“Fue construido” or “estaba construido”
CEFR B2 · part 2
edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
“Quería que vinieras”: the tense drags the mood with itMatching the subjunctive to the main verb: present with present (“quiero que vengas”)…“Sin embargo”, “por tanto”, “en cambio”The connectors that hold an argument together, and what each one promises: “sin…“Serán las tres”: a future that is not about the futureUsing the future for a guess about now (“serán las tres”, “estará en casa”) and the…“Un momentito”: the diminutive is not about sizeWhat “-ito” really adds: affection (“abuelita”), politeness (“un momentito”), softening…“Acabar de”, “acabar con”, “acabar por”Verbs whose meaning changes entirely with the preposition: “acabar de/con/por”, “dar…“Me alegro de que vengas”: feelings take the subjunctiveThe subjunctive after anything that reacts to a fact instead of reporting it: “me alegro…The rule, in three lines
Ser + participle is the ACTION —la puerta fue cerrada a las ocho, somebody closed it— and estar + participle is the STATE it left behind: la puerta estaba cerrada, it was shut. English says «was closed» for both.
The usual slip. Using ser for the state: la puerta era cerrada, which says somebody used to close it repeatedly.
Why it catches you out. English uses one shape for both and lets the context sort it out. Spanish makes you decide which one you mean before you can finish the sentence — and it is the same “ser”/“estar” split you learnt in your first week, showing up again where you did not expect it.