WAS AND WERE_BE PAST

WAS AND WERE_BE PAST

USE

• to talk about

• age

• feeling

• emotions

• where we were

• professions or jobs

WAS es el pasado de "am" y de "is"

• I am a student -> PRESENT

• I was a student -> PAST

• He is happy -> PRESENT

• He was happy -> PAST

• She is 20 -> PRESENT

• She was 20 -> PAST

WERE es el pasado de "are"

• You are a teacher -> PRESENT

• You were a teacher -> PAST

• We are friends -> PRESENT

• We were friends->PAST

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Multiple Choice

We _ young

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

you _ my friend

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

He _ my English teacher

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

I _ very intelligent at primary school

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

My mom _ a model 10 years ago

• was

• were

STRUCTURE

person + was / were + comp

I was happy yesterday

You were at school last week

He was worried about the exam

She was a doctor when she was young

We were musicians in 1990

They were in the concert last month

Para el complemento/ complement

podemos usar time expressions :

yesterday

last/week/month/year/summer/spring/winter/fall

Tambien podemos usar algunos

feelings

jobs

years (numbers)

places

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

para decir que no eramos o no estabamos

WAS NOT--> WASN'T

WERE NOT --> WEREN'T

I wasn't sad yesterday

you weren't short

he wasn't in the hospital last week

we weren't sick

QUESTIONS

WAS + SUBJ+ COMP +?

WERE + SUBJ + COMP + ?

Was he your boyfriend? yes he was

Was she your teacher? no, she wasn't

Were they mine and Tommy? yes they are

Were they your parents? no, they aren't

Let's practice

Homework

On my last birthday, I was very happy. My mom was worried and my dad was very angry. We were at my house. I was 6 and my dog was there. My friends were very happy, too.