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LESSON 2 THE VERBS: TO BE AND THERE

TO BE SIMPLE PAST
(LIO 2 OS VERBOS: TO BE E THERE TO BE
PASSADO SIMPLES)
Exemplos:
I was not in Rio de Janeiro last December.
(Eu no estava no Rio de Janeiro dezembro passado).
She wasnt at home yesterday. (Ela no estava em casa ontem).
They were not late for school. (Eles no estavam atrasados para a escola).
Forma Interrogativa (Passado)
Forma Interrogativa
Traduo
Was I?
Eu era /estava?
Were you?
Tu eras / estavas?
Was he?
Ele era / estava?
Was she?
Ela era / estava?
Was it?
Ele/Ela era / estava?
Were we?
Ns ramos / estvamos?
Were you?
Vs reis / estavam?
Were they?
Eles/Elas eram / estavam?

1. TO BE (SER / ESTAR)

Forma Afirmativa (Passado)

Forma Afirmativa
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were

Traduo
Eu era / estava
Tu eras / estavas
Ele era / estava
Ela era / estava
Ele/Ela era / estava
Ns ramos / estvamos
Vs reis / estavam
Eles/Elas eram / estavam

Exemplos:
I was in Rio de Janeiro last December. (Eu
estava no Rio de Janeiro dezembro passado).
She was at home yesterday. (Ela estava em
casa ontem).
They were late for school. (Eles estavam atrasados para a escola).
Forma Negativa (Passado)
Forma Negativa Forma Contrada Traduo
I was not
I wasnt
Eu no era /
estava
You were not
You werent
Tu no eras
/ estavas
He was not
He wasnt
Ele no era /
estava
She was not
She wasnt
Ela no era /
estava
It was not
It wasnt
Ele/Ela no
era / estava
We were not
We werent
Ns no ramos / estvamos
You were not
You werent
Vs no reis / estavam
They were not
They werent
Eles/Elas
no eram /
estavam

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Exemplos:
Was I in Rio de Janeiro last December? (Eu
estava no Rio de Janeiro dezembro passado?).
Was she at home yesterday? (Ela estava em
casa ontem?).
Were they late for school? (Eles estavam atrasados para a escola?).
Short Answers (Respostas curtas)

Forma Interrogativa
Was I?
Were you?

Short Answer
Sim
Yes, I was.
Yes, you were.

Was he?
Was she?

Yes, he was.
Yes, she was.

Was it?
Were we?

Yes, it was.
Yes, we were.

Were you?

Yes, you were.

Were they?

Yes, they were.

Short Answer
No
No, I wasnt.
No, You
werent.
No, he wasnt.
No, she
wasnt.
No, it wasnt.
No, we
werent.
No, you
werent.
No, they
werent.

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Exemplos:
Were you in Rio de Janeiro last December?
Yes, I was. (Voc esteve no Rio de Janeiro dezembro
passado? Sim.).
Was she at home yesterday? No, she wasnt.
(Ela estava em casa ontem? No.).
Were they late for school? Yes, they were.
(Eles estavam atrasados para a escola? Sim.).

ESTUDO DIRIGIDO

Qual a forma do verbo to be no tempo do passado simples?

Qual a forma do verbo there to be no tempo do

passado simples?

2. THERE TO BE (HAVER / EXISTIR)

Forma Afirmativa
Singular
There was
Plural
There were
Forma Negativa

Forma
Contrada
Singular There was not There
wasnt
Plural
There were There wenot
rent

Forma Interrogativa

Short Answer - Sim

Plural

Complete as frases a seguir com o tempo adequado do verbo to be.

I Today _______________ Saturday.
II Yesterday _____________ Friday.
a) is were.
b) are is.
c) were is.
d) is was.
Resoluo: De acordo com as expresses de
tempo (today e yesterday), saberemos se o verbo to
be deve ser usado no presente ou no passado. Today
significa hoje, ento a primeira frase deve ser completada com o verbo to be no presente. O verbo to be
no presente que acompanha Today is. Yesterday
significa ontem, ento a segunda frase deve ser completada com o verbo to be no passado. O verbo to be
no passado que acompanha Yesterday was. Assim,
a resposta correta a letra d.

No havia /
No existia
No havia /
No existiam

Traduo
Havia? /Existia?
Havia? /Existiam?

Yes,
was.
Were there? Yes,
were.

Traduo

Forma Interrogativa
Singular Was there?
Plural
Were there?

Singular Was there?

EXERCCIOS RESOLVIDOS

Traduo
Havia / Existia
Havia / Existiam

Short
Answer No
there No, there
wasnt
there No, there
werent.

Marque a alternativa cuja frase esteja sendo usado corretamente o verbo there to be no passado.
a) There were a great show downtown last week.
b) There was only twelve students here yesterday.
c) There were a good film on TV last night.
d) There were many children in the kitchen.
Resoluo: O verbo there to be no passado
possui duas formas: There was para singular e There were para o plural. Ento deve-se fazer a concordncia entre o verbo e o substantivo da frase. O
substantivo da primeira frase show (singular) ento
o verbo a ser usado There was. O substantivo da
segunda frase students (plural) ento o verbo a ser
usado There were. O substantivo da terceira frase
film (singular), ento o verbo a ser usado There
was. E o substantivo da ltima frase children (plural) ento o verbo a ser usado There were. Resposta correta letra d.

Exemplos:
There was a bird on the tree. (Havia/Existia
um pssaro na rvore).
There were five birds on the tree. (Havia/Existiam 5 pssaros na rvore).
There was not a bird on the tree. (No havia/existia um pssaro na rvore).
There werent five birds on the tree. (No
havia/existiam 5 pssaros na rvore).
Was there a bird on the tree? Yes there was.
(Havia/Existia um pssaro na rvore? Sim).
Were there five birds on the tree? No, there
werent. (Havia/Existiam 5 pssaros na rvore?
No).

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EXERCCIOS

Marque a alternativa que complete corretamente

a frase I __________ hungry and they
__________ thirsty" usando o passado do verbo
to be.
a) were was.
b) be were.
c) was were.
d) was be.
Marque a alternativa cuja frase esteja sendo usado corretamente o verbo to be no passado.
a) Joe and I was tired last night.
b) The children were happy yesterday.
c) The girls was at the club last Sunday.
d) Your book were on the table one minute ago.

Qual a forma negativa da frase There was an

important thing to do?
a) There was not an important thing to do.
b) There wasnt not an important thing to do.
c) There not was an important thing to do.
d) There was dont an important thing to do.

A frase Havia dez alunos na sala de aula em

ingls :
a) There to be ten students in the classroom.
b) There were ten students in the classroom.
c) There was ten students in the classroom.
d) There be ten students in the classroom.
GABARITO

Estudo dirigido
1

Qual a forma negativa da frase Two people

were injured?
a) Two people werent not injured.
b) Two people not were injured.
c) Two not people were injured.
d) Two people werent injured.

O verbo to be no tempo do passado simples possui duas formas: was e were. Usa-se was quando
o sujeito for I, he, she, it. E usa-se were quando o
sujeito for you, we, they.

O verbo there to be no tempo do passado simples

possui duas formas: there was e there were. Usase there was quando o substantivo que acompanha a expresso estiver no singular e usa-se there
were quando o substantivo que acompanha a expresso estiver no plural.
Exerccios

Qual a forma interrogativa da frase It was very

cold last night?
a) Was it very cold last night?
b) It was very cold last night?
c) Does it was very cold last night?
d) Do it was very cold last night?
Marque a alternativa que complete corretamente
a frase _______________ five people at the
meeting last week and _______________ only
one person at the meeting yesterday" usando o
passado do verbo there to be.
a) There are there to be.
b) There to be there is.
c) There was there were.
d) There were there was.
Qual a forma interrogativa da frase There
were many problems in your life?
a) There were many problems in your life?
b) Is there many problems in your life?
c) Were there many problems in your life?
d) Do there were many problems in your life?

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