Verb To Be Past Tense (Passado do Verbo To be)

O verbo to be, no passado, utiliza 2 conjugaes, was e were. O was usado para a primeira e terceira pessoas do singular (I, he/she/it), e o were usado para as restantes:

Affirmative form (forma afirmativa) Use a forma was para I, he, she, it e were para as demais pessoas:

I was (eu era ,eu estava) you were ( voc era ,voc estava) he was (ele era ,ele estava) she was (ela era, ela estava) it was (ele(a) era, ele(a) estava) we were (ns ramos, ns estvamos) you were (vocs eram, vocs estavam ) they were (eles(as) eram ,eles(as) estavam)

Negative form Usam-se as formas negativas wasnt (was not) para I, he, she, it e werent( were not) para as demais pessoas.

I wasnt you werent he wasnt she wasnt it wasnt we werent you werent they werent

Interrogative form As perguntas se formam com a anteposio do verbo to be ao sujeito:

was I ? were you? was he? was she? was it? were we? were you? were they?

Exemplos: Where were you? (Onde voc estava?) Was she home?(Ela estava em casa?) He wasnt there. (Ele no estava l.) When I was a child, I was very naughty.(Quando eu era criana, eu era muito levado.) You were happy. (Voc estava feliz.) Were you at the party? ( Voc estava na festa? ) Yes, I was.(Sim, estava.) No, I wasnt. (No, no estava).

NOTE: O passado de are were e o passado de is was. O passado de am was tambm.

1. Preencham os espaos em branco com a forma mais adequada do verbo "to be" no

passado. a. Jane___________helping her mother when I arrived there. (was, were) b. You__________the most important person at that time.(was, were) c. I__________speaking badly of you. (wasn't, weren't) d. We__________really worried about her. (was, were) e. I think it__________like I expected it to be. (wasn't, weren't) f. Jane believes they__________sleeping when it happened. (were, was) 2. Passem as sentenas a seguir para o ingls. a. Eu estava de frias:____________________________________ b. Voc estava doente?____________________________________

c. Ela estava aqui:________________________________________ d. Elas eram dos EUA:_____________________________________ e. Eu no era ruim:_______________________________________ f. Voc no era casada:___________________________________ :