Apuntes : El Verbo "To Be" en pasado

El verbo “To Be” en pasado

Examples.

• “I was in the garden yesterday” - “Yo estaba en el jardin ayer”
• “He wasn' t very tall” - “Él no era muy alto”
• “Were you at home last night?” - “¿Estabas en casa ayer por la noche?”
• “Where was the accident?” - “¿Dónde fue el accidente?”

Recuerda que el verbo “To be” significa principalmente “ser” o “estar”, entonces en pasado corresponde con “era” o “estaba”.

Además , el verbo “To Be” es un verbo irregular y necesita ser estudiado aparte.

Sus formas son :

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I was	I wasn't	was I?
You were	You weren't	Were you?
He was	He wasn't	Was he ?
She was	She wasn't	Was she?
It was	It wasn't	Was it?
We were	We weren't	Were we?
You were	You weren't	Were you?
They were	They weren	Were they?

Existen unas formas más cortas o lo que llamamos formas contraídas.

• En negativa : She was not = She wasn't We were not = We weren't

Respuestas breves o de tipo “Sí” o “No”

• Si se responde con “Yes” llevan el pronombre sujeto + was / were : “Yes, I was”
• Si se responde con “No” llevan el pronombre sujeto + wasn't / weren't.