To be: Simple Past

To Be: Simple Past

Há apenas duas formas para o verbo "to be" no passado simples: was , were. Observe a conjugação :
 
Statement
Negative
Question
I was
I was not
Was I ?
You were
You were not
Were you ?
He was
He was not
Was he ?
She was
She was not
Was she ?
It was
It was not
Was it ?
We were
We were not
Were we ?
You were
You were not
Were you ?
They were
They were not
Were they ?
     
I was = Eu era / Eu estava
     
Podemos fazer contrações na forma negativa :
WAS NOT = WASN'T
WERE NOT = WEREN'T
Ex: We were at the wharf yesterday.
(Nós estávamos no cais ontem.)

Agora os exercícios:

 

Level 1 - To Be : Simple Past
A) Complete os espaços com was ou were :
 
1) We __________ at school last week. 10) The airplane _________ in the air.
2) I _________ a pilot. 11) Paul and I ___________ inventors.
3) He and his father ___________ doctors. 12) The president __________ at the conference.
4) Karen _________ surprised. 13) Alice __________ my girlfriend.
5) They __________ born in Brazil. 14) The books ___________ old.
6) There __________ a cat here. 15) The lions ___________ big.
7) My father __________ at work. 16) ________ they in Spain last month
8) My blue eraser _________ on the floor. 17) I ________ at home.
9) Alice and Amanda ________ good friends. 18) _______ my mother in the kitchen ?
 
B) Passe as sentenças para a forma negativa, trocando o sujeito pelas palavras entre parênteses :
Ex: 0) The executive was at the conference. (The boss)
Resp: ____The boss wasn't at the conference.____________
 
1) My guitar was a good musical instrument. (My violin)___________________________________
2) The soldiers were tired yesterday morning. (The pilots) _________________________________
3) I was concentrated on the class. (My brothers)________________________________________
4) Her dogs were friendly. (His dog)___________________________________________________
5) I was an excellent engineer. (Jack)__________________________________________________
6) We were jokers. (They)___________________________________________________________
 
C ) Passe as sentenças para a forma interrogativa :
Ex: 0 ) I was a teacher. ________Was I a teacher ?__________
 
1) The weather was nice. _________________________________________________
2) You were very busy last Monday. ________________________________________
3) Mary and Tom were in the museum. ______________________________________
4) We were friends. ______________________________________________________
5) He was a great medic.__________________________________________________
 

D) Leia o texto e depois responda as perguntas:

 

Johnny Depp

Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1963. His father was a city engineer and his mother was a
waitress.He has one brother, Danny, and two sisters, Christie and Debbie. When he was 12, he played
in a rock band. His first band was in honor of his girlfriend Meredith. In 1978, when Johnny was 15, his
parents were divorced. Johnny Depp's first major role was in the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm
Street. Depp's status as a big movie star was solidified with the success of the 2003 Walt Disney Pictures
film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
 
1) Where was he born ? ______________________________________________________
2) When were his parents divorced ? ___________________________________________
3) What’s the name of his first movie as a star ? __________________________________
4) What are the names of his brother and sisters ? ________________________________
 
Respostas:
A) 1) were 2) was 3) were 4) was 5) were 6) was 7) was 8) was 9) were 10) was 11) were 12) was 13) was 14) were
15) were 16) Were 17) was 18) Was
B) 1) My violin wasn't a good musical instrument. 2) The pilots weren't tired yesterday morning.
3) My brothers weren't concentrated on the class. 4) His dog wasn't friendly.
5) Jack wasn't an excellent engineer. 6) They weren't jokers. (nota: jokers = comediantes, palhaços)
C) 1) Was the weather nice? 2) Were you very busy last Monday?
3) Were Mary and Tom in the museum? 4) Were we friends? 5) Was he a great medic ?
D) 1) He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. 2) They divorced 1978, when Johnny was 15. 3) A Nightmare on Elm Street
4) His brother is Danny, and his two sisters are Christie and Debbie.

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