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Mdulo 1
El tiempo pasado del verbo to be

OBJETIVO:
Identificar la forma was en primera y tercera persona del singular y la forma were
con
Subject+ was/were+ todas las
complement dems. Formar oraciones
subject+was/werenot+complement empleando el tiempo pasado del verbo to
was/were+subject+complement?
be, en sus formas afirmativa, negativa, e interrogativa y reconocer que
expresiones de tiempo requieren las oraciones con las formas was y were.

1.-Esquema estructural para formar oraciones empleando el tiempo pasado

del verbo to be (was, were), en sus formas afirmativa, negativa, e
interrogativa, para identificacin, descripcin y ubicacin del sujeto.

Subject+was/were+ subject+was/were was/were+subject+comple

complement not+complement ment?
Forma afirmativa Forma negativa Forma interrogativa
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 .... ?
Observe Observe Observe
Se utiliza was para el Para negar se inserta la Para preguntar se antepone
hablante(I) y para forma negativa not la forma was a los sujetos de
tercera persona singular inmediatamente despus primera y tercera persona del
( he, she, it), y were de las formas verbales singular, y la forma were a
para todos los dems was o were todos los dems.
casos( you, we, they).

2.-La forma breve de respuesta afirmativa y negativa

Las respuestas afirmativas breves se inician con la palabra yes seguida

de una pausa ( una coma en la escritura), luego llevan el sujeto y la forma
was o were que corresponda a ste.
Yes, he was
Yes, you were
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Las respuestas negativas breves se inician con la palabra no seguida de

una pausa( una coma en la escritura), luego llevan el sujeto y al final la
forma was o were que corresponda al sujeto y la palabra not o su
contraccin nt
No, I was not ( No, I wasnt)
No, they were not ( No, they werent)

Expresiones de tiempo que sealan tiempo en el pasado.

Yesterday Seala el da anterior.

yesterday morning/noon/afternoon/evening

This Seguida de una expresin que seale un periodo determinado de

tiempo, indica que el momento del habla se ubica en cualquier
momento dentro de este periodo
Antepuesta a al expresin de tiempo, indica un tiempo anterior y
Last concluido con relacin al momento del habla.
last monday/week/night/month
Ago Antecedida por una expresin que seala una determinada
dimensin de tiempo, indica el lapso transcurrido desde un
acontecimiento un hecho en el pasado hasta el momento del habla.

Clave de smbolos
Subject- sujeto
Complement- complementos
circunstanciales de lugar, modo y tiempo.