Verbo to Be en Pasado: Guía y Ejemplos

En esta publicación aprenderás todo lo que debes saber sobre las oraciones con el verbo to be en pasado.

Esta es la conjugación del verbo to be en presente y en pasado:

Presente	Pasado
I am	I was
You are	You were
He is	He was
She is	She was
It is	It was
We are	We were
They are	They were

El verbo to be en pasado nos sirve para hacer oraciones con dos tipos de tiempos verbales:

#1	Pasado Simple en Inglés
#2	Pasado Continuo en Inglés

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Verbo to Be en Pasado: Ser o Estar

Como sucede con el verbo to be en presente, el verbo to be en pasado es usado para hacer oraciones con ser o estar:

Esta es una de las traducciones del verbo to be en pasado

English	Spanish
I was	Yo era
You were	Tu eras
He was	Él era
She was	Ella era
It was	Eso era
We were	Nosotros eramos
They were	Ellos eran

Esta es la segunda de las traducciones del verbo to be en pasado

English	Spanish
I was	Yo estaba
You were	Tu estabas
He was	Él estaba
She was	Ella estaba
It was	Eso estaba
We were	Nosotros estábamos
They were	Ellos estaban

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Estructura del Verbo to Be Negativo: Pasado Simple

Esta es la estructura de las oraciones afirmativas con el verbo to be en Pasado

Sujeto	I
Was / Were	was
Complemento	sick

Esta es la estructura de las oraciones negativas con el verbo to be en Pasado

Sujeto	I
Wasn’t / Weren’t	wasn’t
Complemento	sick

Esta es la estructura de las preguntas cerradas con el verbo to be en Pasado

Wasn’t / Weren’t	Were
Sujeto	you
Complemento	sick?

Esta es la estructura de las preguntas abiertas con el verbo to be en Pasado

Pregunta	Why
Wasn’t / Weren’t	Were
Sujeto	you
Complemento	sick?

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Estructura del Verbo to Be Negativo: Pasado Continuo

El verbo to be negativo se usa para hacer oraciones con el pasado continuo.

Esta es la estructura para hacer oraciones afirmativas con el pasado continuo

Sujeto	I
Was / Were	was
Verbo	Learning
Complemento	English

Esta es la estructura para hacer oraciones negativas con el pasado continuo

Sujeto	I
Wasn’t / Weren’t	wasn’t
Verbo	Learning
Complemento	English

Esta es la estructura para hacer oraciones interrogativas con el pasado continuo

Was / Were	Werre
Sujeto	you
Verbo	Learning
Complemento	English?

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Oraciones con el Verbo to Be en Pasado

Estos son ejemplos de oraciones afirmativas con el verbo to be en pasado con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo

• I was sad
• She was sick
• We were home
• They were alone

• I was playing video games
• She was watching videos on YouTube
• We were recording a video
• They were sending emails

Estos son ejemplos de oraciones negativas con el verbo to be en pasado con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo

• I was rich
• She was generous
• He was fat
• They were absent today

• I wasn’t crying
• He wasn’t driving the car
• She wasn’t eating chocolates
• They weren’t fixing the window

Estos son ejemplos de preguntas cerradas con el verbo to be en pasado con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo

• Was I wrong?
• Was she right?
• Was he sick?
• Was it bad?

• Was she packing her clothes?
• Was she riding a motorcycle?
• Were they trying to catch the criminals?
• Were you building a house?

Estos son ejemplos de preguntas abiertas con el verbo to be en pasado con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo

• Why was the answer wrong?
• Who was outside?
• Who was the boss?
• Who was your former classmate?

• Why were you writing that letter?
• What were you talking about?
• What was she thinking about?
• Who were you trying to contact?

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Preguntas y Respuestas

Estos ejemplos de repuestas a las preguntas más comunes con el verbo to be en pasado:

EN	Where were you?
ES	I was at the pool

EN	What were you doing?
ES	I was hanging out with my friends

EN	What were you talking about?
ES	I was talking about Anime

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