Tema 1 · Nível A2

Was / were

O passado do verbo to be

Velocidade do áudio
Was
wereera · estava · foipassado do be

1A forma

I / he / she / itwas
you / we / theywere

am/is → was · are → were

I was tired. · We were late.

2Negativa e pergunta

I wasn't home.

They weren't ready.

Were you tired?

Yes, I was. · No, I wasn't.

3Marcadores de passado

yesterdayontem
last nightontem à noite
last weeksemana passada
two days agodois dias atrás

ago vem depois: ago two days

4Nascimento

I was born in 1990. Eu nasci em 1990.

Where were you born?

Sempre com was/were: I born

5There was / there were

There was a party. Teve uma festa.

There were many people.

O passado do there is/are.

6Wh + was/were

Where were you? Onde você estava?

How was your trip? Como foi a viagem?

Who was that? Quem era?

Erros comuns de brasileiros

I born in 1990.→I was born in 1990.
They was here.→They were here.
Did you were tired?→Were you tired?
ago two years→two years ago
Had a party yesterday.→There was a party yesterday.

How was…? (a pergunta mais útil)

Para perguntar como algo foi:

How was your weekend? · How was the movie?

It was great! · It was OK. · It was terrible.

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