Verb To Be - Past tense

Para empezar, veamos el siguiente vídeo del maestro Alejo Lopera para adquirir una noción del tema que esta vez nos ocupa.

Como recordarás, una de las primeras lecciones que tuvimos en este curso fue la del Verb To Be (am, is, are), que en español lo podemos entender como ser o estar. Ahora nos toca ver el Verb To Be en tiempo pasado, sus dos formas son: singular (was) y plural (were).

Affirmative

I was happy.
You were very good.
He was the best friend.
She was late for work.
It was a sunny day.
We were at home.
You were on holiday.
They were happy with the result.

Negative
El negativo de To Be se puede hacer agregando not después del verbo (was o were).

I was not tired this morning.
You were not crazy.
He was not in the bathroom.
They were not in Mexico City.
We were not invited.

En la forma negativa puedes hacer contracciones, al unir el verbo To Be en pasado (was o were) y n’t (p.e. were not = weren´t). Ejemplos:

She was not famous = she wasn’t famous.
They were not friends = they weren’t friends.
I was not angry = I wasn’t angry.

Interrogative
El verbo To Be va antes del sujeto. 

Was your dog hungry?
Were you happy?
Was it a big house?

En inglés hablado, generalmente damos respuestas breves a las preguntas. Ejemplo.
Was he from Japan? Yes, he was (from Japan). 

Was your sister sick last month? 
Short answer: Yes, she was or No, she was not = No, she wasn’t.

En el siguiente cuadro podrás apreciar de forma estructurada las formas vistas anteriormente del Verbo To Be en pasado. 


Fuente: Carrasco (2016)

Sencillo ¿Verdad? Bueno, te invitamos a manera de repaso echarle un ojo al siguiente video, el cual aborda lo visto en esta lección. Seguro te servirá.





Fuentes:

Alejo Lopera Inglés. (2015. Mayo 19).El verbo to be en tiempo pasado WAS - WERE / Alejo Lopera (Archivo de video). Recuperado de https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtQxAcawmtg&feature=emb_title

Carrasco, R. (31 de marzo de 2016). Past Tense - The verb to BE. Easy English Grammar. https://profesorenecarrasco.blogspot.com/2016/03/past-tense-verb-to-be.html

Cordero, A. y  Lezama L. (2015). Lengua Adicional al Español II. https://www.dgb.sep.gob.mx/servicios-educativos/telebachillerato/LIBROS/2-semestre-2016/Lengua-Adicional-al-Espanol-II.pdf

Ingles Fácil - ALEMA. (2018. Junio 28). Como Usar Was y Were o Pasado del Verbo To Be - Oraciones Negativas Interrogativas Lección # 22 (Archivo de video). Recuperado de https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkI4URGXsuI&feature=emb_title

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