Solucionario de los ejercicios de pasado del verbo to be (inglés 1.º ESO) para descargar en PDF

Ejercicio 1. Elige was o were

1. Lucía was in Sevilla yesterday. (singular)
2. My cousins were at the cinema.
3. It was very cold last night.
4. You were right, Mateo. (you siempre were)
5. We were tired after the trip.
6. I was eleven two years ago.

Ejercicio 2. Completa la negativa

1. The museum wasn’t open on Monday.
2. The tickets weren’t expensive.
3. I wasn’t at home at nine.
4. Joaquín and Ximena weren’t in my class.
5. It wasn’t sunny in Dublin.
6. We weren’t late for the bus.

Ejercicio 3. Frases afirmativas con palabras sueltas

1. Valentina was happy yesterday.
2. The boys were in the garden this morning.
3. We were at school on Friday.
4. You were very kind last week.
5. Leo’s notebook was on the bus.
6. The shops were closed on Sunday.

Regla: un sujeto singular lleva was; plural y you, were.

Ejercicio 4. Pasa a pregunta

1. Was she at the party?
2. Were they in Toronto?
3. Was the film long?
4. Were you on the team?
5. Was Mateo ill?
6. Were the streets empty?

El verbo pasa delante del sujeto.

Ejercicio 5. La agenda de Leo

1. Yes, he was. A las 10:00 estaba en el museo.
2. No, he wasn’t. A la una estaba en la cafetería.
3. Yes, he was.
4. No, he wasn’t. A las cuatro estaba en el parque.
5. Yes, he was.
6. He was at the bus stop.

Ejercicio 6. Yesterday, last o ago

1. two days ago (ago va detrás)
2. last Saturday
3. Yesterday morning
4. last week
5. ten years ago
6. last Friday

Ejercicio 7. Traduce al inglés

1. Yesterday I was at my grandmother’s house.
2. The tickets weren’t expensive.
3. Was the library open?
4. Three years ago I was ten. Edad con to be, no con have.
5. Last week it was very cold. Hace falta it.
6. We weren’t tired.

Ejercicio 8. There was o there were

1. There was a big map.
2. There were two windows.
3. There weren’t any computers.
4. Was there a clock on the wall?
5. There wasn’t much noise in the corridor. (noise es incontable aquí)
6. Were there any posters?

Ejercicio 9. Corrige el error

1. Yesterday I was at the beach.
2. Were you at the concert?
3. There were three cats in the garden.
4. It was very hot yesterday. Falta el sujeto.
5. I was twelve last summer.
6. They weren’t at home.
7. Where were you last night?

Ejercicio 10. Ordena las palabras

1. The film was very long.
2. Were you at the station?
3. They weren’t in the room.
4. There was a bakery near my house.
5. Ximena was in Bogotá a month ago.
6. Were there any shops in the street?

Ejercicio 11. Un sábado en Monterrey

1. She was in Monterrey.
2. Yes, it was. (It was a hot day.)
3. Yes, there was.
4. Because the restaurant was full. (o there weren’t any free tables)
5. Yes, they were. (delicious = riquísimos)

Ejercicio 12. Respuestas cortas con datos

1. Yes, he was.
2. No, he wasn’t.
3. Yes, they were.
4. No, they weren’t.
5. Yes, I was. Mateo habla de sí mismo: you pasa a I.
6. No, it wasn’t.

Ejercicio 13. Traduce al español

1. Mis padres estuvieron en Valencia hace dos semanas.
2. No había ascensor en el hotel.
3. ¿Eran difíciles los exámenes?
4. El mar estaba en calma y había muchos barcos.
5. No fue culpa mía.

Ejercicio 14. Elige la forma de there

1. there was (una fuente)
2. Were there (children es plural)
3. wasn’t (un banco)
4. any (en preguntas y negativas, any con plurales)
5. was (water es incontable)
6. wasn’t (milk es incontable)

Ejercicio 15. Escribe la pregunta

1. Was the film good?
2. Were the boys in the garden?
3. Where was Ximena?
4. When was the exam?
5. How many students were there?
6. Why were you so quiet?

Ejercicio 16. Mediación: el mensaje de la abuela

Respuesta modelo: Yesterday my grandmother wasn’t at home. She was at the market with Carmen. There were lots of people. The fruit was cheap. Today she is tired.

Comprueba: wasn’t y was para el ayer, there were con people, y is (presente) para «hoy».

Ejercicio 17. Describe el salón de 1995

• Modelo: There was one lamp. There were two chairs. There was one radio. There were four books. There wasn’t a TV.

Comprueba: singular con was, plural con were, y la negativa de la televisión.

Ejercicio 18. Reescribe en pasado

Yesterday Joaquín was at the library. There were many students. The room was quiet and the books were old. His friends were at the café, but they weren’t hungry.

Cambios: is → was, are → were, there are → there were, aren’t → weren’t.

Ejercicio 19. Una postal desde Edimburgo

1. He was at the castle.
2. It was cold and windy.
3. No, it wasn’t. It was forty minutes long. (o He was in the queue for forty minutes.)
4. There were tiny cakes.
5. He was in Glasgow and it was rainy.

Ejercicio 20. Escribe sobre tu fin de semana

Modelo: Last weekend I was in Madrid with my cousin Santiago. On Saturday we were at the Retiro park. It was sunny and warm. There were a lot of people and there was a small boat show on the lake. We weren’t at home in the afternoon. On Sunday I was tired, but the weekend was great.

Comprueba: was/were correctos, una frase con there was o there were, una negativa, expresiones de tiempo.