Simple Past of be : Was – Were

Negative Sentences
Affirmative Sentences
 Was not – wasnt
- I was in Paris.
 Were not – werent
- You were in the class.
-I was not in Paris.
- He was happy to see you.
- You were not in the class.
- She was a good student.
- He wasn’t happy to see you.
- It was dangerous.
- She wasn’t a good student.
- We were in this city.
- It wasn’t dangerous.
- You were at home.
- We weren’t in this city.
- They were famous.
- You weren’t at home.

Simple Past
Questions

- Was she in Paris? Yes, she was.

- Were they in the class? Yes, they were.
- Was he a good student? No, he wasn’t

Simple Past with Regular and Irregular Verbs

 Use the simple past to talk about past events like actions, states, or situations that are
finished.
 The simple past of regular verbs is formed by adding –(d) or –(ed) to the base form of the
verb.
 Many common verbs are irregular. Their simple past is changed.

Expressions: Yesterday, last week, last month, last year, an hour ago, this morning, in the
past, in 1989, When I was born, one week ago.

• Affirmative Statements Negative Statements

• past) + C
S + V (simple S + did not / didn’t) + V(base form) +C
-I lived in Paris.

-You danced in the party.

- He studied abroad.

- She went to the school.

- It started late.

- We bought a car last year.

- You ate veggies yesterday.

 Past Continuous
 We use the past continuous for an action in the past which overlaps another action or a
time.

 We use past continuous with the simple past to talk about an action that was interrupted by
another action.