Unit 7 Gramática

was / were Past simple: verbos regulares

Afirmativa Afirmativa
I / He / She / It was small. I / You / He / She / It / We / talked.
You / We / They were They

Negativa Negativa
I / He / She / It wasn’t small. I / You / He / She / didn’t talk.
It / We / They
You / We / They weren’t
Uso
Interrogativa Respuestas breves El past simple se utiliza para describir acciones y
Was I / he / she / small? Yes, I / he / she / it situaciones del pasado.
it was.  We watched TV last night.
No, I / he / she /  I visited London in 2012.
it wasn’t.
Past simple afirmativa: formación
Were you / we / Yes, you / we / they
they were. Con la mayoría de los verbos regulares, se añade
No, you / we / they -ed.
weren’t.   walk – walked  explain – explained
Uso Con verbos regulares acabados en -e, se añade -d.
Was / were se utilizan para dar información sobre   describe – described   phone – phoned
una persona, un lugar o un objeto en el pasado.
Con verbos acabados en vocal + consonante, la
 Max wasn’t at school.
consonante se duplica y se añade -ed.
  The beach was crowded.
  rob – robbed   travel – travelled
 Miniskirts were popular.
Con verbos regulares acabados en -y, esta se omite
Nota: there was / there were son las formas de
antes de añadir -ied.
pasado de there is / there are.
  carry – carried    try – tried
 There was a beautiful dress in the shop.
 There weren’t many people in the park. Las oraciones en past simple a menudo incluyen
expresiones temporales de pasado.
 I talked to Jenna yesterday. 
  Last week we travelled to Australia. 
 They sailed a boat at the weekend.

Mosaic 1 Language Trainer  Unit 7  Gramática