Was Were (verb to be in past)

VERB TO BE

IN PAST

USE

Utilizamos was / were para hablar sobre el pasado. Utilizamos was / were con expresiones de tiempo en pasado. (yesterday, last night, last day, last year, the day before, the previous night, in 1945, etc). Utilizamos was / were cuando hablamos de nacimientos. I was born in Hungary.

ESTRUCTURA / STRUCTURE

Afirmative

Negative

Interrogative

Subject + was / were + complement I He She was at home It We You were at home They

Subject + was not / were not + complement

Para crear preguntas unicamente invertimos de lugares el verbo con el pronombre

IHe She It

at home

I he she it

wasn't

at home

Was

at home?

We You They

weren't

at home

we you they

at home?

Were

CONTEXTO

Cabe resaltar que debemos analizar los elementos que rodean a "was y were" debido a que no puede significar ser y estar al mismo tiempo.

I was at home = Yo estaba en casa. He was tall = Yo era alto. En la primera oración no podemos decir Yo era en casa. Ni en la segunda él estaba alto. Esto se debe a que el contexto no lo permite además de que no suena natural.

They were friends = Ellos eran amigos We were in the park = Nosotros estabamos en el parque.

VÍDEO

REINFORCEMENT / REFORZAMIENTO