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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