martes, 14 de febrero de 2017

To be - Past tense

The past tense of To Be in English has two forms: WAS and WERE
To Be - Affirmative
Subject
To Be
Examples
I
was
was tired this morning.
You
were
You were very good.
He
was
He was the best in his class.
She
was
She was late for work.
It
was
It was a sunny day.
We
were
We were at home.
You
were
You were on holiday.
They
were
They were happy with their test results.


To Be - Negative
The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were).
Subject
To Be
Examples
I
was not
was not tired this morning.
You
were not
You were not crazy.
He
was not
He was not married.
She
was not
She was not famous.
It
was not
It was not hot yesterday.
We
were not
We were not invited.
You
were not
You were not at the party.
They
were not
They were not friends.


To Be - Negative Contractions
The can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by joining the verb (was or were) and n't(e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I was).
I was not tired this morning.
OR
I wasn't tired this morning.
You were not crazy.
OR
You weren't crazy.
He was not married.
OR
He wasn't married.
She was not famous.
OR
She wasn't famous.
It was not hot yesterday.
OR
It wasn't hot yesterday.
We were not invited.
OR
We weren't invited.
You were not at the party.
OR
You weren't at the party.
They were not friends.
OR
They weren't friends.


To Be - Questions
To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.
Affirmative
You
were
happy.

Subject
Verb


Question
Were
you
happy?

Verb
Subject


Affirmative
Question
I was late
Was I late?
You were sick.
Were you sick?
He was surprised.
Was he surprised?
She was from Italy.
Was she from Italy?
It was a big house.
Was it a big house?
We were ready.
Were we ready?
You were early.
Were you early?
They were busy.
Were they busy?

Summary chart
From: http://www.grammar.cl/Past/To_Be.htm



If you can do some exercises about to be past, you can click on the links below:

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