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TO BE - SIMPLE PAST
A differenza di tutti gli altri verbi inglesi che, al Simple Past,
utilizzano la stessa forma per tutte le persone, il verbo to be ha due
forme per il Simple Past:
WAS
e WERE.
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Forma affermativa
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Forma negativa
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Forma interrogativa
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I was
you were
he-she-it was
we were
you were
they were
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I was not
you were not
he-she-it was not
we were not
you were not
they were not
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was I ?
were you?
was he-she-it?
were we?
were you?
were they?
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Nella forma negativa si utilizzano frequentemente le seguenti contrazioni:
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WAS NOT ® WASN'T
WERE NOT ® WEREN'T
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Nota
Si utilizzano le forme contratte nell'inglese parlato corrente e
nell'inglese scritto informale.
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