POSITIVE / AFIRMATIVO Como verbo SER ENGLISH I was You were He was She was It was We were You

were ESPAOL Yo era/fui T eras/fuiste Usted era/fue l era/fue Ella era/fue l/Ella era/fue Nosotros ramos Nosotros fuimos Vosotros erais/fuisteis (*) Ustedes eran (**) Ustedes fueron (**) Ellos/as eran/fueron

Como verbo ESTAR ENGLISH I was You were He was She was It was We were You were ESPAOL Yo estaba/estuve T estabas/estuviste Usted estaba/estuvo l estaba/estuvo Ella estaba/estuvo l/Ella estaba/estuvo Nosotros estbamos Nosotros estuvimos Vosotros estabais/estuvisteis (*) Ustedes estaban (**) Ustedes estuvieron (**) Ellos/as estaban/estuvieron

They were

They were

(*) Ms utilizado en Espaa; (**) ms utilizado en Amrica Latina. INTERROGATIVE / INTERROGATIVO Como verbo SER ENGLISH Was I? Were you? Was he? Was she? Was it? Were we? Were you? Were they? ESPAOL Era yo? Fui yo? Eras t? Fuiste t? Era usted? Fue usted? Era l? Fue l? Era ella? Fue ella? Era l (ella)? Fue l (ella)? ramos nosotros? Fuimos nosotros? Erais/Fuisteis vosotros? (*) Eran/Fueron ustedes? (**) Eran ellos? Fueron ellos?

Como verbo ESTAR ENGLISH Was I? Were you? Was he? Was she? Was it? Were we? Were you? Were they? ESPAOL Estaba yo? Estuve yo? Estabas t? Estuviste t? Estaba usted? Estuvo usted? Estaba l? Estuvo l? Estaba ella? Estuvo ella? Estaba l (ella)? Estuvo l (ella)? Estbamos nosotros? Estuvimos nosotros? Estabais vosotros? (*) Estaban/Estuvieron ustedes? (**) Estaban ellos? Estuvieron ellos?

(*) Ms utilizado en Espaa; (**) ms utilizado en Amrica Latina.

NEGATIVE / NEGATIVO Como verbo SER o ESTAR ENGLISH Normal I was not You were not Contracted I wasn't You weren't ESPAOL Normal Yo no era/no fui Yo no estaba/no estuve T no eras/no fuiste Usted no era/no fue T no estabas/no estuviste Usted no estaba/no estuvo l no era/no fue l no estaba/no estuvo Ella no era/no fue Ella no estaba/no estuvo Contraccin No era/No fui No estaba/No estuve No eras/No fuiste No era/No fue No estabas/No estuviste No estaba/No estuvo No era/No fue No estaba/No estuvo No era/No fue No estaba/No estuvo

He was not She was not It was not We were not

He wasn't She wasn't It wasn't We weren't

l/Ella no era/no fue No era/No fue l/Ella no estaba/no estuvo No estaba/No estuvo Nosotros no ramos Nosotros no fuimos Nosotros no estbamos Nosotros no estuvimos Vosotros no erais (*) Vosotros no fuisteis (*) Ustedes no eran (**) Ustedes no fueron (**) Vosotros no estabais (*) Vosotros no estuvisteis (*) Ustedes no estaban (**) Ustedes no estuvieron (**) Ellos/as no eran/no fueron Ellos/as no estaban /no estuvieron No ramos No fuimos No estbamos No estuvimos No erais (*) No fuisteis (*) No eran (**) No fueron (**) No estabais (*) No estuvisteis (*) No estaban (**) No estuvieron (**) No eran/no fueron No estaban /no estuvieron

You were not

You weren't

They were not

They weren't

(*) Ms utilizado en Espaa; (**) ms utilizado en Amrica Latina.

La estructura bsica Positiva del verbo "to be" en pasado. Sujeto Verbo I You He She It We You They was were was was was were were were objeto complemento a student. happy. a musician. in the car. a hot day. lucky. from Madrid. ours. / Traduccin Era alumno. Eras feliz. Fue msico. Estaba en el coche. Era un da caluroso. Tuvimos suerte Erais de Madrid. Eran nuestros.

La estructura bsica Negativa del verbo "to be" en pasado Sujeto Verbo I You He She It We You They was not were not was not was not was not were not were not were not objeto complemento a student. happy. a musician. in the car. a hot day. lucky. from Madrid. ours. / Traduccin No era alumno. No eras feliz. No era msico. No estaba en el coche. No era un da caluroso. No tuvimos suerte. No erais de Madrid. No eran nuestros.

Note: Forma contrada: "was not" = "wasn't", "were not" = "weren't". La estructura bsica interrogativa del verbo "to be" en pasado Verbo Was Were Was Was Was Were Were Were Sujeto I you he she it we you they objeto complemento a student? happy? a musician? in the car? a hot day? lucky? from Madrid? ours? / Traduccin Era alumno? Eras feliz? Era msico? Estaba en el coche? Era un da caluroso? Tuvimos suerte? Eras de Madrid? Eran nuestros?

La estructura bsica de las respuestas cortas del verbo "to be" en pasado Af. Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Neg. No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No,

I was. you were. he was. she was. it was. we were. you were. they were.

I was not. (wasn't) you were not. (weren't) he was not. (wasn't) she was not. (wasn't) it was not. (wasn't) we were not. (weren't) you were not. (weren't) they were not. (weren't)

La estructura bsica del pasado simple: La estructura bsica del afirmativo del pasado simple: (somebody=alguien; somewhere-algn sitio; something=algo) sujeto I You He She It You We They verbo liked got needed had went wrote walked did Traduccin Alguien me gust. somebody. Cogiste algo. (t) something. Necesit algo. (l) something. Tuvo algo. (ella) something. somewhere. Fue a algn sitio. Escribisteis algo. (vosotros) something. somewhere. Caminamos a algn sitio. Hicieron algo. (ellos) something.

La estructura bsica del negativo del pasado simple: sujeto I You He She It You We They auxiliar didn't didn't didn't didn't didn't didn't didn't didn't verbo Like Get Need Have Go Write Have Do Traduccin Alguien no me gust. No cogiste algo. (t) No necesit algo. (l) No tuvo algo. (ella) No fue a ningn sitio. No escribisteis algo. No tuvimos algo. No hicieron algo. (ellos)

somebody. something. something. something. somewhere. something. something. something.

La estructura bsica del interrogativo del pasado simple: (anywhere = alguna o cualquier parte, anybody = cualquiera, alguien, anything = cualquier cosa, algo) aux Did Did Did Did Did Did Did Did sujeto I you he she it you we they verbo Know you? work? Write anything? Go anywhere? work? understand? Need anything? Like anybody? Traduccin Te conoc? Trabajaste? Escribi algo? Fue a algn sitio? Funcion? Entendisteis? Necesitbamos algo? Les cay bien alguien?

Nota: La palabra "some" y "any" a veces significan lo mismo. La principal diferencia es que "some" se suele utilizar para afirmativas y "any" para negativas e interrogativas.

La estructura bsica de las respuestas cortas del pasado simple: Af. Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Neg. No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No,

I did. you did. he did. she did. it did. we did. you did. they did.

I did not. (didn't) you did not. (didn't) he did not. (didn't) she did not. (didn't) it did not. (didn't) we did not. (didn't) you did not. (didn't) they did not. (didn't)

Verbos Regulares: Estos son verbos como: "walk" (andar), "talk" (hablar), "rate" (categorizar), "raise" (levantar), "hate" (odiar), "help" (ayudar), "like" (gustar), "want" (querer), "raid" (asaltar, redar), "last" (durar), "gore" (cornear), "wash" (lavar), "ask" (preguntar), "work" (trabajar), "show" (mostrar), "use" (usar), "look" (mirar a un objeto fijo), "watch" (mirar a una actividad en progreso), "listen" (escuchar), etc. Para hacer el "pasado simple" de estos verbos, simplemente hay que aadir la terminacin "ed" a su infinitivo. Por ejemplo, el pasado simple de: "walk" es "walked", "talk" = "talked", "rate" = "rated", "raise" = "raised", "hate" = hated", "help" = "helped", "like" = "liked", "want" = "wanted", "last" = "lasted", "gore" = "gored", "wash" = "washed", "ask" = "asked", "work" = "worked", "show" = "showed", "use" = "used", "look" = "looked", "watch" = "watched", "listen" = "listened", "interview" = "interviewed", "play" = "played", "beg" = "begged", "move" = "moved", "push" = "pushed", "present" = "presented", etc.

Verbos Irregulares: Con los verbos irregulares ya no es cuestin de aadir simplemente una terminacin (como "ed" en el pasado simple). El verbo puede cambiar completamente de forma y no queda ms remedio que memorizarlo. Entre los verbos irregulares hay verbos como: "find" (encontrar), "get" (coger), "give" (dar), "come" (venir), "go" (ir), "have" (tener), "know" (saber), "put" (poner), "read" (leer), "say" (decir), "see" (ver), "write" (escribir), "take" (llevar), "think" (pensar), "make" (hacer), "do" (hacer), etc. Por ejemplo el pasado simple de: "find" es "found", "get" = "got", "give" = "gave", "come" = "came", "go" = "went", "have" = "had", "know" = "knew", "put" = "put", "read" = "read", "say" = "said", "see" = "saw", "write" = "wrote", "take" = "took", "think" = "thought", "make" = "made", "do" = "did", etc.