Thursday February 3rd.

2022

1. RECAP FROM YESTERDAY- “TO BE”

2. Now, let’s see the verb TO BE IN PAST TENSE. Can you remember it?

WAS and WERE

*Also used when referring to age, temperature and some moods/conditions. In past tense, it
can be interpreted as: ERA, ESTABA, ESTUVE and FUI 

WAS- SINGULAR (I, HE, SHE, IT) WERE- PLURAL (YOU, WE, THEY)

I was sick (enfermo)

YOU were my friend
HE was a good student
SHE was 18 years old
IT was on the table
WE were hungry and sleepy
THEY were hot

I was not I wasn’t Was I?

YOU were not You weren’t Were you?
HE was not He wasn’t Was he?
SHE was not She wasn’t Was she?
IT was not It wasn’t Was it?
WE were not We weren’t Were we?
THEY were not They weren’t Were they?

3. Exercise: Was/Were worksheet (GRAMMAR) (PDF) WHERE WERE YOU?

HOMEWORK: Go to this link and answer the exercise (was/were)

https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/uploads/2/3/2/9/23290220/atg-worksheet-beverbpast2.pdf
* Sabías que el verbo NACER en Inglés es WAS BORN/ WERE BORN?
So, you would say something like this:
I was born in 2002, my brother was born in 1999 and my parents were born in 1960.
We were born in Mexico City.

*Recuerda también que los años (antes del 2000) se leen de dos en dos, es decir, si quieres decir este
año: 1998, la manera correcta de hacerlo es decir: NINETEEN, NINETY EIGHT (lo partes en dos).
EX. 1965= nineteen, sixty five 1810= eighteen, ten 1617= sixteen, seventeen 1399= thirteen, ninety nine.

Now, it`s your turn. Say these years out loud (en voz alta)

1980 2000 1999 1889 1987 1815 1492 2008 2020 1616 2019

WHEN WERE YOU BORN? I WAS BORN ON MAY 1st, 1981.

*Don`t forget: Was born/Were born= NACER
* I WAS BORN, YOU WERE BORN, HE/SHE/IT WAS BORN, WE WERE BORN, THEY WERE
BORN

4. READING ACTIVITY. Read the story about a Japanese family and then do the exercise.
This text is about my family. My name is Emi and I am Japanese. My grandparents are Takeshi and Yukie.
They live with us in Tokyo. We live in a small apartment but we don’t mind, because for us, the family is
very important, more important than spaces. My grandparents are both doctors and they were born in 1930.
My parents are Kenji and Chieko. My dad is an English teacher, and he was born in Kyoto in 1953. He works
in a university in the mornings and he gives private classes in the afternoons. My mom was born in Osaka in
1955. She is a sales assistant. She works in a supermarket next to the train station. She doesn’t really like her
job so she is currently looking for a new one. I also have an aunt, her name is Tomoko. She is my dad’s little
sister. She was born in 1955 too, just like my mom. She is married and she has a baby boy. She doesn’t live
with us.
My brother, Takuya was born in 1979. He works in a bank. I was born in 1980. I’m a nurse and I work in a
hospital downtown. I love my job and I really like living in Tokyo. This is just an amazing city.
5. Write questions and answers.
1. CHIEKO. When was Chieko born? She was born in 1955.
2. TAKUYA.
3. TAKESHI AND YUKIE.
4. KENJI.
5. EMI.
6. TOMOKO.
7. YUKIE.
8. CHIEKO AND TOMOKO.

6. Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE? (Write T or F next to the sentence)

1. Takeshi and Yukie live in Kyoto.
2. Emi lives in a big house.
 3. Emi’s dad was born in 1956.
4. Emi’s mom was born in Osaka.
5. Chieko was born in 1955.
6. Tomoko is Emi’s sister.
7. Takuya was born in 1979.
8. Emi is a doctor.
9. Tokyo is a great city.

7. What about you? When and where were you born? What about your family? Make
some sentences about you and them.
Ex. I WAS BORN IN IRAPUATO IN 1981 AND MY MOM WAS BORN IN SAN JUAN DEL RIO IN 1941…