3RD Grade Was - Were

 

UNIT 6

"PARTY TIME"

VERB TO BE IN PAST TENSE

WAS – WERE

El verbo TO BE en pasado que tiene 2 formas “was – were”

 

Was significa era o estaba y se usa como singular

Were significa eran o estaban y se usa como plural.

 

Recordemos los pronombres personales y su forma correspondiente del verbo to be en pasado, así:

 

Personal pronoun	Form verb to be
I (yo)	was        was not=wasn’t
You (tu)	were - were not= weren’t
He (el)	was        was not=wasn’t
She (ella)	was        was not=wasn’t
It (eso-animales/cosas)	was        was not=wasn’t
We (nosotros)	were - were not= weren’t
You (ustedes)	were - were not= weren’t
They (ellos)	were - were not= weren’t

 

 

 

Ejemplos con WAS:

• I was here yesterday (Ayer estuve aquí).
• he was happy (Ella dijo que él era feliz).
• she was running (Creo que Ana estaba corriendo).
• it (The dog) was digging again! (¡El perro estaba cavando otra vez!)

Ejemplos con WERE:

• You (Tu): You were at school, right? (Tu estabas en la escuela, ¿cierto?)
• You (Ustedes): You were wrong (Chicos, ustedes estaban equivocados).
• We: we were very busy (Nosotros estuvimos muy ocupados).
• They: They were away (Ellos estaban fuera).