BE – Past

BE PASADO: FRASES

USO:
Conectar el sujeto con el resto de la oración y hablar acerca del pasado
AFIRMATIVO

FORMA:
[SUJETO + WAS/WERE + RESTO]

I/She/He/It was in the kitchen.

You/We/They were late.
NEGATIVO

FORMA:
[SUJETO + WAS/WERE + NOT + RESTO]

WASN'T/WEREN'T
I/She/He/It was not angry.
I/She/He/It wasn't here.

You/We/They were not early.

You/We/They weren't on time.

EJEMPLOS:
"Diana was at home yesterday."
"She wasn't at school."
"They were late to work."
"They weren't early."

BE PAST: PREGUNTAS

PREGUNTAS SI/NO

USO:
Realizar preguntas cuya respuesta es "sí" o "no".
FORMA:
El sujeto y el verbo cambian de lugar.

Afirmativa: They were at home.

Pregunta Si/No: Were they at home?
Negativa: He wasn't at school.
Pregunta Si/No: Wasn't he at school?(Se utilizan siempre con contracciones.)

Respuestas: Yes, I was.

No, I wasn't.
 PREGUNTAS-WH

USO:
Realizar preguntas que comienzan con estasexpresiones interrogativas:WHAT, WHEN, WHERE,
WHO, WHY, HOW.
FORMA:
Preguntas acerca del SUJETO:
[PALABRA-WH + BE PAST + RESTO DE LA SENTENCIA]
Afirmativa: Juan was at home.
pREGUNTA -Wh: Who was at home?
Preguntas acerca del RESTO DE LA ORACIÓN:
[WH-WORD + BE PAST + SUBJECT + REST OF SENTENCE]
Afirmativa: He was in Philadelphia.
Pregunta - Wh Where was he?
Afirmativa: He was there in 1990.
Pregunta - Wh: When was he there?
EJEMPLOS:
Police: "Where were you last nightat 9:30?"
Man: "I was at home all night."
Police: "Was Big Bob with you?"
Man: "No, he wasn't. I was alone."

BE - PAST

STATEMENTS
AFFIRMATIVE

FORM:
[SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + REST]

I/She/He/It was in the kitchen.

You/We/They were late.

NEGATIVE

FORM:
[SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + NOT + REST]
WASN'T/WEREN'T

I/She/He/It was not angry.

I/She/He/It wasn't here.

You/We/They were not early.

You/We/They weren't on time.
 QUESTIONS
YES/NO QUESTIONS

FORM:
[WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + REST OF SENTENCE]
WASN'T/WEREN'T

Were they at home?

Wasn't he your neighbor?

NOTE: Use only contractions with negative questions.

SHORT ANSWERS

[YES, SUBJECT + WAS/WERE]

Yes, I was

[NO, SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + NOT]

No, they were not/weren't

WH-QUESTIONS

FORM:
Questions about the SUBJECT:
[WHO/WHAT + BE PAST + REST]

Who was at home?

Questions about the REST OF THE SENTENCE:

[WH-WORD + BE PAST + SUBJECT + REST]

Where were you?

When was he there ?