Preguntas y Oraciones con Was y Were

En esta publicación vas a encontrar todo lo que necesitas saber para poder crear preguntas y oraciones con was y were.

Si entiendes cada una de los temas presentados en esta publicación, podrás realizar oraciones y preguntas tales como:

#1	I was at home
#2	She was really happy
#3	We were in the stadium
#4	They were at the airport
#5	They were waiting at the airport
#6	Where were you?
#7	What were you doing?

Ahora veamos cada una de los subtemas que nos ayudarán a entender como hacer preguntas y oraciones con was y were.

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¿Cuando Usar Was y Were?

Was y were son las formas pasadas del verbo to be y solo debemos un pequeño detalle a la hora de usar ambas palabras.

La palabra was se usa con pronombres y sujetos singulares mientras que la palabra were se usa con los sujetos y pronombres plurales.

Se escribe was con los pronombres personales I, He, She, It:

• I was (Yo era o Yo estaba)
• He was (Él era o Él estaba)
• She was (Ella era o Ella estaba)
• It was (Eso era o Eso estaba)

Se escribe were con los pronombres personales We, You,They:

• You were (Tú eras o Tú estabas)
• We were (Nosotros éramos o Nosotros estábamos)
• You were (Ustedes eran o Ustedes estaban)
• They were (Ellos eran o Ellos estaban)

También usamos was y were para hacer oraciones con el pasado continuo en Inglés

• I was watching a movie
• You were watching a movie
• He was watching a movie
• She was watching a movie
• They were watching a movie
• We were watching a movie

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Oraciones Afirmativas con Was y Were

Como es en el caso de todos los tiempos verbales, podemos hacer oraciones afirmativas con was y were.

La estructura gramatical para realizar esas oraciones es la siguiente:

Sujeto	Was / Were	Complemento
I	was	at home
She	was	with you
We	were	in the hospital

Estas son algunas oraciones afirmativas con was y were.

• I was a good student = Yo fui un buen estudiante
• She was my girlfriend = Ella era mi novia
• He was my life = El era mi vida
• He was sick = El estaba enfermo

• We were very good friends = Éramos buenos amigos
• They were here = Ellos estaban acá
• They were fired = Ellos fueron despedidos
• They were hired = Ellos fueron contratados

Estas son algunas oraciones con was y were con el pasado continuo

1. I was dancing with my girlfriend
2. You were making all kinds of mistakes
3. She was writing on one of her blogs
4. He was sending emails like crazy
5. They were listening to music on Spotify
6. We were learning English and French

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Oraciones Negativas con Was y Were

Si ya sabes realizar oraciones afirmativas, no tendrás problema para crear oraciones con was y were.

Esta es la estructura que te ayudará a crear esas oraciones.

Sujeto	Wasn’t / Weren’t	Complemento
I	wasn’t	at home
She	wasn’t	with you
We	weren’t	in the hospital

Estas son algunas oraciones con was y were negativas

• She wasn’t happy with you = Ella no era feliz contigo
• She wasn’t sick = Ella no estaba enferma
• I wasn’t that happy = Yo no estaba tan feliz
• They weren’t great this time= Ellos no estuvieron grandiosos
• We weren’t friends: No eramos amigos

Estas son algunas oraciones negativas con was y were usando el pasado continuo

• I wasn’t cooking:
• You weren’t paying attention
• She wasn’t resting well
• He wasn’t playing fair
• They weren’t taking an English course
• We weren’t respecting the rules

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Oraciones Interrogativas con Was y Were

Una vez que sabes como hacer oraciones afirmativas y negativas con was y were, ya puedes empezar en realizar oraciones interrogativas.

La estructura para realizar oraciones interrogativas es la siguiente:

Were / was	Sujeto	Complemento +?
Was	she	home?
Was	he	sick?
Were	you	at the airport?
Were	they	sad?

Estas son algunas oraciones con was y were interrogativas

• Were you my classmate? = ¿Fuiste mi compañero?
• Were you happy with her? 0 ¿Fuiste feliz con ella?
• Was she pregnant? = ¿Estaba ella embarazado?

Estas son algunas oraciones interrogativas con was y were en forma negativa

• Wasn’t she happy? = ¿No estaba ella feliz?
• Weren’t you at the university? = ¿No estabas en la universidad?
• Weren’t they rich? = ¿No eran ellos ricos?

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Oraciones Interrogativas con Wh

Para entender el tema de las oraciones interrogativas con was y were, debes conocer el vocabulario de las preguntas más comunes en Inglés.

What?	Where?
Why?	How?
Which?

La estructura que se sigue para realizar esas oraciones es la siguiente:

Preguntas	Was / Were	Sujeto?	Complemento?
Where	were	you?
Why	were	you	sad?

Estas son algunas oraciones con was y were interrogativas con wh-questions

• Where were you? = ¿Donde estabas?
• Why was she sad? = ¿Por qué estaba ella triste?

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Preguntas y Respuestas con Was y Were

Recuerda que siempre podemos hacer oraciones abiertas y cerradas en Inglés.

Estos son preguntas cerradas y sus respuestas con was y were:

• Was she sad?
• Yes she was

• Were you happy with the decision?
• Yes I was

• Were you at the party?
• No, I wasn’t

• Were you a professor at Harvard?
• No, I wasn’t

Estas son preguntas abiertas y respuestas con was y were:

• Where were you?
• I was in the drugstore

• Why was she sad?
• She was sad because she failed her English test

• Who were you?
• I was the CEO of this big company

• Why can’t you go with us?
• Sorry, I have to do some homework

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Conversación Corta

Esta es una conversación corta que usa lo enseñado en esta publicación

Daniela	Hello Eddy
Eddy	Hi
Daniela	Were you home last night?
Eddy	Yes. Why?
Daniela	What were you doing?
Eddy	I was trying to finish the project
Daniela	Michael was trying to call you
Eddy	Sorry, I had my phone in Airplane mode

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Pronunciación de Was y Were

Si tienes preguntas acerca de la pronunciación de “was” y “were”, estos videos te serán de mucha ayuda.

Esta es la pronunciación de was:

Estas es la pronunciación de were:

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