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PAST SIMPLE (VERB TO BE)

El pasado del Verbo “TO BE” se utiliza para decir “estaba” o “era” (es lo mismo que el
verbo TO BE en presente, que quiere decir “Estar” o “Ser”, pero en su forma en pasado)
Para aprenderlo es importante saber que existen dos formas “WAS” y “WERE”, las
cuales significan lo mismo, “estaba” o “era”. La única diferencia que existe entre ellas es
los SUJETOS con las que se utilizan.

WAS → I, HE, SHE IT WERE→ WE, YOU, THEY

ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS:

SUJETO + WAS/ WERE + ...

Ejemplos:
*She was my classmate at school.
*My friends were happy yesterday.

ORACIONES NEGATIVAS:

SUJETO + WASN’T/ WEREN’T + ...

Ejemplos:
*She wasn’t my classmate at school.
*My friends weren’t happy yesterday.

ORACIONES INTERROGATIVAS:

WAS/WERE + SUJETO + ...?

Ejemplos:
*Was she my classmate at school?
*Were my friends happy yesterday?

Short answers

• Afirmativas: Yes, (sujeto) + was / were

Ej: Yes, she was. = Yes, Mary was.
Yes, they were. = Yes, my friends were.

• Negativas: No, (sujeto) + wasn’t / weren’t

Ej: No, she wasn’t. = No, Mary wasn’t.
No, they weren’t. = No, my friends weren’t.
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1. Choose the correct words.

Valentina Treshkova 1 was/ were the first

woman in space in 1963. Valentina’s
parents 2 wasn’t/ weren’t Russian; they
3 was/ were from Belarus. But their

daughter 4 was/ were born in Russia in

1937. Today, most cosmonauts are
scientists, but Valentina 5 wasn’t/
weren’t a scientist. Four hundred
women 6 was/ were candidates for the
special mission, but Valentina 7 was/
were the lucky one.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct past simple forms of the verb BE.

a. Harry and Sam ___________ at the football match on Saturday. (✓)

b. On Friday, Mia ___________ at home. ()
c. Holly ___________ at the cinema last night. (✓)
d. My parents ___________ angry. ( )
e. The weather ___________ very good. ()
f. We ___________ on holiday last week. (✓)

3. Write sentences with the past simple forms of the verb BE.

a. I / at home last night.

I was at home last night.
b. My friends / not at the concert on Saturday.
____________________________________________
c. Nadia / not tired after the match.
____________________________________________
d. We / worried before the exam.
____________________________________________
e. My dad / not at work yesterday.
____________________________________________
f. They / in Australia last summer.
____________________________________________

4. Re- write the sentences from exercise 3 in their interrogative forms.

a. Was I at home last night?
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b. ________________________________________

c. ________________________________________

d. ________________________________________

e. ________________________________________

f. ________________________________________

5. Choose “wasn’t” and “weren’t” to complete the following sentences.

a. She ___________ at the café on Monday.

b. Alfredo and Sam ___________ in the museum on Tuesday afternoon.
c. My cousin ___________ at the cinema yesterday.
d. Some classmates ___________ late last Friday.
e. My friends ___________ happy with the results.
f. I ___________ in Bariloche last year.
g. We ___________ at the restaurant last night.
h. Last month Patrick and I ___________ very busy.
i. They ___________ at the party last weekend.

6. Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

a. Were Tom not the oldest brother?

b. The car weren’t very expensive.
c. Was we at the library yesterday?
d. Her car broke down so she were late for the appointment.
e. It were a not very funny movie.
7. Circle the correct answer.
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8. Complete the questions with WAS or WERE. Then write short answers.

a) ___Were_ you at home last night? ✓ Yes, I was

b) _________ Oliver happy yesterday?  _____________
c) _________ your and Ted at the cinema together? ✓ _____________
d) _________ all your friends at the party?  _____________
e) _________ I the fastest in the race?  _____________
f) _________ Katy at school last Friday? ✓ _____________

PAST SIMPLE
Utilizamos el pasado simple para referirnos a hechos ocurridos en el pasado, para
alguna acción que fue completada en el pasado.
Para aprender este tema es IMPORTANTE ESTUDIAR LOS VERBOS REGULARES
(Verbos que se conjugan agregando “-ed” a su terminación) Y LOS IRREGULARES
(No siguen un patrón típico de conjugación).

Las estructuras para formar oraciones son las siguientes:

ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS:

SUJETO + VERBO (REGULAR/ IRREGULAR) + ……

Ejemplos:
• We saw a great film at the cinema last night.
• He helped his mother to prepare a cake.

ORACIONES NEGATIVAS:

SUJETO + DIDN’T + VERBO (INF)+…….

Ejemplos:
• We didn’t see a great film at the cinema last night.
• He didn’t help his mother to prepare a cake.

ORACIONES INTERROGATIVAS:

DID + SUJETO + VERBO (INF) +……..?

Ejemplos:
• Did we see a great film at the cinema last night?
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• Did he help his mother to prepare a cake?

Short answers

• Afirmativas: Yes, (sujeto) + (did)

Ej: Yes, she did.

• Negativas: No, (sujeto) + (didn’t )

Ej: No, she didn’t.

REGLAS PARA VERBOS REGULARES

 Regla general → A todos los verbos se les agrega “-ED” al final.

Play – Played Start - Started
Cook – Cooked Walk – Walked

 Si el verbo termina con la vocal -e, se le agrega solamente la letra -d al

final.
Live – Lived Dance – Danced

 Para las palabras que terminan en -y, se sustituye la última letra por -i y
se le agrega -ed.

Study – Studied Cry – Cried

 En el caso de los verbos monosílabos o aquellos que se acentúan en la

última sílaba y que terminan en vocal + consonante, se repite la consonante
antes de la terminación -ed.
Stop – Stopped Cancel - Cancelled
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INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE

Be (Ser o estar) Was / Were Been
Become (convertirse) Became Become
Begin (empezar) Began Begun
Break (romper) Broke Broken
Build (construir) Built Built
Buy (comprar) Bought Bought
Choose (elegir) Chose Chosen
Come (venir) Came Come
Cut (cortar) Cut Cut
Do (hacer) Did Done
Draw (dibujar) Drew Drawn
Drink (tomar) Drank Drunk
Drive (conducer) Drove Driven
Eat (comer) Ate Eaten
Feel (sentir) Felt Felt
Find (encontrar) Found Found
Forget (olvidar) Forgot Forgotten
Get (conseguir/obtener…) Got Got
Give (dar) Gave Given
Go (ir) Went Gone
Have (tener…) Had Had
Hear (escuchar) Heard Heard
Know (saber) Knew Known
Leave (salir…) Left Left
Make (hacer…) Made Made
Meet (conocer…) Met Met
Pay (pagar) Paid Paid
Read (leer) Read Read
Run (corer) Ran Run
Say (decir) Said Said
See (mirar) Saw Seen
Show (mostrar…) Showed Showed
Sing (cantar) Sang Sung
Sleep (dormir) Slept Slept
Speak (hablar) Spoke Spoken
Swim (nadar) Swam Swum
Take (tomar algo…) Took Taken
Teach (enseñar) Taught Taught
Tell (decir…) Told Told
Think (pensar) Thought Thought
Wake (despertar) Woke Woken
Win (ganar) Won Won
Write (escribir) Wrote Written