1. THE VERB TO BE
SIMPLE PAST

2. 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.

3. FORMA AFIRMATIVA
I -------------WAS
YOU--------WERE
HE-----------WAS
SHE---------WAS
IT -----------WAS
WE----------WERE
YOU---------WERE
THEY--------WERE

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

5. FORMA NEGATIVA
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

6. 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.

7. FORMA INTERROGATIVA
Was I …?
Were you…?
Was he…?
Was she…?
Was it…?
Were we…?
Were you…?
Were they…?

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