Como e quando usar o was, were e did

Was e were correspondem ao tempo passado do verbo “to be”. Já o did é um verbo auxiliar do passado simples, utilizado para frases negativas e interrogativas (exceto com o verbo “to be”).

Was, were e os pronomes:

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

Exemplos:

Afirmativa:

They were at school. 

(Eles estavam na escola)

I was late. 

(Eu estava atrasado)

Negativa:

They were not at school. 

(Eles não estavam na escola)

I was not late. 

(Eu não estava atrasado)

Interrogativa: 

Were they at school? 

(Eles estavam na escola)

Were you late? 

(Você estava atrasado?)

Usando o Did:

I studied a lot last night.

(Eu estudei muito ontem a noite.)

You did your homework yesterday. 

(Você fez sua tarefa de casa ontem.)

Did negativa:

I  didn’t (did+not) study a lot last night.

(Eu não estudei muito ontem a noite.)

You didn’t do your homework yesterday. 

(Você não fez sua tarefa de casa ontem.)

Did Interrogativa:

Did you study a lot last night?

(Você estudou muito ontem a noite?)

Did you do your homework yesterday? 

(Você fez sua tarefa de casa ontem?)

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