Simple Past of Be
Simple Past of Be
Simple Past of Be
PRESE PAST
NT
AM WAS Affirmative form Negative form
I IS Wa WAS I Wasn
ARE
You s WERE You `t
He/she We famous He/she Were famous
/it We re /it We n`t
You Wa You Wasn
they s they `t
We Were
re n`t
We Were
re n`t
were Weren`t
EXAMPLES
1. She was very pretty when she was young.
2. He was very tired last night
3. I was very crazy for you.
4. They were on holiday in Italy last year.
5. We were very good friends at school.
6. The exhibition was a success.
7. Last year she was 22, so she is 23 now.
8. When I was a child, I was afraid of dogs.
9. We were tired after the trip, but we weren`t hungry.
10. The hotel was very comfortable, and it wasn`t expensive.
Time
Expressions
1. Yesterday 10. Last month
2. The day before yesterday 11. Last class
3. Last Monday, 12. Last birthday
Tuesday, etc. 13. A few minutes ago
4. Last week 14. One hour ago
5. Last night 15. Two hour ago
6. Yesterday morning. 16. Last weekend
7. Yesterday afternoon. 17. Last summer, winter,
8. Yesterday evening. spring, fall.
9. Last year. 18. Last December,
January, February.
EXERCISES
I.- IT´S MONDAY TODAY. WRITE THE MISSING WORD WAS/WERE (10p)