Verb to Be Verb to Do Verb to Have

Past forms
Negative forms
Interrogative form
 Verb to be / past form
I was
you
they were
we
He
She was
It

Example: The clergymen were here.

The clergyman was here.
The negative forms

Was was not wasn’t

Were were not weren’t

Example:
• She was at school yesterday.
Negative She wasn’t at school yesterday.

• The teachers were in the office last week.

negative The teachers weren’t in the office last week.
The interrogative forms

Was
+ subject
Were

Example:
• Andy was joyful in the party.
Question Was Andy joyful in the party?

• The girls were ballerinas.

Question Were the girls ballerinas?
 Verb to have / past form
I
you
he
she had
it
we
you
they

Example: I had trouble sleeping last night.

we had trouble sleeping last night.
The negative form
(did not)
had didn’t have

Example:
• She had a headache.
Negative She didn’t have a headache.

• The kids had some issues.

Negative The kids didn’t have any issues.
The interrogative forms

Did + subject + have

Example:
• She had a Ferrari.
Question Did she have a Ferrari?

• The drivers had a lot of accidents.

Question Did the drivers have a lot of accidents?
 Verb to do / past form
I
you
he
she did
it
we
you
they

Example: I did my homework.

They did their homework.
The interrogative forms

Did + subject + do

Example:
• The girl did some drawings.
Question Did the girl do some drawings?

• The boys did some trouble.

Question Did the boys do some trouble?
The negative form
(did not)
did didn’t do

Example:
• She did me a favor.
Negative She didn’t do me a favor.

• They did me a favor.

Negative They didn’t do me favor.