En este trabajo vamos a repasar el “PASADO SIMPLE DEL VERBO TO BE”.
*Este verbo tiene dos significados: 1) SER y 2) ESTAR
*En el “PRESENTE SIMPLE” tiene 3 (tres) conjugaciones: “AM” / “IS” / “ARE”
*A continuación veremos que en el PASADO tiene 2(dos) conjugaciones
AFFIRMATIVE FORM NEGATIVE FORM
I WAS at home yesterday. I WASN’T at home at 7 p.m yesterday.
YOU WERE in the kitchen. YOU WEREN´T in the kitchen.
HE/SHE/IT WAS in the garden. HE/SHE/IT WASN´T in the garden.
WE/YOU/THEY WERE in the flat. WE/YOU/THEY WEREN´T in the flat.
INTERROGATIVE FORM AND ANSWERS
WERE YOU at home at 7 p.m. yesterday?
*Yes, I WAS *NO, I WASN´T
WAS HE/SHE/IT in the garden?
*Yes, HE/SHE/IT WAS *No, HE/SHE/IT WASN´T
WHERE WERE YOU at 7 p.m. yesterday?
*I WAS at home.
WHO WAS at home with you?
*My friend WAS.
1-LOOK AT THE SENTENCES IN THE CHARTS AND COMPLETE THE RULES (mira las
oraciones en las tablas de arriba y complete las reglas). a-The Past Simple of AM
and IS is ____________________ b-The Past Simple of ARE is _____________ cIn the Negative form, we add __________ d-To make questions, we use the
subject after ______ or ________
2- COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH “WAS” OR “WERE”.
a-Igloos ________ the traditional houses of the Inuit people.
b-Snow _________ the traditional material for the igloos in Canada and Greenland.
c-In other Arctic areas, bones ____________ the main material. d-Small igloos
_________ temporary houses. e-A big permanent igloo _________ traditionally
the home of about 20 people.
3-ORDER THE WORDS TO MAKE QUESTIONS (ordena las palabras para formar
preguntas).
YESTERDAY AT 9 O’CLOCK a-at
home/you/were? b-you/in bed/were?
c-your parents/were/in the living room?
d-your friends/were/at home? e-your/best
friend/was/at school?
LOOK!!
For the PAST, we use these TIME EXPRESSIONS (para el pasado, usamos estas
expresiones de tiempo)
*YESTERDAY (ayer)
*LAST week/month/year (la semana pasada/el mes pasado/el año pasado, etc)
*In 1991
*Two weeks/years/days AGO (dos semanas/años/dias atrás)
Respuestas
Respuesta:
1-LOOK AT THE SENTENCES IN THE CHARTS AND COMPLETE THE RULES (mira las oraciones en las tablas de arriba y complete las reglas).
a-The Past Simple of AM and IS is ____WAS________________
b-The Past Simple of ARE is ______WERE_______
cIn the Negative form, we add _____NOT_____
d-To make questions, we use the subject after _WAS_ or __WERE__
2- COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH “WAS” OR “WERE”.
a-Igloos ___WERE_____ the traditional houses of the Inuit people.
b-Snow ____WAS_____ the traditional material for the igloos in Canada and Greenland.
c-In other Arctic areas, bones _______WERE_____ the main material.
d-Small igloos ____WERE_____ temporary houses.
e-A big permanent igloo _____WAS____ traditionally the home of about 20 people.
3-ORDER THE WORDS TO MAKE QUESTIONS (ordena las palabras para formar preguntas).
YESTERDAY AT 9 O’CLOCK a-at home/you/were?
WERE YOU AT HOME YESTERDAY AT 9 O´CLOCK?
b-you/in bed/were?
WERE YOU INBED?
c-your parents/were/in the living room?
WERE YOUR PARENTS IN THE LIVING ROOM?
d-your friends/were/at home?
WERE YOUR FRIENDS AT HOME?
e-your/best friend/was/at school?
WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND AT SCHOOL?
LOOK!!
For the PAST, we use these TIME EXPRESSIONS (para el pasado, usamos estas expresiones de tiempo)
*YESTERDAY (ayer)
*LAST week/month/year (la semana pasada/el mes pasado/el año pasado, etc)
*In 1991
*Two weeks/years/days AGO (dos semanas/años/dias atrás)
Explicación: