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Passado Simples To Be (Interrogativo)

  • Para
    formar a interrogativa de be,
    tudo que é necessário é passar o verbo para a frente do sujeito.

 

 

afirmativa

interrogativa

I was

Was
I?

you
were

Were
you?

he
was

Was
he?

she
was

Was
she?

it
was

Was
it?

we
were

Were
we?

you
were

Were
you?

they
were

Were
they?

 

 

  • Veja
    alguns exemplos:

 

 

afirmativa

interrogativa

I
was
right.

[Eu
estava certo(a).]

Was
I
right?

[Eu
estava certo(a)?]

You
were
happy.

[Você
era feliz.]

Were
you
happy?

[Você
era feliz?]

Laura
was
Spanish.

[A
Laura era espanhola.]

Was
Laura
Spanish?

[A
Laura era espanhola?]

We
were
late.

[Nós
estávamos atrasados]

Were
we
late?

[Nós
estávamos atrasados?]

You
and Tom were
at school.

[Você
e o Tom estavam na escola.]

Were
you
and Tom
at school?

[Você
e o Tom estavam na escola?]

They
were doctors.

[Eles(as)
eram médicos(as).]

Were
they
doctors?

[Eles(as)
eram médicos(as)?]

 

 

 

  • Considere
    as perguntas da tabela acima, como Was
    I right?
    ou Were
    you happy?
    Veja que elas podem ser respondidas com um simples Yes
    (Sim) ou No
    (Não). Mas no inglês há também uma forma muito comum de
    responder que é conhecida como short
    answer
    (resposta curta). Veja alguns exemplos:

 

 

interrogativa

short
answer (afirmativa)

short
answer

(negativa)

Was
I
right?

[Eu
estava certo(a)?]

Yes,
you
were.

[Sim,
você estava.]

No,
you
weren’t.

[Não,
você não estava.]

Were
you
happy?

[Você
era feliz?]

Yes,
I
was.

[Sim,
eu era.]

No,
I
wasn’t.

[Não,
eu não era.]

Was
Laura
Spanish?

[A
Laura era espanhola?]

Yes,
she
was.

[Sim,
ela era.]

No,
she
wasn’t.

[Não,
ela não era.]

Were
we
late?

[Nós
estávamos atrasados?]

Yes,
you
were.

[Sim,
vocês estavam.]

No,
you
weren’t.

[Não,
vocês não estavam.]

Were
you and Tom
at school?

[Você
e o Tom estavam na escola?]

Yes,
we
were.

[Sim,
nós estávamos.]

No,
we
weren’t.

[Não,
nós não estávamos.]

Were
they
doctors?

[Eles(as)
eram médicos(as)?]

Yes,
they
were.

[Sim,
eles(as) eram.]

No,
they
weren’t.

[Não,
eles(as) não eram.]