GRADE 6 2020 - 2021

UNIT 3: HIS HAIR WAS LACK

GRAMMAR: The Past Simple of the verb TO BE

We use the Past Simple to talk about started and completed actions in the past.

FORM TIME EXPRESSIONS Examples AFFIRMATIVE Examples Examples

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
 AFFIRMATIVE:  yesterday I I was born in 2020. I wasn’t born in 2020. Was I born in 2020?
S + was/were  last sg I was not born in Yes, I was.
Sunday/week/month/ 2020. No, I wasn’t.
 NEGATIVE: year II You were at the mall You weren’t at the Were you at the mall
S + wasn’t / weren’t (short  four sg yesterday. mall yesterday. yesterday?
form) days/weeks/months/ You were not at the
S + was not / were not (full years ago mall yesterday.
form)  in 1999/2020
 INTERROGATIVE:  in September II He/She/It was tired last He/She/It wasn’t tired Was he/she/it tired last
Was/Were + S … ?  the day before … I week. last week. week?
 when I/she/he was sg He/She/It was not
Yes, I/he/she/it was. born/ was a student tired last week.
No, I/he/she/it wasn’t./was not.  when you/we/they I We were at the concert We weren’t at the Were we at the concert
were young/students, pl the day before Monday. concert the day the day before
Yes, we/you/they were. etc. before Monday. Monday?
No, we/you/they weren’t./ were We were not at the
not. concert the day
before Monday.
II You were in Paris two You weren’t in Paris Were you in Paris two
pl months ago. two months ago. months ago?
You were not in Paris Yes, we were.
 two month ago. No, we weren’t.
II They were in my class They weren’t in my Were they in my class
I two years ago. class two years ago. two years ago?
pl They were not in my
class two years ago.

GET IT RIGHT!

My friends/They boys/The girls – THEY

Tom and I – WE

Julie and Timmy - THEY