PASADO
VERBO TO BE
El pasado simple del verbo "To be" (ser o
estar) se forma cambiando las
formas "am" e "is" por "was" y la
forma "are" por "were".
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were
Afirmativa:
I was: yo era o yo estaba.
You were: tú eras o tú estabas.
He was: él era o él estaba.
She was: ella era o ella estaba.
It was: eso era o eso estaba.
We were: nosotros eramos o nosotros estábamos.
You were: USTEDES eran o ustedes estaban
They were: ellos eran o ellos estaban.
Negativa:
I was not: yo no era o yo no estaba.
You were not: tú no eras o tú no estabas.
He was not: él no era o él no estaba.
She was not: ella no era o ella no estaba.
It was not: eso no era o eso no estaba.
We were not: nosotros no eramos o nosotros no
estábamos.
You were not: ustedes no eran o ustedes no estaban
They were not: ellos no eran o ellos no estaban.
I nterrogativa:
Was I?: ¿era yo? o ¿estaba yo?
Were you?: ¿eras tú? o ¿estabas tú?
Was he?: ¿era él? o ¿estaba él?
Was she?: ¿era ella? o ¿estaba ella?
Was it?: ¿era eso? o ¿estaba eso?
Were we?: ¿eramos nosotros? o ¿estabamos
nosotros?
Were you?: ¿eran ustedes? o ¿estaban ustedes?
Were they?: ¿eran ellos? o ¿estaban ellos?
EXERCICES
I was sleepy Estaba adormilado
She was wrong Estaba equivocada
We were happy Éramos felices
They were teachers Eran profesores
I wasn´t married No estaba casada
It was not windy No hacía viento
We were not young No éramos jóvenes
You weren´t our lawyers No éran nuestros abogados
Was I late? ¿Llegaba tarde?
Weren´t you 18 years old? ¿No tenías 18 años?
Why wasn´t she here? ¿Por qué no estaba aquí?
Were they not afraid? ¿No tenían miedo?