May 14th 2014

Objective: Know the negative and

Interrogative structure of BE
Activity
Review the affirmative form of be
Negative structure
Interrogative structure
Exercises
Check test
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NEGATIVE
Subject + was + not +
Complement
were+not
WERE NOT =WEREN'T
WAS NOT =WASN'T
I wasnt at school last Saturday
You werent at school last Saturday
He wasnt at school last Saturday
She wasnt at school last Saturday
It wasnt at school last Saturday
you werent at school last Saturday
We werent at school last Saturday
They werent at school last Saturday
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Ex

Change into Negative and translate the

negative sentences.
1.I was sickI wasnt sick
No estaba enferma

2.She was at home yesterday.

She wasnt at home yesterday
Ella no estaba en casa ayer

3.We were at the party last night

We werent at the party last night
No estabamos en la fiesta anoche

4.They were good friends

They werent good friends
No eran Buenos amigos

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5. My sister Miss
was
18 in

She wasnt 18 in 2012

Mi Hermana no tenia 18 el 2012
2012

Make sentences N
6 using
the words from
Exercise
4
the boxes

at school yesterday
Laura
at
school
yesterday
Laura
Sick
last
week
Ivan
Sick
last
Wasnt
Ivan
happy with yourweek
opinion
The teachers Werent
happy
with
your
opinion
At home last weekend
The
teachers
Miss Delis
At home last
weekend
In Coyhaique
3 years
ago
Miss
Delis
Mr. Ponce
In Coyhaique 3 years ago
Mr. Ponce

Ivan wasnt sick last year.

1. .......................................................................................
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2. .......................................................................................
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3. .......................................................................................
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4. .......................................................................................
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5. .......................................................................................

INTERROGATIVE

s
n
o
i
t

s
e
u
s
Was+
subject + Complement
Q
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e
o
w
s
N
were
n
/
A
s
t
r
e Was I at the movies ? Yes, you were.
ho
S
No, you werent .

Were you at the movies ?

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Yes, I was.
No, I wasnt .

No, he wasnt.
Was he at the movies Yes,
? he was.
No, she wasnt.
Was she at the moviesYes,
? she was.
No,
it
wasnt.
Yes,
it
was.
Was it at the movies ?
No,
you
werent.
Yes,
you
were.
Were you at the movies ?
No, we werent.
Were we at the moviesYes,
? we were.
Yes,?they were.
No, they werent.
Were they at the movies
Miss Ruby Loza Mercado

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s
n
lA

s
r
e
w

Was+ subject + Complement

were

You were born in

Coyhaique
Miss Ruby Loza Mercado

Exercise N 5

Fill in the blank spaces with the simple past of the

verb to be.
was
was

How oldwas
______ Tim last year? ______ he ten or eleven?
were baby born?
When ______ Lorena's
Weren
In what
season ______ Fernanda and Francisco born?
Wasn born in Spring. I'm sure.
They t_________(not)
Was t______(not) at LSFB yesterday evening.
Were
Uncle Richy
Pilar ______ at the beach with her friends. They ______ all
Were
very happy.
Where ______ you at 11 o'clock?
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Exercise N 6

Complete with was or were.

was Mary last Saturday?

Where ______
She ______
was at the stadium.
wereyou there, too?
______
was at home. And you?
No, I ______
My brothers, my sisters andwere
I ______ at the exhibition.
By the way, where were
______ your brothers that day?
I don't know where my brother Jim was
______. He Wasnt
______
(not) at home with me but the others were
______.

Miss Ruby Loza Mercado

Change into the past.

Is he a good student?
Was he a good
students?
They
arent here.
They werent here
Its all right.
It wasnt all right
We are busy.
We werent busy
Where is he?
Where was he?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVuBFQ_qstc
He
He
He
He

was at the movies

wasnt alone
was scared
wasnt nice

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