Past tense of the verb be Where were they? • affirmative • negative • question • short answers
be present past am was is were are wasn’t negative forms: weren’t
- ? - ? past present I am at home. I was at home yesterday. She is ill. She was ill last week. He is happy. He was happy last Friday. It is in the garden. It was in the garden a minute ago. You are at school. You were at school yesterday. We are sad . We were sad two days ago. They are in Tokyo. They were in Tokyo last summer.
Suzanne Paul John & Jane You Look at the chart. Ask each other. Where were John & Jane yesterday? Where was Susanne last week? Where were you two days ago? Suzanne Paul John & Jane You last week yesterday two weeks ago
Mr Smith Was Mr Smith at the beach a month ago? Ask each other. No, he wasn’t. restaurant/last Monday playground/yesterday Mr Smith hotel/in 2010 gym/last year
Tom & Mary Were Tom & Mary on honeymoon last year? Ask each other. Yes, they were. their office/ for a month Paris/for a week Tom & Mary London/for 2 weeks museum /at all
Complete the text with was, wasn’t, were and weren’t. AN OLD SUITCASE Complete the text with was, wasn’t, were and weren’t. I was on holiday last year with my brother. We were at our grandparents’ house . The weather wasn’t very good so we weren’t at the beach. We stayed at home. Guess what! We found an old suitcase in the attic. There were lots of pictures on it. Whose suitcase was it? It was my great-grandfather’s. He was in plenty of countries all over the world. Who was he? Was he a spy? No, he wasn’t. He was a very rich man. I __ on holiday last year with my brother. We __ at our grandparents’ house . The weather __ very good so we __ at the beah. We stayed at home. Guess what! We found an old suitcase in the attic. There __ lots of pictures on it. Whose suitcase __ it? It __ my great-grandfather’s. He __ in plenty of countries all over the world. Who __ he? __ he a spy? No, he __. He __ a very rich man.
Complete the sentences with was or wasn’t. How good is your memory? Her great-grandfather ___ in Mexico. wasn’t Her great-grandfather ___ in Scotland. was Her great-grandfather ___ in Thailand. wasn’t Her great-grandfather in Los Angeles. was Her great-grandfather ___ in Australia. was Her great-grandfather ___ in France . wasn’t Her great-grandfather ___ in Finland. was
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