Question

Verbo to be no Simple Past Nós vimos na lição passada o verbo to be no passado (Simple Past) – veja o quadro no seu caderno. Segue alguns exemplos para verificar como usamos o verbo to be no simple past nas formas: afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa: EX: Peter was a doctor (afirmativa) - Peter was not a doctor (negativa) - Was Peter a doctor?) Podemos usar forma contraída do verbo to be, na negativa, no Simple Past. Veja como fica: Was not = wasn´t were not = weren´t There to be no Simple Past Como já vimos o verbo There to be no inglês, tem como principal significado ‘existir’, ‘haver’ ou ‘ter’ (na língua portuguesa). No presente usamos “There is” (singular) e “There are” (plural). No passado usamos “There was” (singular) e “There were” (plural). Veja os exemplos: There was a book inside your bag (Havia um livro dentro da sua mala) - singular There were two dogs in the living room (Havia dois cachorros na sala de estar) - plural Copie as perguntas e responda tudo no seu caderno 1. Preencham os espaços em branco com a forma mais adequada do verbo "to be" no passado. A. Jane___________helping her mother when I arrived there. (was, were) B. You____________the most important person at that time. (was, were) C. I_______________speaking badly of you. (was, were) D. We_____________really worried about her. (was, were) E. I think it_________like I expected it to be. (was, were) F. Jane ____________believes they_sleeping when it happened. (were, was) 2.Passe as frases abaixo para a negativa e interrogativa do verbo to be no simple past. Vou fazer a primeira. a) I was born in the USA. Neg – I was not born in the USA. Int. – Was I born in the USA? b) You were tired. c) Daniel was Daniel hungry. d) Jack and Bob were good friends. e) Mary was very happy. f) Ryan was so cool. g) John was at Jack’s house. h) Vinic and Marcus were sick two weeks ago.

Answer 1

Resposta:

a) Was.

b) Were.

c) Was.

d) Were.

e) Was.

f) Jane believes they WERE sleeping when it happened. (Existe um traço antes da palavra "believes", porém não faz sentido na frase colocar o verb to be naquela posição.

2.

b) You weren`t tired. / Were you tired?

c) Daniel was not hungry. / Was Daniel hungry?

d) Jack and Bob were not good friends. / Were Jack and Bob good friends?

e) Mary wasn`t very happy. / Was Mary very happy?

f) Ryan wasn`t so cool. / Was Ryan so cool?

g) John was not at Jack`s house. / Was John at Jack`s house?

h) Vinic and Marcus weren`t sick two weeks ago. / Were Vinic and Marcus sick two weeks ago?

Explicação:

1. Nos pronomes: We/You/They - se usa o verb to be no passado: WERE

Já nos pronomes: I/He/She/It - se usa o verb to be no passado: WAS.

Se atente para os nomes também: John - masculino. Jane - feminino.

2. É muito simples aqui. Sempre numa frase no Simples Past (Pronome + Verb to be no passado + Verbo no passado), ao passar para o negativo, você acrescenta apenas o "not" após o verb to be. Já para passar para o interrogativo, você APENAS deve colocar o Verbo to be na frente da frase, copiando as demais palavras após ele.

OBS: Was not é a mesma coisa que Wasn`t.

Assim como Were not é a mesma coisa que Weren`t.

Você apenas pode abreviar as palavras para facilitar.