25 Ejemplos de
Was y Were

Was y Were

Las palabras was y were son la conjugación en pasado del verbo “To Be”, que podría traducirse al castellano como “ser” o “estar”, dependiendo del contexto en el cual se lo use.

El significado de ambos verbos (was y were) es exactamente el mismo. La diferencia es que se utilizan para distintas personas, como se muestra a continuación:

-Si se lo usa de manera afirmativa:

• I was
• You were
• He was
• We were
• You were
• They were

-En el caso de que se lo use para expresiones negativas, el uso es el siguiente:

• I was not / I wasn’t
• You were not / You weren’t
• He was not / He wasn’t
• We were not / We weren’t
• You were not / You weren’t
• They were not / They weren’t

-Para utilizar este verbo en preguntas, se lo formula de la siguiente manera:  

• Was I?
• Were you?
• Was he?
• Were we?
• Were you?
• Were they?

Ejemplos de Was y Were

1. He was reading when I called (Él estaba leyendo cuando lo llamé).
2. Yesterday, they were at the club playing football (Ayer estaban en el club jugando al fútbol).
3. I wasn’t sleeping when she was talking (No estaba durmiendo cuando ella hablaba).
4. Weren’t you 21 years old? (No tenías 21 años)
5. We were so tired that we decided to stay at home (Estábamos tan cansados que decidimos quedarnos en casa).
6. He was trying to sleep when I arrived (Él estaba tratando de dormir cuando lo llamé).
7. I think that they weren’t so professional as they said (Creo que no eran tan profesionales como dijeron).
8. The game was very funny (El juego era muy divertivo).
9. We were to the club last weekend? I can’t remember (¿Fuimos al club la semana pasada? No puedo acordarme).
10. They were at the supermarket this afternoon (Estaban en el supermercado esta tarde).
11. In that moment we weren’t married. That was before! (En ese momento no estaba casado. ¡Fue antes!)
12. My mother was a teacher but then she got a better job at a company (Mi mamá era maestra pero después consiguió un trabajo mejor en una compañía).
13. I thought they were right but then I realized that I was committing a big mistake (Pensé que tenían razón pero después me di cuenta de que estaba cometiendo un gran error).
14. I was angry, that is why I was shouting (Estaba enojado, por eso gritaba).
15. Was he your boyfriend at school? You were crazy! (¿Él era tu novio en la escuela? ¡Estabas loca!).
16. Where was he? He was at home (¿Dónde estaba? Estaba en su casa).
17. She was in the office in that moment (Ella estaba en la oficina en ese momento).
18. When was John at the museum? (¿Cuándo fue al museo John?)
19. Weren’t they happy after the news? (¿No estaban felices después de la noticia?)
20. Why wasn’t he there? (¿Por qué no estaba ahí?)
21. Was I soon? (¿Llegaba temprano?)
22. She was sleeping in that moment (Ella estaba durmiendo en ese momento).
23. We were wrong, I know (Estábamos equivocados, lo sé).
24. They were so happy in that city (Eran tan felices en esa ciudad).
25. You weren’t my friend in that moment (No eras mi amigo en ese momento).