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7A past simple of be: was / were
\/He/She/it |wasthere. 1/He/She/It | wasn'tthere.
King Edward VII'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 lastnight? You weren't at home.
ei |
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. yestentay, lastnight, in 1945, etc.
+ 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 German when 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 ore, ed, played
= double consonant. e : Y
+ The past simples the same forall persons (you, sh, etc)
SS Se sa ccna y His + Use auxiliaries sid didn'+ infinitive for past simple) and)
Didlisthe past of do,
7C past simple: irregular verbs + Use che ieregular past form only in(=] sentences:
saw ails last night.
Iweneto Spain lastmonth. 501) + Usethe infinitive ater did dd’
Iaidn'e go to Madrid Did you see a film lastnight? NOT Bidyousw-—
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 isa list of irregular verbs on page 165.
could
Past of can = could
1 = couldn't NOT didet-con
(= Could you..? NOT Did youcen:7A
a Complete the past simple sentences with was/ wasn’t or
were weren't.
present simple
My father's painter.
‘Today is Monday.
Where are you now?
past simple
My grandfather was painter, t00.
Yesterday Sunday
Where you yesterday?
Vin ely. 1 in Germany last month
GRAMMAR BANK
b Complete the dialogues with was, wasn’,
were, or weren't
A Were youand Charlieat the concert lastnight?
B Yes, we!
Az good?
B No, it? The singer*
A5____thetickets expensive?
B Yess they &
terrible
Isichoc today? ithot yesterday? A Where” your mother born?
5 Thecaféisn't open now. Ie ‘open this morning B She® born in Argentina in 1955
6 Myneighboursaren’tat home. ‘They at home yesterday. A%_her parents Argentinian?
7 We're in Rome now We in Venice yesterday B No, they °_. Her father ®
8 They'retired They cdlneneels, Germanand her mother ® from lal