The verb to be simple past

1. THE VERB TO BE SIMPLE PAST

2. O  verbo to be , no passado , utiliza 2 conjugações:  was  e  were . -O was é usado para a primeira e terceira pessoas do singular (I, he / she /it). -O were é usado para you , we , they .

3. FORMA AFIRMATIVA I -------------WAS YOU--------WERE HE-----------WAS SHE---------WAS IT -----------WAS WE----------WERE YOU---------WERE THEY--------WERE

4. Exemples: 1-She was sick last week. 2-Gary and Lucy were here to see you. 3-It was a great show.

5. FORMA NEGATIVA I WAS NOT / I WASN’T YOU WERE NOT / YOU WEREN’T HE WAS NOT / HE WASN’T SHE WAS NOT / SHE WASN’T IT WAS NOT / IT WASN’T WE WERE NOT / WE WEREN’T YOU WERE NOT / YOU WEREN’T THEY WERE NOT/ THEY WEREN’T

6. Exemples: 1-I was not your teacher last year . 2- They weren’t with us on vacation . 3-Joseph wasn’t a child in 1995.

7. FORMA INTERROGATIVA W as I …? Were you…? Was he…? Was she…? Was it…? Were we…? Were you…? Were they…?

8. Exemples: 1- Were George and Paul good friends? 2-Was he a good student? 3-Were you abroad with Mark?