UNIT 7: PASADO VERBO TO BE THERE WAS/WERE PASADO VERBO TO BE § USO: para describir o contar hechos/acciones pasadas. I was you were He/ she / it was We / you / they were PASADO VERBO TO BE § AFIRMATIVAS : SUJ + WAS / WERE Ex: The carpet was in the living room § NEGATIVAS: SUJ + WAS NOT (WASN ´T) /WERE NOT (WEREN´T) Ex: The boy wasn´t at the park The girls weren´t at the cinema § INTERROGATIVAS: (Wh) + was/were + suj Ex: where were you yesterday? EXPRESIONES DE TIEMPO § AGO – al final de la expresión I saw her two days ago -­‐ hace 2 días LAST night – anoche LAST week / month – la pasada/o YESTERDAY – ayer IN THE PAST – en el pasado THERE WAS / WERE § Son las formas de pasado de THERE IS/ARE, por lo que su significado es “HABÍA / HUBO” Se usa exactamente igual a sus formas de presente THERE IS /ARE. There was con nombres contables en singular o con nombres incontables. There were con nombres contables en plural Sus formas negativas son wasn´t / weren´t. HOMEWORK. TRANSLATE PASADO TO BE § 1. ¿Dónde estabas ayer? No estaba en casa; estaba en el cine con unas amigas. § 2. ¿Estaba tu hermano en su habitación? No estaba en su habitación; estaba en el jardín. SOLUTIONS § Where were you yesterday? I wasn´t at home; I was at the cinema with some friends § Was your brother in his room? No, he wasn´t in his room; he was in the garden. HOMEWORK 2. COMPLETE WITH THERE WAS / WERE § ___________ some milk in my coffee but ___________ any sugar in it. § _________ any monkeys at the zoo? Yes, ___________ three different monkeys and __________ a very big gorilla. Solution 2. § THERE WAS / THERE WASN´T § WERE THERE / THERE WERE / THERE WAS