El tiempo pasado del verbo To be

I was & You were

Was y Were corresponden al tiempo pasado del verbo to be.

Recordemos que el verbo TO BE en tiempo presente tiene tres formas posibles:

AM - IS - ARE

Como vemos en tiempo pasado el verbo To Be se reduce solo a DOS formas posibles, was y were. Cada una de ellas se usa con un sujeto (I, you, he, etc) determinado segun veremos a continuación.

Was & Were: Preguntas, afirmaciones y negaciones

Positive

I	was
he
she
it
you	were
we
they

Ejemplos

Last year Taylor was 20, so she is 21 now

(El año pasado Taylor tenia 20, asi que tiene 21 ahora)

Yesterday morning, we were at John's office.

(Ayer en la mañana estabamos en la oficina de John)

Negative

I	was not (wasn't)
he
she
it
you	were not (weren't)
we
they

Ejemplos

Tommy wasn't watching TV.

(Tommy no estaba viendo TV)

They weren't at home last night.

(Ellos no estaban en casa anoche)

Question

was	I?
	he?
	she?
	it?
were	we?
	you?
	they?

Ejemplos

Where was Ann yesterday afternoon?

(¿Dónde estaba Ann ayer en la tarde?)

Weren't you at Martin's party last week?

(¿No estabas tú en la fiesta de Martin la semana pasada?)

Para responder a las preguntas de forma breve lo haremos usando las contracciones:

Were they at home last night? Yes, they were / No, they weren't
Was she your teacher last year? Yes, she was / No, she wasn't

Expresiones de tiempo más usadas con was y were

Last night	anoche	Last year	El año pasado
Yesterday	ayer	Last week	La semana pasada
Last Sunday	El domingo pasado	Last month	El mes pasado
An hour ago	Hace una hora	A week ago	Hace una semana

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