Sujeto + Was / Were + Verbo -Ing + el resto de la oración.
Para formular oraciones Afirmativas en este Tiempo Verbal se utiliza el pasado del Verbo To Be "Was - Were".
Si el Sujeto de la oración es "He - She - It - I" se utiliza "Was".
Si el Sujeto de la oración es "You - We - They" se utiliza "Were".
Luego del Verbo To Be en pasado, se escribe el Verbo principal con la terminación "-ing", para identificar que la acción estaba en progreso.
Examples
Kevin was having a shower when the phone rang.
British
American
The teacher was writing on the board.
British
American
They were playing football when it started raining.
British
American
I was driving home when I saw an "UFO".
British
American
Sujeto + Wasn't / Weren't + Verbo -Ing + el resto de la oración.
En las oraciones Negativas, se niega el Verbo To Be.
Was Not (Wasn't) or Were Not (Weren't).
Al Verbo principal de la oración siempre se le agrega "-ing" al final.
Examples
My brother wasn't studying when I came home.
British
American
We weren't talking, Miss Taylor.
British
American
I wasn't running when he saw me.
British
American
Was / Were + Sujeto + Verbo -Ing + el resto de la oración…?
En Interrogativo, el Verbo "To Be" se escribe antes del Sujeto.
Al verbo principal de la oración siempre se le agrega "-ing" al final.
Examples
Were you listening Matt?
British
American
Was she watching tv?
British
American
Was he wearing shorts when you saw him?
British
American
1 Lucy _____ when she fell down.
2 The dog ran away when it saw you _____ home.
3 _____ when the team appeared?
4 I _____ when I said it was wrong!
5 Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
6 The Verb To Be is always conjugated in Simple Past.
7 We have to take into account the Regular or Irregular form of the main verb.
8 The main verb always finishes with "–ing".
9 In the negative form, we use "Wasn't" or "Weren't".
10 I _____ running in the morning.
11 They _____ eating a hamburger.
12 My sister _____ dinner when the phone rang.
13 I _____ football when he arrived.
14 While you _____ , she entered the room.
15 _____ she sleeping?
