Past Simple (to be)

Simple
• Present Simple – простий
теперішній час.
• Past Simple – простий
минулий час.
 Past Simple
• Past Simple (Past Indefinite) –
простий неозначений час в
англійській мові, що
найчастіше
використовується для
позначення дії котра
відбувалася в минулому і
вже є завершеною.
 To be (was, were)
Am / is (present) → was (past)
• I am tired (present) → I was tired last night
(past)
• The weather is good today (present) →
The weather was good yesterday (past)
• Are (present) → were (past)
• You are late (present) → You were late
yesterday (past)
• They are not here (present) → They were
not here last week (past)
 To be (творення
позитивного речення)
I / he / she / it was Характеристика, I was here Я був тут
місцезнаходження, yesterday вчора
професія тощо

You / we / were Характеристика, We were tired Ми були

they місцезнаходження, yesterday втомлені
професія тощо вчора
 To be (творення негативне
речення)
I / he / she / was not Характеристика, I was not Я не був тут
it місцезнаходження, here вчора
професія тощо yesterday

You / we / were not Характеристика, We were not Ми не були

they місцезнаходження, tired втомлені
професія тощо yesterday вчора

Was not = wasn’t

Were not = weren’t
 To be (творення питального
речення)
Was I / he / she Характеристика, Was he here Був він тут?
/ it місцезнаходження, yesterday?
професія тощо

Were You / we / Характеристика, Were they Були вони

they місцезнаходження, tired втомлені
професія тощо yesterday? вчора?
 Tic-tac-toe (was, were)
I am happy. Lily is not at school. When are you free?

Where are they? Am I a good person? Marta and Bob are not at
the zoo.

John is not tired. It is Sunday. My cousins are at the

cinema.
 Tic-tac-toe (was, were)
My friends ___ at school Alex ___ at the cinema The boys ___ not at the
last Monday yesterday afternoon playground

Where ___Tom and Kim Alex ___ not in the I ___ at the Zoo
yesterday? village last summer. yesterday.

It ___ Wednesday We ______ happy. My brother ____ not

yesterday very happy yesterday.
 Worksheet
Base Form Past Simple (V2) Past Participle Translation
(V3)

be was/were been бути

Bear ( /ber/ ) bore born(e) народити

Beat ( /biːt/ ) beat beaten бити

become became become стати

Begin ( /bɪˈɡɪn/ ) Began ( /bɪˈɡæn/ ) Begun (/bɪˈɡʌn/ ) почати

 Worksheet
• https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/
en/english-second-language-esl/472
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 Video
• Use the Simple Past of 'To Be'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz
Daky6j9i4
• Real English® 42 - Was and Were -
Were you good at school?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=uHHg7IZnUg8
• Real English ® 42 SUBTITLED - Was
and Were - Were you good at school?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7
 Tests
• True or False:
https://wordwall.net/resource/123318
93/was-vs-were
• Quiz:
https://wordwall.net/resource/296220
41/english/choose-was-or-were
• Unjumble:
https://wordwall.net/resource/826270
8/grammar/was-were