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.)