Verb TO BE - Past



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Past Tense – Passado Simples

Affirmative form – Forma afirmativa

O verbo TO BE apresenta duas formas no passado: WAS e WERE.

Usamos WAS para a 1ª e 3ª pessoa do singular: I, He, She e It. Usamos WERE é usada para as demais pessoas: YOU, WE e THEY.

Present

Past

I am

I was

You are

You were

He is

He was

She is

She was

It is

It was

We are

We were

You are

You were

They are

They were

 

Examples:

I am happy today. I was sad yesterday.

Eu estou feliz hoje. Eu estava feliz ontem.

They are old. They were young.

Eles são velhos. Eles eram jovens.

Negative form – Forma negativa

Para criarmos sentenças negativas com o verbo TO BE no passado, apenas colocamos NOT após p verbo TO BE na frase. Também podemos usar a forma contraída.

Negative form

Forma contraída

I was not

I wasn’t

You were not

You weren’t

He was not

He wasn’t

She was not

She wasn’t

It was not

It wasn’t

We were not

We weren’t

You were not

You weren’t

They were not

They weren’t

 

Examples:

He was not bored. He wasn’t bored.

Ele não estava cansado. Ele não estava cansado.

They were not happy. They weren’t  happy.

Eles não estão felizes. Eles não estão felizes.

Interrogative form – Forma interrogativa

Para fazer interrogações com o verbo TO BE no passado, usamos a mesma estrutura das interrogações com o verbo TO BE no presente. Colocamos o verbo TO BE antes do sujeito da frase:

WAS + I / HE / SHE / IT + … ?

WERE + YOU / WE / THEY + … ?

O resto da frase continua o mesmo, apenas colocamos o verbo TO BE amtes do sujeito. E nem sempre o veto TO BE vai começar a interrogação, temos algumas palavras que podem começar a interrogação e vir antes do verbo TO BE, são as palavras que começas com WH, por exemplo, WHere, WHo, WHat, etc.

Past tense

Interrogative form

I was

Was I … ?

You were

Were you … ?

He was

Was he … ?

She was

Was she … ?

It was

Was it … ?

We were

Were we … ?

You were

Were you … ?

They were

Were they … ?

 

Short aswers

Para dar respostas curtas no passado apenas usamos o verbo TO BE no passado.

Yes, I/he/she/it was.

Yes, you/we/they were.

No, I/he/she/it was not.

No, you/we/they were not.

Também podemos usar a forma contraída com NOT nas respostas curtas.