"Be" en el pasado

Cómo formar oraciones con "be" en el pasado

El verbo "be" tiene dos formas en el pasado: "was" y "were".

Present	Past
I am	I was
He is	He was
She is	She was
It is	It was
You are	You were
We are	We were
They are	They were

Ejemplos:

• I was tired.
  Estaba cansado.
• The party was great!
  ¡La fiesta fue excelente!
• You were there.
  Estabas allí.
• The tomatoes were bad.
  Los tomates estaban malos.

Cómo formar oraciones negativas con "be" en el pasado

Añade "not" después del verbo (o "n't") para hacerlo negativo.

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Past	Contraction
I was not	I wasn't
He was not	He wasn't
She was not	She wasn't
It was not	It wasn't
You were not	You weren't
They were not	[pw]They weren't[/pw]

Ejemplos:

• He was not here.
  No estaba aquí.
• They weren’t happy.
  No eran felices.
• I wasn’t tired.
  No estaba cansado.

Cómo formar preguntas con el verbo "be" en el pasado

Pon el verbo delante del sujeto para convertir la oración en pregunta.

Sentence	Question
I was tired.	Was I tired?
He was tired.	Was he tired?
She was tired.	Was she tired?
It was tired.	Was it tired?
You were tired.	Were you tired?
We were tired.	Were we tired?
They were tired.	Were they tired?

Ejemplos:

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• Were you there?
  ¿Estabas allí?
• Was he sad?
  ¿Estaba triste?
• Was the food good?
  ¿Estaba buena la comida?

Ejercicios