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LESSON 2 – THE VERBS: TO BE AND THERE

TO BE – SIMPLE PAST

(LIÇÃO 2 – OS VERBOS: TO BE E THERE TO BE

– PASSADO SIMPLES)

1. TO BE (SER / ESTAR)

Forma Afirmativa (Passado)

Forma Afirmativa Tradução

I was Eu era / estava

You were Tu eras / estavas

He was Ele era / estava

She was Ela era / estava

It was Ele/Ela era / estava

We were Nós éramos / estávamos

You were Vós éreis / estavam

They were Eles/Elas eram / estavam

Exemplos:

I was in Rio de Janeiro last December. (Eu

estava no Rio de Janeiro dezembro passado).

She was at home yesterday. (Ela estava em

casa ontem).

They were late for school. (Eles estavam a-

trasados para a escola).

Forma Negativa (Passado) Forma Negativa Forma Contraída Tradução

I was not I wasn’t Eu não era /

estava

You were not You weren’t Tu não eras

/ estavas

He was not He wasn’t Ele não era /

estava

She was not She wasn’t Ela não era /

estava

It was not It wasn’t Ele/Ela não

era / estava

We were not We weren’t Nós não é-

ramos / es-

távamos

You were not You weren’t Vós não é-

reis / esta-

vam

They were not They weren’t Eles/Elas

não eram /

estavam

Exemplos:

I was not in Rio de Janeiro last December.

(Eu não estava no Rio de Janeiro dezembro passado).

She wasn’t at home yesterday. (Ela não esta-

va em casa ontem).

They were not late for school. (Eles não es-

tavam atrasados para a escola).

Forma Interrogativa (Passado) Forma Interrogativa Tradução

Was I? Eu era /estava?

Were you? Tu eras / estavas?

Was he? Ele era / estava?

Was she? Ela era / estava?

Was it? Ele/Ela era / estava?

Were we? Nós éramos / estávamos?

Were you? Vós éreis / estavam?

Were they? Eles/Elas eram / estavam?

Exemplos:

Was I in Rio de Janeiro last December? (Eu

estava no Rio de Janeiro dezembro passado?).

Was she at home yesterday? (Ela estava em

casa ontem?).

Were they late for school? (Eles estavam a-

trasados para a escola?).

Short Answers (Respostas curtas)

Forma Interro-gativa

Short Answer Sim

Short Answer Não

Was I? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.

Were you? Yes, you were. No, You

weren’t.

Was he? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.

Was she? Yes, she was. No, she

wasn’t.

Was it? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.

Were we? Yes, we were. No, we

weren’t.

Were you? Yes, you were. No, you

weren’t.

Were they? Yes, they were. No, they

weren’t.

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Exemplos:

Were you in Rio de Janeiro last December?

Yes, I was. (Você esteve no Rio de Janeiro dezembro

passado? Sim.).

Was she at home yesterday? No, she wasn’t. (Ela estava em casa ontem? Não.).

Were they late for school? Yes, they were.

(Eles estavam atrasados para a escola? Sim.).

2. THERE TO BE (HAVER / EXISTIR)

Forma Afirmativa Tradução Singular There was Havia / Existia

Plural There were Havia / Existiam

Forma Negativa Forma Contraída

Tradução

Singular There was not There

wasn’t

Não havia /

Não existia

Plural There were

not

There we-

ren’t

Não havia /

Não existi-

am

Forma Interrogativa Tradução

Singular Was there? Havia? /Existia?

Plural Were there? Havia? /Existiam?

Forma Interrogativa Short Ans-wer - Sim

Short Answer -

Não

Singular Was there? Yes, there

was.

No, there

wasn’t

Plural Were there? Yes, there

were.

No, there

weren’t.

Exemplos:

There was a bird on the tree. (Havia/Existia

um pássaro na árvore).

There were five birds on the tree. (Havi-

a/Existiam 5 pássaros na árvore).

There was not a bird on the tree. (Não havi-

a/existia um pássaro na árvore).

There weren’t five birds on the tree. (Não

havia/existiam 5 pássaros na árvore).

Was there a bird on the tree? Yes there was. (Havia/Existia um pássaro na árvore? Sim).

Were there five birds on the tree? No, there weren’t. (Havia/Existiam 5 pássaros na árvore?

Não).

ESTUDO DIRIGIDO

1 Qual é a forma do verbo to be no tempo do pas-

sado simples?

2 Qual é a forma do verbo there to be no tempo do

passado simples?

EXERCÍCIOS RESOLVIDOS

1 Complete as frases a seguir com o tempo ade-

quado do verbo to be.

I – Today _______________ Saturday.

II – Yesterday _____________ Friday.

a) is – were.

b) are – is.

c) were – is.

d) is – was.

Resolução: De acordo com as expressões de

tempo (today e yesterday), saberemos se o verbo to

be deve ser usado no presente ou no passado. Today

significa hoje, então a primeira frase deve ser com-

pletada com o verbo to be no presente. O verbo to be

no presente que acompanha Today é is. Yesterday

significa ontem, então a segunda frase deve ser com-

pletada com o verbo to be no passado. O verbo to be

no passado que acompanha Yesterday é was. Assim,

a resposta correta é a letra d.

2 Marque a alternativa cuja frase esteja sendo usa-

do corretamente o verbo there to be no passado.

a) There were a great show downtown last week.

b) There was only twelve students here yesterday.

c) There were a good film on TV last night.

d) There were many children in the kitchen.

Resolução: O verbo there to be no passado

possui duas formas: There was para singular e The-re were para o plural. Então deve-se fazer a concor-

dância entre o verbo e o substantivo da frase. O

substantivo da primeira frase é show (singular) então

o verbo a ser usado é There was. O substantivo da

segunda frase é students (plural) então o verbo a ser

usado é There were. O substantivo da terceira frase é

film (singular), então o verbo a ser usado é There was. E o substantivo da última frase é children (plu-

ral) então o verbo a ser usado é There were. Respos-

ta correta letra d.

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EXERCÍCIOS

1 Marque a alternativa que complete corretamente

a frase “I __________ hungry and they

__________ thirsty" usando o passado do verbo

to be.

a) were – was.

b) be – were.

c) was – were.

d) was – be.

2 Marque a alternativa cuja frase esteja sendo usa-

do corretamente o verbo to be no passado.

a) Joe and I was tired last night.

b) The children were happy yesterday.

c) The girls was at the club last Sunday.

d) Your book were on the table one minute ago.

3 Qual é a forma negativa da frase “Two people

were injured”?

a) Two people weren’t not injured.

b) Two people not were injured.

c) Two not people were injured.

d) Two people weren’t injured.

4 Qual é a forma interrogativa da frase “It was very

cold last night”?

a) Was it very cold last night?

b) It was very cold last night?

c) Does it was very cold last night?

d) Do it was very cold last night?

5 Marque a alternativa que complete corretamente

a frase “_______________ five people at the

meeting last week and _______________ only

one person at the meeting yesterday" usando o

passado do verbo there to be.

a) There are – there to be.

b) There to be – there is.

c) There was – there were.

d) There were – there was.

6 Qual é a forma interrogativa da frase “There

were many problems in your life”?

a) There were many problems in your life?

b) Is there many problems in your life?

c) Were there many problems in your life?

d) Do there were many problems in your life?

7 Qual é a forma negativa da frase “There was an

important thing to do”?

a) There was not an important thing to do.

b) There wasn’t not an important thing to do.

c) There not was an important thing to do.

d) There was don’t an important thing to do.

8 A frase “Havia dez alunos na sala de aula” em

inglês é:

a) There to be ten students in the classroom.

b) There were ten students in the classroom.

c) There was ten students in the classroom.

d) There be ten students in the classroom.

GABARITO

Estudo dirigido

1 O verbo to be no tempo do passado simples pos-

sui duas formas: was e were. Usa-se was quando

o sujeito for I, he, she, it. E usa-se were quando o

sujeito for you, we, they.

2 O verbo there to be no tempo do passado simples

possui duas formas: there was e there were. Usa-

se there was quando o substantivo que acompa-

nha a expressão estiver no singular e usa-se there

were quando o substantivo que acompanha a ex-

pressão estiver no plural.

Exercícios

1 C

2 B

3 D

4 A

5 D

6 C

7 A

8 B