회화가 되는 40가지 핵심 영문법

Lesson 4

[Be 동사의 과거시제]

*Be 동사의 과거시제 (past tense) *

-Be 동사: ~ 이다,~ 있다/ ~ 였다,~ 있었다

I You He/ She/ It They/ We	am / was are / were is / was are / were	a student last year. a secretary 6 year ago. tall when he was young. in Seoul in 1999.

* 교통량. 강우량. 강수량 -> heavy로 표현

* Be 동사의 과거 진행시제 (past continuous tense) *

-과거 어느 순간에 진행되고 있던 일, 동작, 행동을 묘사: was/ were + V-ing

(~하고 있었다)

과거특정순간     현재

I You He/ She/ It They/ We	was were was were	V-ing	watching TV at 10 last night. (과거특정순간) sleeping when you called me.

* Be 동사의 과거시제 부정문 (past continuous tense) *

-be 동사 뒤에 not을 붙인다.

I You He/ She/ It They/ We	was not were not was not were not	=wasn’t =were’n =wasn’t =were’n	a secretary. tall when I was young. hot yesterday in Seoul in 1999.

* Be 동사의 과거시제 의문문 *

- be 동사와 주어의 자리를 바꾼다.

Were you tall when you're young?

Was it cold yesterday?

wh- 의문사를 앞에 붙여서 더 많은 의문문을 만들 수 있다.

Ex1) Where were you last night? -> I was at home./ I was at work.

Ex2) How was your weekend? ->  It was good./ It wasn’t bad.

Ex3) Why were you angry? ->  Because you were late.

Ex4) How was the movie?  -> It was good.

It was interesting.

It was sad.

* Today’s expression *

- Why was she late this morning? -> Because the traffic was heavy.

- How was the movie? -> It was funny.