TO BE PAST TENSEAFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE FORMS

AFFIRMATIVE FORMPRONOUN VERB CONTRACTIONS MEANING

I WAS I’M YO ERA, ESTABA, FUI

YOU WERE YOU’RETU ERAS, ESTABAS, FUISTE, USTED

FUE, ERA, ESTABA

HE WAS HE’SÉL ERA, FUE, ESTABA

SHE WAS SHE’SELLA ERA, FUE, ESTABA

IT WAS IT’SESO ERA, FUE ESTABA

WE WERE WE’RENOSOTROS ERAMOS, FUIMOS,

ESTÁBAMOS

THEY WERE THEY’RE ELLOS ERAN, ESTABAN, FUERON

YOU WERE YOU’RE USTEDES ERAN, ESTABAN, FUERON

NEGATIVE FORMPRONOUN VERB CONTRACTIONS MEANING

I WAS NOT WASN’TYO ERA, FUI, ESTABA

YOU WERE NOT WEREN’TTU ERAS, FUISTE, ESTABAS, USTED ERA, FUE, ESTABA

HE WAS NOT WASN’TÉL ERA, FUE, ESTABA

SHE WAS NOT WASN’TELLA ERA, FUE, ESTABA

IT WAS NOT WASN’TESO ERA, FUE, ESTABA

WE WERE NOT WEREN’TNOSOTROS ERAMOS, FUIMOS,

ESTABAMOS

THEY WERE NOT WEREN’TELLOS, ERAN, FUERON,

ESTABAN

YOU WERE NOT WEREN’TUSTEDES ERAN, FUERON,

ESTABAN

INTERROGATIVE FORM

TO BE+NOUN / NOUN+COMPLEMENT?VERB NOUN / PRONOUN COMPLEMENT

WAS I YOUR FIRST LOVE?

WERE YOU AT HOME YESTERDAY?

WAS HE A FAMOUS ACTOR?

WAS SHE CRYING?

WAS IT COLD?

WERE WE IN THE WRONG PLACE?

WERE THEY TEACHERS?

WERE YOU A SHY PERSON?