Verbos to be (ser/estar) y to have (tener) en el pasado simple o past simple
To be (ser/estar)
El verbo to be en past simple es una excepción, ya que sí que cambia en las diferentes personas.
Conjugación
I was
you were
he / she / it was
we were
you were
they were
Pronunciación
was [wɑz]
were [wɜr]
Contracciones
was not => wasn't ['wɑzənt]
were not => weren't [wɜrnt]
Oraciones interrogativas y negativas
Igual que en presente, el verbo to be no necesita verbo auxiliar.
Las oraciones interrogativas tendrán inversión del orden del verbo y el sujeto:
¿Estuviste en el parque? => Were you at the park?
Y para formar oraciones negativas añadiremos la partícula negativa not justo después del verbo:
No estuve en el parque. => I was not at the park.
To have (tener)
Conjugación
I had
you had
he / she / it had
we had
you had
they had
Pronunciación
had [hæd]
Conversation
Juan: Hi Pepe, how are you?
Pepe: Hi Juan, I'm good, thanks. How are you?
J: Good! What did you do last weekend?
P: On Friday, I was at my friend's restaurant, and on Saturday night I went to a jazz [dʒæz] show. What did you do?
J: On Friday I went to Pinto, to my grandmother's house. On Saturday I went to the park.
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