SIMPLE PAST

OF THE VERB
BE
HUANUCO - PERU
2020
What do you see?
A student was
tired

SIMPLE PAST OF
THE VERB BE
 SIMPLE PAST OF
THE VERB BE
It is used to introduce and / or
describe people in the past.
Verb to be :
am/ is
Was
are
Were EXPRESSIONS:
Yesterday
Last Week
Last Month
Last Year and
others.
 STRUCTURE:
AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + COMPLEMENT

I was
You were a student
He was tired
She was in the garden
It was
We were
They were
 STRUCTURE: NEGATIVE
SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + NOT + COMPLEMENT

I was
You were a student
He was
not tired
She was
It was in the garden
We were
They were
Contraction:
wasn’t
weren’t
 STRUCTURE:
INTERROGATIVE
WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + COMPLEMENT?

Was I
Were you

?
Was he a student
Was she tired
Was it in the garden
Were we
Were they
 EXERCISES IN CLASS
 
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCES:
 
1.Last year she ……… 25.

2. Today the weather ………… nice, but

yesterday it …………. very cold.
 HOMEWORK
 
A) COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:
 1. I feel fine this morning but I ………….. very tired last
night.
2. Where …………… you at 11o’clock last Friday
morning?
3. Don’t buy those shoes. They …………….. very
expensive.
4. This time last year I …………….. in Paris.
5. Where ………. the children? I don’t know. They
……………….. in the garden ten minutes ago.

B) WRITE QUESTIONS: USE THE WORDS IN BRACKETS

IN THE CORRECT ORDER:
6. angry / you / yesterday / why? Because you were late.
7. nice / the weather / last week? Yes, it was beautiful.