7 7A past simple of be: was / were \/He/She/it |wasthere, 1/He/She/It | wasn'tthere. King Edward VIII's wife was American. (aq) You/We/They | werethere. You/We/They | weren't there, She wasn’ein class yesterday. Was she il? ‘The Beatles were famous in the 1960s, Where were you last night? You weren't at home. Zara A Yes, |was. No, | wasn’t, famous? “Yes, you were. No,you werent, + Weuse was/were to talk about the past + We often use was] were with past time expressions, e.g. yesterday, lastnight, in 1945, et. + Weuse was] were with horn: Iwas born in Hungary. 7B past simple: regular verbs Iplayed tennis this morning 253)) Wewatched a good film on TV lastnight My grandfather lived in Vienna when he [studied Germanwshen Iwasa school 1s young. + Weuse the past simple for finished actions in the past watch play” live ar + Regular verbs in the past stop | stopped | one vowel +one consonant c.g wore, ed, played = double consonant. ES : Y + The past simples the same forall persons (you, sh, etc) SES Seo Hiccesorey Fie + Use auxiliaries did didn' + infinitive for past simple and) Didisthe past of do, 7C past simple: irregular verbs + Use ce iregular past form only in(=] sentences: {saw ails last night. Iweneto Spain lastmonth. 501) + Usethe infinitive ater did dd’ Ididn'e go to Madeid. Did you see a film lastnight? NOT Bid-yousw-— Did you go to Barcelona? 1 didn’t go ont ast night. NOT Fide’ went ‘+ Remember word order in questions « ASI (Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive), 6g. Did you go out last night? or QUAST (Question word, Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive), e.g. Where did you go? ‘+ There is alist of irregular verbs on page 165. could Past of can = could El = couldn't NOT didet-can (= Could you..? NOT Did youean