Exemplos:
01. Você era linda.
Affirmative: You were beautiful.
Interrogative: Were you beautiful?
Negative: You were not [You weren't] beautiful.
Observação:
Beautiful: pode ser usado para homem e mulher.
Handsome: só para homens.
Logo, em um texto, quando tiver uma frase com o adjetivo 'handsome', você já sabe que se refere a um homem.
02. Eles estavam estudando para passar em um concurso militar.
Affirmative: They were studying to pass on a military contest.
Interrogative: Were they studying to pass on a military contest.
Negative: They were not [They weren't] to pass on a military contest.
03. Eu estava em casa ontem.
Affirmative: I was at home yesterday.
Interrogative: Was I at home yesterday?
Negative: I was not [wasn't] at home yesterday.
EXERCÍCIOS:
01) Seleciona a forma correta do verbo
"to be" em Past Tense:
1) I (be) ________
tired yesterday and I'm tired again today.
A. was
B. were
2) My wife and I
(be) ________ happy for 20 years.
A. was
B. were
3) We (be) ________
sad to leave the place.
A. was
B. were
4) They (be)
________ busy at work.
A. was
B. were
5) He (be) ________
angry for the right reasons.
A. was
B. were
6) Of course she
(be) ________ sleepy, she was working two jobs while trying to go to nursing
school.
A. was
B. were
7) It (be) ________
cold last night.
A. was
B. were
2) Change the
sentences to the simple past.
Follow the model:
Model: Mary is on the beach.
She was on the
beach.
1. John is here.
________________________________________________
2. Sarah and I are
in USA. ________________________________________________
3. John is a good
student. ________________________________________________
4. Paul and Mike
are nice. ________________________________________________
5. You are a teacher. ________________________________________________
6. I'm at work.
________________________________________________
7. Sandy and you
are brothers. ________________________________________________
8. Peter is a doctor. ________________________________________________
3. Change the
sentences above to the negative and interrogative forms:
1.
N.:
___________________________________________
I.:
______________________________________________
2.
N.: ___________________________________________
I.:
______________________________________________
3.
N.:
___________________________________________
I.:
______________________________________________
4.
N.:
___________________________________________
I.: ______________________________________________
5.
N.:
___________________________________________
I.:
______________________________________________
6.
N.:
___________________________________________
I.:
______________________________________________
7.
N.: ___________________________________________
I.:
______________________________________________
8.
N.:
___________________________________________
I.:
______________________________________________
Exercise 01 from
http://www.bomingles.com.br/forum/15472/verbo-to-be-em-past-tense-exercicios-de-ingles
Exerxices 02 and 03
from http://www.supportiveenglish.com/2011/08/verb-to-be-past-tense_24.html
GABARITO:
1)
1-a / 2-b / 3-b / 4-b / 5-a / 6-a / 7-a
2)
1. He was here.
2. We were in USA.
3. He was a good
student.
4. They were nice.
5. You were a
teacher.
6. I was at work.
7. You were
brothers.
8. Peter was a
doctor.
3. Change the
sentences above to the negative and interrogative forms:
1.
N.: He was not [wasn’t]
here.
I.: Was he here?
2.
N.: We were not
[weren’t] in USA.
I.: Were we in USA?
3.
N.: He was not
[wasn’t] a good student.
I.: Was he a good
student?
4.
N.: They were not
[weren’t] nice.
I.: Were they nice?
5.
N.: You were not
[weren’t] a teacher.
I.: Were you a
teacher?
6.
N.: I was not [wasn’t]
at work.
I.: Was I at work?
7.
N.: You were not
[weren’t] brothers.
I.: Were you
brothers?
8.
N.: Peter was not
[wasn’t] a doctor.
I.: Was Peter a
doctor?
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