1.- There was / there were
'There was, there were'
Es la forma pasada de there is/there are.
| There was a chair | Había una silla |
| There are some chairs | Había unas sillas |
Al igual que en el presente simple usaremos 'there was' cuando el sustantivo al que acompaña es un sustantivo contable en singular o uno incontable y 'there were' con los sustantivos contables en plural.
Afirmativo
Hay que tener en cuenta que 'there was' y 'there were' no se puede contraer en la forma afirmativa.
Se forma con el pasado del verbo 'to be' en singular o plural, según corresponda.
| Afirmativo | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | There was a bank | Había un banco |
| plural | There were some banks | Había algunos bancos |
Negativo
El negativo se forma poniendo el pasado del verbo 'to be' en forma negativa (there was not/were not). Es frecuente el uso de la forma contraída (there wasn´t/there weren´t).
| Negativo | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular forma corta | There wasn't a shop | No había una tienda |
| plural forma corta | There weren't any shops | No habían tiendas |
| singular forma larga | There was not a shop | No había una tienda |
| plural forma larga | There were not any shops | No habían tiendas |
Interrogativo
El interrogativo se forma con el verbo "to be" en pasado (was/were) seguido de "there".
Estas preguntas suelen responderse con la forma corta: "Yes, there was/were" o "No, there wasn´t/weren´t".
| Interrogativo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | Was there a park there? | Yes, there was | ¿Había un parque allí? | Sí (si había) |
| No, there weren't | No (no había) | |||
| plural | Were there any restaurants? |
Yes, there were | ¿Había restaurantes? | Sí (si había) |
| No, there weren't | No (no había) | |||
2.- Must mustn´t
| STRUCTURE | must / mustn't + base form | ||
| Positive sentences | I must do my homework. She must wear a uniform. |
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| Negative sentences | We mustn't talk in here! You mustn't steal. |
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| All pronouns take must/mustn't |
I You She He It We They |
must / mustn't | have a visa. buy a ticket. smoke in here. have long hair. |
3.- Vocabulary
Ejemplos de como se leen los años en inglés:
| 10 BC | ten before Christ (10 antes de Cristo) |
| 8 | eight |
| 711 | seven hundred eleven seven eleven |
| 1001 | one thousand and one |
| 1020 | ten twenty |
| 1492 | fourteen ninety-two |
| 1800 | eighteen hundred eighteen oh-oh |
| 1808 | eighteen oh-eight |
| 1986 | nineteen eighty six |
| 2000 | two thousand |
| 2004 | two thousand and four |
| 2010 | two thousand and ten |
| 2020 | twenty twenty |
