Past Simple

was / were
Positive Sentences:

Present

Past
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

09:55
11:05
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

01:10
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

01:35
02:00
03:05
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

04:05
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

05:05
Negative Sentences:
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

06:30
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

06:40
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

07:30
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

09:25
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

11:00
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

11:10
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago

11:40
08:45
11:10
03:00
06:40
07:55
1. I ________ ________ this morning.
2. . What ________ you ________ when I called you?
3. Bill heard about the report as he ________ ________ to the radio.
4. Who ________ ________ all that noise last night?
5. The machines ________ ________ properly.
6. Joe and Lisa ________ ________ in New York in the 1980s.
7. The driver ________ ________ a good job, so he was fired.
8. A security guard ________ ________ us while we were in the store.
9. A woman tripped as she ________ ________ onto the bus.
10. The accident was caused by a man who ________ ________ while he
________ ________ .

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questions
I
he
Was she
it in _________
we yesterday?
Were you
they
Short answers
Was he at home yesterday?
Yes, he was.
No, he wasn’t.

Were you at home yesterday?

Yes, you were.
No, you weren’t.
08:55
01:40
03:30
04:15
05:50
09:00
10:40
Keep the cup in the air
11:55
Last night / week /month /Year

Yesterday

2 Years ago
 positive negative
I
He
She was wasn’t
It at school
We yesterday.
You were weren’t
They
• Work in groups:
• Questions + Make sentences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgKZrQOBrik
 It __________ seven o’clock.
was wasn’t were

Tony __________ in bed.

were wasn’t was

He __________ happy.
was wasn’t weren’t

He __________ asleep,
weren’t was wasn’t

but he __________ very sleepy.

was wasn’t were