PAST SIMPLE: TO BE

PRONOUN (+) (-) (-) SHORT FORM / QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWER SHORT ANSWER

I/He/she/it Was Was not Wasn’t S-VERB Inversion

You/We/they Were Were not Weren’t S-VERB Inversion

Examples:
(+): Marco Polo was an Italian explorer. Questions: Was Marco Polo an Italian explorer?
(-): Marco Polo was not an actor. (-) short form: Marco Polo wasn’t an actor.
Short answer (+): Was Marco Polo an Italian explorer? Yes, he was.
Short answer (-): Was Marco Polo an Italian explorer? No, he wasn’t.

Agricultural students were in Lincoln!

Q: Carmen, tell us about your visit to Britain last week. Where were you?
A: My Friends from school and I were in Lincoln, on an international school Exchange.
Q: Was the food nice?
A: Yes, it was. I was surprised! The fish and chips and the pies were my favourites.
Q: Was the weather good?
A: It was ok. We were there in April and it was sunny but it wasn’t very warm. It was only 10º one
day!
Q: Was Lincoln fun?
A: Yes, it was great. It was lively and people were very friendly.
Q: Finally, tell me about the students at the school, what were they like?
A: They were really helpful and were very interested in our school.

Glossary:
School exchage = intercambio escolar Warm = cálido
Nice = agradable, bueno People = plural: one person / 2 people