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COLÉGIO MUNICIPAL JOAQUIM RODRIGUES PEIXOTO JÚNIOR

DISCIPLINA: LÍNGUA INGLESA – ANO: 9º ANO – 3º BIMESTRE


PROFESSORA: JÉSSICA

VERBO TO BE (PASSADO)

A maioria dos verbos em inglês, para que seja conjugado no passado, basta acrescentar
-ed. Contudo, no caso do verbo to be, a conjugação se dá de forma irregular, sendo completamente
diferente de sua forma original. Há duas conjugações do to be no passado: was e were. Observe:

1º, 2º e 3º PESSOAS DO SINGULAR


1º, 2º e 3º PESSOAS DO PLURAL
PRONOME (pessoa/sujeito) VERBO (conjugação)
PRONOME (pessoa/sujeito) VERBO (conjugação)
I was (era/estava)
We were (éramos/estávamos)
You were (era/estava)
You were (eram/estavam)
He was (era/estava)
They were (eram/estavam)
She was (era/estava)
It was (era/estava)

Exemplo 1: Eliana was my teacher. (Eliana era minha professora).

Exemplo 2: The boys were at home. (Os garotos estavam em casa).

FORMA NEGATIVA
Para escrever frases negativas, basta acrescentar o not depois do verbo. Veja:

Exemplo 1: Eliana was not my teacher. (Eliana não era minha professora).

Exemplo 2: The boys were not at home. (Os garotos não estavam em casa).

FORMA CONTRAÍDA: was not = wasn’t were not = weren’t

FORMA INTERROGATIVA

Para escrever perguntas, basta colocar o verbo antes do sujeito. Veja:

Exemplo 1: Was Eliana my teacher? (Eliana foi minha professora?)

Exemplo 2: Were the boys at home? (Os garotos estavam em casa?)

 EXERCISES
1. Complete the sentences with WAS or WERE.

a) We _____________ in a party last Saturday.


b) Louise _____________ at home last night. She even cooked dinner.
c) Carlos didn’t go to work because he _____________ sick.
d) Harold and I _____________ at school yesterday.
e) I _____________ happy because my time won the game.

2. In your notebook:
a) Rewrite the sentences from exercise 1 into negative and interrogative forms.
b) Translate the sentences from exercise 1 into Portuguese.

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