En esta publicación aprenderás todo lo que debes saber sobre las oraciones con el verbo to be en pasado.
Esta es la conjugación del verbo to be en presente y en pasado:
| Presente | Pasado |
| I am | I was |
| You are | You were |
| He is | He was |
| She is | She was |
| It is | It was |
| We are | We were |
| They are | They were |
El verbo to be en pasado nos sirve para hacer oraciones con dos tipos de tiempos verbales:
| #1 | Pasado Simple en Inglés |
| #2 | Pasado Continuo en Inglés |
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Verbo to Be en Pasado: Ser o Estar
Como sucede con el verbo to be en presente, el verbo to be en pasado es usado para hacer oraciones con ser o estar:
Esta es una de las traducciones del verbo to be en pasado
| English | Spanish |
| I was | Yo era |
| You were | Tu eras |
| He was | Él era |
| She was | Ella era |
| It was | Eso era |
| We were | Nosotros eramos |
| They were | Ellos eran |
Esta es la segunda de las traducciones del verbo to be en pasado
| English | Spanish |
| I was | Yo estaba |
| You were | Tu estabas |
| He was | Él estaba |
| She was | Ella estaba |
| It was | Eso estaba |
| We were | Nosotros estábamos |
| They were | Ellos estaban |
Estructura del Verbo to Be Negativo: Pasado Simple
Esta es la estructura de las oraciones afirmativas con el verbo to be en Pasado
| Sujeto | I |
| Was / Were | was |
| Complemento | sick |
Esta es la estructura de las oraciones negativas con el verbo to be en Pasado
| Sujeto | I |
| Wasn’t / Weren’t | wasn’t |
| Complemento | sick |
Esta es la estructura de las preguntas cerradas con el verbo to be en Pasado
| Wasn’t / Weren’t | Were |
| Sujeto | you |
| Complemento | sick? |
Esta es la estructura de las preguntas abiertas con el verbo to be en Pasado
| Pregunta | Why |
| Wasn’t / Weren’t | Were |
| Sujeto | you |
| Complemento | sick? |
Estructura del Verbo to Be Negativo: Pasado Continuo
El verbo to be negativo se usa para hacer oraciones con el pasado continuo.
Esta es la estructura para hacer oraciones afirmativas con el pasado continuo
| Sujeto | I |
| Was / Were | was |
| Verbo | Learning |
| Complemento | English |
Esta es la estructura para hacer oraciones negativas con el pasado continuo
| Sujeto | I |
| Wasn’t / Weren’t | wasn’t |
| Verbo | Learning |
| Complemento | English |
Esta es la estructura para hacer oraciones interrogativas con el pasado continuo
| Was / Were | Werre |
| Sujeto | you |
| Verbo | Learning |
| Complemento | English? |
Oraciones con el Verbo to Be en Pasado
Estos son ejemplos de oraciones afirmativas con el verbo to be en pasado con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo
- I was sad
- She was sick
- We were home
- They were alone
- I was playing video games
- She was watching videos on YouTube
- We were recording a video
- They were sending emails
Estos son ejemplos de oraciones negativas con el verbo to be en pasado con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo
- I was rich
- She was generous
- He was fat
- They were absent today
- I wasn’t crying
- He wasn’t driving the car
- She wasn’t eating chocolates
- They weren’t fixing the window
Estos son ejemplos de preguntas cerradas con el verbo to be en pasado con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo
- Was I wrong?
- Was she right?
- Was he sick?
- Was it bad?
- Was she packing her clothes?
- Was she riding a motorcycle?
- Were they trying to catch the criminals?
- Were you building a house?
Estos son ejemplos de preguntas abiertas con el verbo to be en pasado con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo
- Why was the answer wrong?
- Who was outside?
- Who was the boss?
- Who was your former classmate?
- Why were you writing that letter?
- What were you talking about?
- What was she thinking about?
- Who were you trying to contact?
Preguntas y Respuestas
Estos ejemplos de repuestas a las preguntas más comunes con el verbo to be en pasado:
| EN | Where were you? |
| ES | I was at the pool |
| EN | What were you doing? |
| ES | I was hanging out with my friends |
| EN | What were you talking about? |
| ES | I was talking about Anime |
