SESSION

01
UNIT 7
Section 1

Program: Saturday and Sundays

Level: Basic 04
Units: 07 & 08
Libro: SpeakOut
Edición: 2nd
 Unit 7 – 7.1
Where were you?

Learning Objectives
• To discuss about events during the last year

• To learn to use the verb BE in simple past in

affirmative and negative: WAS / WASN’T / WERE /

WEREN’T.

• To discuss about past dates.

• To talk about an important event and your

experience.
 Look at these events …
What are their names?

Christmas New Year

Anniversary of Lima Holy Week

 Look at the difference

I was a baby in 1990 I am a Boy Now

 I was at Home with Homer.
Now I am in School
My father, Homer,
was in Machu
Picchu
I was in LOVE

I was with my
crush
Was/were

We use was/were as the past simple forms of be. We use was for I / he / she / it and and were for you / we /
they.

• I was at home yesterday. 

• You were late at the meeting. 
• She was excited at the party. 
• We were tired after the excursion. 
• Were they at the conference?

No positive short forms

The negative short forms of was not and were not are wasn’t and weren’t, but there are no short forms of
was and were in affirmative sentences.

• Tom was tired, but Susan wasn’t very tired. 

• Paul and Tom were happy, but we weren’t happy.
Was/were – Use

Was/were are the past forms of am/is/are. Present: am/is = past: was. Present: are = past: were.

• I‘m happy. ⇒ I was happy. (am ⇒ was)

• She is at her office. ⇒ She was at her office. (is ⇒ was)
• You are late. ⇒ You were late. (are ⇒ were)

We use was/were to talk about the past. We often use past expressions of time: yesterday, last night, last week,
two months ago, etc.

• She was in Stuttgart last summer.

• We were late to the party last night.

We use was/were in the expression was/were born. The expression be born is always past (NOT present):
was/were born.

‘Where were you born?’ ‘I was born in Sweden.’ (NOT Where are you born? I am born…)
Mozart was born in 1756.
 TRUE OR FALSE (SIMPLE
PAST)

 USE WAS/WERE TO INDICATE THE PAST.

 USE THE VERB TO BE IN BASE FORM AFTER WH-.
 USE WAS WITH SUBJECTS I, HE, SHE, IT.
 USE WERE WITH SUBJECTS YOU, WE, THEY.
 IS WASN’T THE NEGATIVE FORM OF WERE?
 IS WEREN’T THE NEGATIVE FORM OF WERE?
• https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a1/was-were/2/
• https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a1/was-were/3/
• https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5e9ea5f04f65ee001bf63835/was-were-and-wasn-t-weren-t
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• https://wordwall.net/resource/7778150/holidays