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Tema :

Past Tense of Verb To-Be

Affirmative Sentences
Negative sentences
Questions sentences

Objetivo conceptual : El alumno identificar las reglas gramaticales relacionadas con el

Pasado del verbo To-Be
Objetivo procedimental : El alumno utilizar lo aprendido del pasado del verbo To-Be para
comunicarse de manera limitada.
Objetivo Actitudinal : El alumno se comportar con respeto y tolerancia con sus pares y con el
profesor.
Competencias genricas:
CG4 Escucha, interpreta y emite mensajes pertinentes en distintos contextos
mediante la utilizacin de medios, cdigos y herramientas apropiadas.
4.4 Se comunica en una segunda lengua en situaciones cotidianas
Competencias disciplinares:
CD10. Identifica e interpreta la idea general y posible desarrollo de un mensaje oral o
escrito en una segunda lengua, recurriendo a conocimientos previos, elementos no
verbales y contexto cultural.
TO BE IN PAST
Recuerda que TO BE es un verbo auxiliar y en pasado se puede utilizar para ubicacin, existencia,
origen, nacionalidad o profesin Adems se utilizan las formas WAS para la primera y terceras
personas (I, He, She, It); WERE para las segundas personas (You, We, They) Aunque algunos
significados en espaol son iguales, la diferencia la hace el Pronombre Personal que se utiliza.
Recuerda que con este verbo existen cuatro posibilidades de significado, Observa la tabla siguiente:
Pasado
Verbo Be

I was
You were

Significado de ser

Yo era

Significado de estar

Yo fui

Estabas
usted estaba
estaba

Yo estuve

He was

T eras
usted era
l era

She was

Ella era

fue

estaba

estuvo

era

fue

estaba

estuvo

It was

T fuiste
usted fue
fue

Yo estaba

Estuviste
usted estuvo
estuvo

We were

Nosotros ramos

fuimos

estbamos

estuvimos

You were

Ustedes eran

fueron

estaban

estuvieron

They were

Ellos eran

fueron

estaban

estuvieron

Analiza los siguientes ejemplos, stos muestran la forma en que se puede escribir la forma negativa
I
He
She
It

you
we
they

was not, wasnt

were not, werent

Forma Afirmativa
I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
You were

Forma Negativa
I was not / I wasnt
You were not / you werent
He was not / he wasnt
She was not / she wasnt
Is was not / it wasnt
You were not / you werent

Forma Interrogativa
Was I?
Were you?
Was he?
Was she?
Was it?
Were you?

They were

They were not / they werent

Were they?

Expresiones comnmente utilizadas en tiempo Pasado Simple del Verbo To Be

1. last week

5. three weeks ago

9.yesterday

2. last month

6. four months ago

10. six hours ago

3. last year

7. many years ago

4. last night

8. the day before yesterday

Cmo puedo utilizar estas expresiones?

Observa los siguientes ejemplos:
Today is July 15, yesterday was July 14.
This month is March, Last month was February.
Now are 10:00 a.m., 6 hours ago were at 4:00 a.m.
Today is Saturday 16, last night was in Friday 15.
We are in 2010, last year was 2009.
Today is December 15, the day before yesterday was 13.
This year is 2010; many years ago were in 1810.
This month is December, last month was November.

Cundo utilizamos la forma interrogativa?

Ejemplo: was

Pregunta:

Was Miriam at the night club last week?

Respuesta Afirmativa
Yes, she was at the club last week

Respuesta Negativa
No she wasnt at the club last week

Respuesta corta : Yes, she was.

Respuesta corta: No she wasnt

Ejemplo: were

Pregunta:

Were you at the beach last year?

Respuesta Afirmativa
Yes, I was at the beach last year

Respuesta Negativa
No I wasnt at the beach last year

Respuesta corta : Yes, I was.

Respuesta corta: No I wasnt

Se puede utilizar con una palabra que inicia WH para conocer origen, nacionalidad y profesin:
ORIGEN
Where was Michael Jackson from?
He was from USA

NACIONALIDAD
Which was Miguel Calero nationality?
He was Colombian

Ejemplos:
It was a new book
Was it a new book?
Yes, it was/ No, it wasnt
Paul was happy last week
Was Paul happy last week?
Yes, he was / No, he wasnt
The apples were in the kitchen this morning
Were the apples in the kitchen this morning?
Yes, they were / No, they werent

PROFESIN
Who were the first men that
arrived to the moon?
They were Neil Armstrong , Buzz
Aldrin and Michael Collins