TO BE - PAST SIMPLE

TO BE - PAST SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE
I was
Yo era, estaba, fui, estuve
You were
Tú eras, estabas, fuiste, estuviste
He was
Él era, estaba, fue, estuvo
She was
Ella era, estaba, fue estuvo
It was
Él o ella era, estaba, fue, estuvo (no persona)
We were
Nosotros, -as éramos, estábamos, fuimos,
You were
estuvimos
They were
Vosotros, -as erais, estabais, fuisteis, estuvisteis
Ellos, -as eran, estaban, fueron, estuvieron
NEGATIVE
LONG FORM
SHORT FORM
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
I N TE R R O GAT IVE
Was I?
Were you?
Was he?
Was she?
Was it?
Were we?
Were you?
Were they?
THERE WAS / THERE WERE = HABÍA
“There was” significa “había” en singular
Affirmative : There was a boy (Había un niño)
Negative : There wasn’t a boy (No había un niño)
Interrogative : Was there a boy? (¿Había un niño?)
“There were” significa “había” en plural
Affirmative : There were two boys (Había dos niños)
Negative : There weren’t two boys (No había dos niños )
Interrogative : Were there two boys ? (¿Había dos niños?)
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
SINGULAR
There was
There was not/ There wasn't
Was there?
PLURAL
There were
There were not/There weren't Were there?