PASADO DEL VERBO “TO BE” NO TIENE FORMAS CONTRACTAS O REDUCIDAS PARA EL AFIRMATIVO. NO I’S COMO REDUCCION DE I WAS O YOU´RE EN LUGAR DE YOU WERE.
PUEDES USAR CONTRACCIONES EN EL NEGATIVO, I WASN´T =I WAS NOT Y YOU WEREN´T = YOU WERE NOT.
“AM” E “IS” CAMBIA A “WAS” “ARE” CAMBIA A “WERE”
I was at school yo estaba en la escuela FORMA AFIRMATIVA I was at school yo estaba en la escuela
He was my friend el era mi amigo
She was in the car ella estaba en el coche
It was a hot day era un dia caluroso
We were lucky tuvimos suerte
You were happy estabas feliz
They were ours eran nuestros
COMO HACER UNA ORACION NEGATIVA AL VERBO TO BE WAS / WERE SE AGREGA LA PARTICULA NOT WAS NOT = WASN’T WERE NOT = WEREN’T
FORMA NEGATIVA I WASN´T AT SCHOOL YO NO ESTABA EN LA ECUELA
HE WASN´T MY FRIEND EL NO ERA MI AMIGO
SHE WASN´T IN THE CAR ELLA NO ESTABA EN EL COCHE
IT WASN´T A HOT DAY NO ERA UN DIA CALUROSO
WE WEREN´T SOCCER PLAYERS WHEN WE WERE AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NO ERAMOS FUTBOLISTAS CUANDO ESTABAMOS EN LA PRIMARIA
YOU WEREN´T HAPPY LAST FEBRUARY 14TH (TU) NO ESTUVISTE FELIZ EL 14 DE FEBRERO PASADO
THEY WEREN´T IN CLASS LAST SUNDAY (ELLAS) NO ESTUVIERON EN CLASES EL DOMINGO PASADO
WAS I YOUR BEST FRIEND AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? FORMA INTERROGATIVA YES, YOU WERE WAS I YOUR BEST FRIEND AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? ¿ERA (YO) TU MEJOR AMIGO EN LA ESCUELA PRIMARIA ? SI, (TU) ERAS
WERE YOU AT SCHOOL LAST SATURDAY? ¿¿ESTABAN (USTEDES) EN LA ESCUELA EL SABADO PASADO?
WAS HE AT SCHOOL LAS WEEKEND? ¿ESTABA EL EN LA ESCUELA EL PASADO FIN DE SEMANA? NO, HE WASN’T NO, NO ESTABA.