María ya ha terminado sus exámenes y tras una visita a su familia en España durante un fin de semana, ha regresado a Londres. Paul y María han quedado para tomar algo en un pub:
| PAUL: It is really nice to see you again! What did you do last weekend? MARÍA: I was in Spain. I visited my family, I ate lots of Spanish food, went out with my friends and danced a lot! PAUL: That sounds great! Did you have fun? MARÍA: Oh yes! It was great and my parents were very happy to see me and I bought a new bike! I often miss my country and it was very nice to go back for a weekend. PAUL: What about your exams? How did it go? MARÍA: Fine, I think. I did quite well in most of them, although there was a very difficult one and I didn’t know the answer to all the questions. PAUL: Don’t worry! I am sure you will be fine! |
Presta atención al diálogo entre María y Paul. Vamos a aprender algo nuevo. Como ves María le está contando a Paul cosas que ya han sucedido, son por lo tanto cosas que han sucedido en el pasado. Fíjate cómo se expresa el pasado del verbo ser o estar (to be), es decir, cuando queremos decir por ejemplo:“yo estuve en España”.
| Afirmativa | Negativa | Interrogativa |
| I was: yo era o estaba | I wasn´t | Was I? |
| You were: tú eras o estabas | you weren´t | Were you? |
| He was: Él era o estaba | he wasn´t | Was he? |
| She was: Ella era o estaba | she wasn´t | Was she? |
| It was: (ello) era o estaba | it wasn´t | Was it? |
| We were: nosotros éramos o estábamos | we weren´t | Were we? |
| You were: vosotros érais o estabais | you weren´t | Were you? |
| They were: ellos eran o estaban | they werent | Were they? |
| Expresiones temporales para el pasado Yesterday: ayer Last week: la semana pasada Last year: el año pasado Last month, last Monday, last winter… A week ago: hace una semana A year ago: hace un año Two weeks ago, three months ago… |
| Recuerda que el pasado del verbo to be es muy fácil, sólo tienes que aprenderte dos formas: WAS y WERE Para formar el negativo añadimos not: WAS NOT – wasn’t / WERE NOT – weren’t Para hacer preguntas cambiamos el orden :WAS I? WERE YOU? |
¿Sabías que desde Londres se puede viajar hacia Francia y España sin ir en avión o barco? Pues sí, existe un túnel que se ha construido por debajo del mar en el canal de la Mancha y por el que circula el tren Eurostar.