The verb to be

THE VERB TO BE SIMPLE PAST

O verbo to be, no passado, utiliza 2 conjugações: was e were. -O was é usado para a primeira e terceira pessoas do singular (I, he/she/it).-O were é usado para you, we, they.

FORMA AFIRMATIVAI -------------WASYOU--------WEREHE-----------WASSHE---------WASIT -----------WAS

WE----------WEREYOU---------WERETHEY--------WERE

Exemples:1-She was sic last week.2-Gary and Lucy were here to see you.3-It was a great show.

FORMA NEGATIVA

I WAS NOT / I WASN’TYOU WERE NOT / YOU WEREN’T

HE IS NOT / HE WASN’TSHE IS NOT / SHE WASN’T

IT IS NOT / IT WASN’TWE WERE NOT / WE WEREN’T

YOU WERE NOT / YOU WEREN’TTHEY WERE NOT/ THEY WERENT

Exemples:

1-I was not your teacher last year.2-They weren’t with us on vacation.3-Joseph wasn’t a child in 1995.

FORMA INTERROGATIVAWas I …?

Were you…?Was he…?Was she…?Was it…?

Were we…?Were you…?Were they…?

Exemples:

1- Were George and Paul good friends?2-Was he a good student?3-Were you abroad with Mark?