We need to make sentences that use the past tense short forms and the ‘～と思います（とおもいます）’ construction to express our conjectures about what people we know were like as children. Remember not to negate the verb ‘to think’ to express that you ‘do not think something’; instead, negate the noun/adjective/etc. being negated.

We will say that we think our professor was very energetic/peppy as a child. We answer as follows:
先生は子供の時、とても元気だったと思います。
（先生はこどもの時、とても元気だったとおもいます。）

We need to make sentences that use the past tense short forms and the ‘～と思います（とおもいます）’ construction to express our conjectures about what people we know were like as children. Remember not to negate the verb ‘to think’ to express that you ‘do not think something’; instead, negate the noun/adjective/etc. being negated.

We will say that we think our friend Ward was mean as a child. We answer as follows:
ワォードさんは子供の時、意地悪だったと思います。
（ワォードさんはこどもの時、いじわるだったとおもいます。）

We need to make sentences that use the past tense short forms and the ‘～と思います（とおもいます）’ construction to express our conjectures about what people we know were like as children. Remember not to negate the verb ‘to think’ to express that you ‘do not think something’; instead, negate the noun/adjective/etc. being negated.

We will say that we think our friend Ward’s older brother was not mean as a child. We answer as follows:
ワォードさんのお兄さんは子供の時、意地悪じゃなかったと思います。
（ワォードさんのお兄さんはこどものとき、いじわるじゃなかったとおもいます。）