Past Simple (To Be)

O verbo to be significa ser/estar.

Nós usamos o to be no Passado Simples para:

🔸 Eventos no passado

We were in the USA on our last vacation. 🇺🇸
(Nós estávamos nos EUA em nossas últimas férias.)

🔸 Com adjetivos para identificar sentimentos/estados

She was in love with him. 💏🏻
(Ela estava apaixonada por ele.)

VERBO IRREGULAR

O verbo to be no passado é IRREGULAR e possui duas conjugações distintas: para os pronomes I, he, she e it, usa-se was/wasn’t; para you, we e they, usa-se were/weren’t.

Estão são as formas afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa do verbo to be no Passado Simples para cada pronome.

I was = Eu era/estava
I was an astronaut 👨‍🚀
(Eu era um astronauta)

I was not = Eu não era/estava
I was not an astronaut 👨‍🚀
(Eu não era um astronauta)

Was I? = Eu era/estava?
Was I an astronaut? 👨‍🚀
(Eu era um astronauta?)

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You were = Você era/estava
You were sad 😭
(Você estava triste)

You were not = Você não era/estava
You were not sad 😭
(Você não estava triste)

Were you? = Você era/estava?
Were you sad? 😭
(Você estava triste?)

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He was = Ele era/estava
He was a firefighter 👨‍🚒
(Ele era um bombeiro)

He was not = Ele não era/estava
He was not a firefighter 👨‍🚒
(Ele não era um bombeiro)

Was he? = Ele era/estava?
Was he a firefighter? 👨‍🚒
(Ele era um bombeiro?)

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She was = Ela era/estava
She was a doctor 👩‍⚕️
(Ela era uma médica)

She was not = Ela não era/estava
She was not a doctor 👩‍⚕️
(Ela não era uma médica)

Was she? = Ela era/estava?
Was she a doctor? 👩‍⚕️
(Ela era uma médica?)

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It was = era/estava
It was a pig 🐷
(Era um porco)

It was not = não era/estava
It was not a pig 🐷
(Não era um porco)

Was it? = era/estava?
Was it a pig? 🐷
(Era um porco?)

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We were = Nós éramos/estávamos
We were wrestlers 🤼
(Nós éramos lutadores)

We were not = Nós não éramos/estávamos
We were not wrestlers 🤼
(Nós não éramos lutadores)

Were we? = Nós éramos/estávamos?
Were we wrestlers? 🤼
(Nós éramos lutadores?)

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You were = Vocês eram/estavam
You were in love 💏
(Vocês estavam apaixonados)

You were not = Vocês não eram/estavam
You were not in love 💏
(Vocês não estavam apaixonados)

Were you? = Vocês eram/estavam?
Were you in love? 💏
(Vocês estavam apaixonados?)

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They were = Eles eram/estavam
They were monkeys 🙈🙉🙊
(Eles eram macacos)

They were not = Eles não eram/estavam
They were not monkeys 🙈🙉🙊
(Eles não eram macacos)

Were they? = Eles eram/estavam?
Were they monkeys? 🙈🙉🙊
(Eles eram macacos?)