Verbs
Glagol To Be je bitan u gramatici. To je pomoćni glagol i jedan je od nepravilnih glagola u engleskom jeziku.
Koristimo Past Simple kad govorimo o radnjama koje se događaju u prošlosti i koje su sada dovršene.
EXTRA: To Be = Biti.
Glagol To Be je jedan od nepravilnih glagola. Koristi se kao poveznica između subjekta i priloga ili pridjeva, kako bi pružili više informacija o samoj temi.
Affirmative
| SUBJECT | VERB ‘TO BE’ |
| I | was |
| You | were |
| He | was |
| She | was |
| It | was |
| We | were |
| You | were |
| They | were |
Negative
| SUBJECT | VERB ‘TO BE’+ NEGATION |
SHORT FORM |
| I | was not | wasn’t |
| You | were not | weren’t |
| He | was not | wasn’t |
| She | was not | wasn’t |
| It | was not | wasn’t |
| We | were not | weren’t |
| You | were not | weren’t |
| They | were not | weren’t |
Interrogative
| VERB ‘TO BE’ | SUBJECT | QM |
| Was | I | ? |
| Were | you | ? |
| Was | he | ? |
| Was | she | ? |
| Was | it | ? |
| Were | we | ? |
| Were | you | ? |
| Were | they | ? |
Affirmative
- I was a good boss.
- He was here 2 minutes ago.
- We were in Portugal in 2012.
Negative
- I wasn’t a good boss.
- He wasn’t here 2 minutes ago.
- We weren’t in Portugal in 2012.
Interrogative
- Was I a good boss?
- Was he here 2 minutes ago?
- Were you in Portugal in 2012?
Koristimo Past Simple tense kad govorimo o:
- Kratkim završenim radnjama i događajima koji se događaju;
- Dugim dovršenim situacijama koje su se dogodile;
- Ponovljenim događajima i navikama koje su se dogodile u prošlosti;
- Prošlim događajima koji se nisu dogodili i kod vremenskih izraza kao što su: Prije dva tjedna, prošle godine, u 2010., jučer i ostalo.
Koristimo Past Simple kad govorimo o radnjama koje se događaju u prošlosti i koje su sada dovršene. Glagol To Be je jedan od nepravilnih glagola.
Npr.
— Affirmative: “The sugar was enough for the cake.”
— Negative: “The sugar wasn’t enough for the cake.”
— Interrogative: “Was the sugar enough for the cake?”
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