert it to the past tense, we add "-ed" to the base form of the verb, resulting in "washed".<br /><br />## Step 5<br />For sentence d) "We play football in the afternoon", the verb "play" is in the present tense. To convert it to the past tense, we add "-ed" to the base form of the verb, resulting in "played".<br /><br />## Step 6<br />For sentence e) "They live on a farm", the verb "live" is in the present tense. To convert it to the past tense, we add "-ed" to the base form of the verb, resulting in "lived".<br /><br />## Step 7<br />For sentence f) "The girls clean the house", the verb "clean" is in the present tense. To convert it to the past tense, we add "-ed" to the base form of the verb, resulting in "cleaned".<br /><br />## Step 8<br />For sentence g) "The boys plant many trees", the verb "plant" is in the present tense. To convert it to the past tense, we add "-ed" to the base form of the verb, resulting in "planted".<br /><br />## Step 9<br />For sentence h) "I start my work at 8", the verb "start" is in the present tense. To convert it to the past tense, we add "-ed" to the base form of the verb, resulting in "started".