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1. Pasado del verbo to be

Afirmativa:

Subject     Be        complement

        I          was         very happy

Negativa:

Subject    Be+not    complement

I             was not(wasn’t)   very happy

Interrogativa:

Be           Subject       complement+? 

Was          I                   very happy?

Pronoun                Be affirmative       Be negative       Complement

I/He/She/It                     was                         wasn’t                her boss there

 We/You/They                were                      weren’t                  cashiers

2. La estructura básica  del “verbo to be” en pasado.

SUJETO	VERBO	COMPLEMENTO	ESPAÑOL
I	Was	A student	Era alumno
You	Were	Happy	Eras feliz
He	Was	A musician	Era un músico
She	Was	In the car	Estaba en el coche
It	Was	A hot day	Era un día caluroso
We	Were	Lucky	Tuvimos suerte
You	Were	From Madrid	Eran de Madrid
They	Were	Ours	Eran nuestros

SUJETO	VERBO	COMPLEMENTO	ESPAÑOL
I	Wasn’t	A student	No era alumno
You	Weren’t	Happy	No eras feliz
He	Wasn’t	A musician	No era un músico
She	Wasn’t	In the car	No estaba en el coche
It	Wasn’t	A hot day	No era un dia caluroso
We	Weren’t	Lucky	No tuvimos suerte
You	Weren’t	From Madrid	No eran de Madrid
They	Weren’t	Ours	No Eran nuestros

VERBO	SUJETO	COMPLEMENTO	ESPAÑOL
Was	I	A student?	¿Era alumno?
Were	You	Happy?	¿Era feliz?
Was	He	A musician?	¿Era músico?
Was	She	In the car?	¿Estaba en el carro?
Was	It	A hot day?	¿Era un día caluroso?
Were	We	Lucky?	¿Tuvimos suerte?
Were	You	From Madrid?	¿Eran de Madrid?
Were	They	Ours?	¿Eran nuestros?

3. Oraciones Afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas con verbo to be 

Afirmativa                                 Negativa                                   Interrogativa

I was a girl                                I wasn’t a girl                             Was I a girl?

You were sad                            You weren’t sad                      Weren’t yo usad?

He was a pólice officer         He wasn’t a pólice officer         Was he a pólice officer?

She was a bf girl                      She wasn’t a beautiful girl           Was she a beautiful girl?

It was a bad night                  It wasn’t a bad night                   Was it a bad night?

We were a good team             We weren’t a good team          Weren’t we a good team?

You were a teacher                  You weren’t a teacher              Weren’t you a teacher?

They were in the pool              Ther weren’t in the pool        Weren’t They in the pool?

I was in the house                       I wasn’t in the house               Was I in the house?

He was a Little baby                     He wasn’t a Little baby            Was He a Little baby?

4. Preguntas con respuestas cortas. 

1. You were at the hospital (Tan)

Was Tan at the hospital?   (Yes) Yes, Tan was

2. They were nervous (we) were we nervous? (no) No, we weren’t

3. Anya was tired all the time (you) were you tired all the time?  (yes) Yes, you were

4. I was unconscious (Maria)  Was Maria unconscious? (no) No, Maria wasn’t

5.We were late for the appointment (I) Was I late for the appointment? (yes) Yes, I was

6.Irina was very healthy. Was very healthy Irina? (no) No, Irina wasn’t

5. Cambio de oraciones a forma interrogativa con wh questions

1.       The children were in the park (when)

When were the children in the park?

2.       Sara was an optometrist (where)

Where was sara an optometrist?

3.       We were healthy all the time (when)

When were we healthy all the time?

4.       Mr. Nakamura was a dentist (when)

When was Mr. Nakamura a dentist?

5.       She was a famous doctor (who)

Who was She a famous doctor?

6.       You were in the hospital (why)

Why were You in the hospital?

7.       The dog was sick (when)

When was the dog sick?

8.       I was late for the exercise closs (why)

Why was I late for the exercise closs?

9.       Mario was a new patient (where)

Where was Mario a new patient?

10.   It was at the pharmacy (what?

What was It at the pharmacy

  6. Pasado simple

Afrimativa:

Sujeto+verbo en pasado+complemento

I walked two miles

They played soccer

We ate a hamburger

Negativa:

Sujeto+ verbo auxiliar en pasado+ verbo en presente+ complemento

I didn’t walk two miles

They didn’t play soccer

We didn’t eat a hamburger

Interrogativa:

Auxiliar+Sujeto+verbo en presente+ complemento+?

Did I walk two miles?

Did They play soccer?

Did We eat a hamburger?

7. Oraciones utilizando pasado simple

They worked (work) all day and only slept (sleep) three hours a night

Julio Felt (feel) bad so he called (call) the doctor

The doctor said (say) to get rest. He also wrote (write) a preinscription

Tan was (be) strong because he exercised (excercise) a lot last year

Maria went (go) to the gym every two days during the Winter months

Ana and Gilberto rode (ride) bicycles every day this last summer

I read (read) that it is good to eat three balanced meals a week

We were (be) surprised that she had (have) a heart attack

She ran (run) every morning and rested (rest) every afternoon

The doctor talked (talk) to the her about her health

8. Oraciones afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas con pasado simple

(drive) My brother drove to he hospital

My brother didn’t drive to the hospital

Did my brother drive to the hospital?

(Wake) You woke up at 7:00

You didn’t wake up 7:00

Did you wake up 7:00?

(Go) You went to the doctor at noon

You didn’t go to the doctor at noon

Did You go to the doctor at noon?

(Buy) You parents bought you some aspirin

You parents didn’t buy you some aspirin

Did you parents buy you some aspirin?

(Come) They came to visit you

They didn’t come to visit you

Did They come to visit you?

(Do) Teresa did some exercise

Teresa didn’t some exercise

Did Teresa some exercise?

(Eat) She ate a healthybeakfast

She didn’t eat a healthybreakfast

Did She eat a healthybreakfast?

(Sleep) Dan slept eight hours last night

Dan didn’t sleep eight hours last night

Did Dan sleep eight hoyrs last night?

(Take) He tock some vitamins

He didn’t take some vitamins

Did He take some vitamins?

(Get) I got sick yesterday

I didn’t get sick yesterday

Did I get sick yesterday?

(Say) My sister said she was sick too

My sister didn’t say she was sick too

Did My sister say she was sick too?

(Drink) We drank a lot of orange juice

We didn’t drink a lot of orange juice

Did we drink a lot of orange juice?

9. USED TO:

Afirmativa:

Sujeto´+used to+ verbo+ complemento

I used to work in a hospital

You used to play soccer

Negativa:

Sujeto+ didn’t+ use to+ verbo+ complemento

I didn’t use to work in a hospital

You didn’t use to play soccer

Interrogativa:

Did+sujeto+use to+ verbo+ complemento

Did I use to work in a hospital?

Did you use to play soccer?