Verb TO BE in the past

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Verb TO BE in the past

Essa lição tem como objetivo introduzir o passado dos verbos em Inglês. Iniciaremos pelo verbo TO BE, que, conforme podemos ver pela imagem ao lado, tem as formas WAS e WERE no passado. Então, se para dizer "Eu estou feliz" em Inglês, eu digo "I AM HAPPY" no presente, no passado fica "I WAS HAPPY." Explore o quadro a seguir e siga para o próximo slide!

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Conforme podemos ver no quadro, que traz o adjetivo "busy" = ocupado(a) para ilustrar o contéudo, podemos ver que usamos WAS para todas as pessoas no singular e WERE para YOU e todas as pessoas no plural. Então se quero dizer "Nós estávamos ocupados", eu digo em inglês "We WERE busy", como vemos na imagem ao lado.

Além disso...

Para a forma negativa, basta acrescentar a partícula NOT após o verbo TO BE. Mas como sabemos, é mais comum optarmos pela contração, ou seja "WASN'T = WAS + NOT" e "WEREN'T = WERE + NOT". Portanto, se quero dizer que eles ou elas não estavam ocupados, eu tenho a forma "THEY WEREN'T BUSY", como pode ser visto na imagem ao lado.

Já na forma Interrogativa....

Como sempre é o caso em toda ocorrência do verbo TO BE, para formar a interrogativa, eu inverto a posição do sujeito e do verbo TO BE. Então se afirmando eu digo "YOU WERE BUSY", ou seja, "Você estava ocupado(a)," para perguntar eu digo "WERE YOU BUSY?", que corresponde a "Você estava ocupado(a)?"

Agora que já introduzimos a teoria, let's do some activities????

Nos próximos slides, você encontrará sentenças no presente simples e sua tarefa será selecionar a opção que contenha o passado das respectivas sentenças. Have fun!

Multiple Choice

I AM LATE

• I were late.

• I was late.

• I are late.

Multiple Choice

I AM AT HOME.

• I wasn't at home.

• I were at home.

• I was at home.

Multiple Choice

ARE THEY HUNGRY?

• Were they hungry?

• Was they hungry?

• They were hungry?

Multiple Choice

THOMAS ISN'T AT SCHOOL.

• Thomas weren't at school.

• Thomas wasn't at school.

• Thomas was at school.

Multiple Choice

WHY IS SHE WATCHING TV?

• Why she is watching TV?

• Why were she watching TV?

• Why was she watching TV?

Multiple Choice

MY BROTHER IS A DOCTOR.

• My brother was a doctor.

• My brother were a doctor.

• My brother wasn't a doctor.

Multiple Choice

THEY AREN'T HERE.

• They weren't here.

• They wasn't here.

• They were here.

Multiple Choice

EVA IS A TEACHER.

• Eva were a teacher.

• Eva wasn't a teacher.

• Eva was a teacher.

Multiple Choice

IS MR. SMITH DRIVING?

• Was Mr. Smith driving?

• Were Mr. Smith driving?

• Mr. Smith is driving?

Multiple Choice

WHERE ARE YOUR BOOKS?

• Where is your books?

• Where were your books?

• Where was your books?

Multiple Choice

ARE YOU A STUDENT?

• Was you a student?

• Were you a student?

• You were a student?

Multiple Choice

WHAT IS THAT?

• What was that?

• What were that?

• What wasn't that?

Multiple Choice

SUE ISN'T TIRED.

• Sue weren't tired.

• Sue were tired.

• Sue wasn't tired.

Multiple Choice

MY HOLIDAY IS NICE.

• My holiday were nice.

• My holiday was nice.

• My holiday wasn't nice.

Multiple Choice

WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?

• Why were you laughing?

• Why was you laughing?

• Why wasn't you laughing?