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Elaborado por:
Sandrine Lafontant Diaz
Educación a Distancia
STRUCTURE
Type of pronoun Pronoun Verb be
First singular person I Was
Second person YOU Were
Third singular person HE, SHE, IT Was
First plural person WE Were
Second plural person YOU Were
Third plural person THEY Were
USES
We use the verb BE in the past to talk about past
events and actions.
Key words:
Yesterday, ago (= two days ago, a month ago, three
weeks ago), last (= last month, last year).
AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT + VERB BE IN PAST + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT
For example:
He was fat two years ago.
They were doctors when they lived in Cuba.
NEGATIVE
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + NOT + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT
For example:
I wasn’t tall eanough to be a model.
We weren’t fat before we started eating so much junk food.
QUESTION
WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT
For example:
Was she the prettiest girl in the room?
Were they ready to leave the country?
Créditos
Tecnológico nacional de México
Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de
Cuautitlán Izcalli
Coordinación del Área de
Educación a Distancia

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Past in verb be

  • 1. Elaborado por: Sandrine Lafontant Diaz Educación a Distancia
  • 2. STRUCTURE Type of pronoun Pronoun Verb be First singular person I Was Second person YOU Were Third singular person HE, SHE, IT Was First plural person WE Were Second plural person YOU Were Third plural person THEY Were
  • 3. USES We use the verb BE in the past to talk about past events and actions. Key words: Yesterday, ago (= two days ago, a month ago, three weeks ago), last (= last month, last year).
  • 4. AFFIRMATIVE SUBJECT + VERB BE IN PAST + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT For example: He was fat two years ago. They were doctors when they lived in Cuba.
  • 5. NEGATIVE SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + NOT + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT For example: I wasn’t tall eanough to be a model. We weren’t fat before we started eating so much junk food.
  • 6. QUESTION WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + OBJECT/COMPLEMENT For example: Was she the prettiest girl in the room? Were they ready to leave the country?
  • 7. Créditos Tecnológico nacional de México Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Cuautitlán Izcalli Coordinación del Área de Educación a Distancia