To be: past simple 7.1 affermativa elenco he/she/it was not interrogativo-negativa I wasn t plurale singolare situazioni there wasn t they weren t was he/she/it was I weren t they weren t you were there were they we were we weren t you were you were not FORMA AFFERMATIVA NEGATIVA INTERA INTERROGATIVA CONTRATTA INTERROGATIVANEGATIVA I was I was not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .? wasn t I? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you were not you weren t were you? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .? he/she/it was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . he/she/it wasn t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .? wasn t he/she/it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . we were not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . were we? weren t we? you were . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you weren t were you? weren t you? they were they were not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .? n Le short answers (risposte brevi) si formano: Yes, I/he/she/it was. No, I/he/she/it wasn't. Yes, we/you/they were. No, we/you/they weren't. n Le espressioni c era/c erano vengono rese con: there was/were alla forma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . there was/were not ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ./weren't) alla forma negativa was/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alla forma interrogativa wasn't/weren't there alla forma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USO Jane How wasn't very well yesterday. Jane non stava molto bene ieri. old were you when your family moved to York? Quanti anni avevi quando la tua famiglia si è spostata a York? It was so hot in the early afternoon! Faceva così caldo nel primo pomeriggio! n Si usano: there was + nome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o un . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . di nomi di cui il primo singolare There was a lot of food for lunch. C era molto cibo per il pranzo. There was a lot of food and drinks for lunch. C erano molto cibo e bevande per il pranzo. 7.1 To be: past simple 85 Il passato n Si usa il past simple di to be nelle stesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viste per il present simple, riferite però al passato