PASADO DEL VERBO “TO BE”• NO TIENE FORMAS CONTRACTAS O

REDUCIDAS PARA EL AFIRMATIVO.

• NO I’S COMO REDUCCION DE I WAS O

YOU´RE EN LUGAR DE YOU WERE.

PUEDES USAR CONTRACCIONES EN EL NEGATIVO, I WASN´T =I WAS NOT Y YOU

WEREN´T =YOU WERE NOT.

• “AM” E “IS” CAMBIA A “WAS”

• “ARE” CAMBIA A “WERE”

FORMA AFIRMATIVAI was at school

yo estaba en la escuela

He was my friend

el era mi amigo

She was in the car

ella estaba en el coche

It was a hot day

era un dia caluroso

We were lucky

tuvimos suerte

You were happy

estabas feliz

They were ours

eran nuestros

COMO HACER UNA ORACION NEGATIVA

• AL VERBO TO BE WAS / WERE SE AGREGA LA PARTICULA NOT

• WAS NOT = WASN’T• WERE NOT = WEREN’T

FORMA NEGATIVA

• I WASN´T AT SCHOOL• YO NO ESTABA EN LA ECUELA

HE WASN´T MY FRIEND

EL NO ERA MI AMIGO

SHE WASN´T IN THE CARELLA NO ESTABA EN EL COCHE

IT WASN´T A HOT DAYNO ERA UN DIA CALUROSO

WE WEREN´T SOCCER PLAYERS WHEN WE WERE AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNO ERAMOS FUTBOLISTAS CUANDO ESTABAMOS EN LA PRIMARIA

YOU WEREN´T HAPPY LAST FEBRUARY 14TH

(TU) NO ESTUVISTE FELIZ EL 14 DE FEBRERO PASADO

THEY WEREN´T IN CLASS LAST SUNDAY

(ELLAS) NO ESTUVIERON EN CLASES EL DOMINGO PASADO

FORMA INTERROGATIVAWAS I YOUR BEST FRIEND AT

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?¿ERA (YO) TU MEJOR AMIGO EN LA

ESCUELA PRIMARIA ?

YES, YOU WERESI, (TU) ERAS

WERE YOU AT SCHOOL LAST SATURDAY?

¿¿ESTABAN (USTEDES) EN LA ESCUELA EL SABADO PASADO?

WAS HE AT SCHOOL LAS WEEKEND?¿ESTABA EL EN LA ESCUELA EL PASADO FIN DE SEMANA?

NO, HE WASN’TNO, NO ESTABA.