1. Simple Past Tense Verb to Be.
Basic English
By Prof. G. Javier Burgos

2. Structure Affirmative Sentences.
HE was a very nice kid.
SHE IT WE
YOU were good friends.
THEY

3. Structure Negative Sentences.
HE was not an ugly child.
SHE (wasn’t) IT WE
YOU were not friends.
THEY (weren’t)

4. Structure Simple Questions or Yes/ No Questions
I I I
WAS HE a kid? Yes, he WAS or No, he WASN’T
SHE she she
IT it it
WE we we
WERE YOU friends? Yes, you WERE or No, you WEREN’T
THEY they they

5. Structure Informative Questions or WH Questions
WHY
WHEN I
WHERE WAS HE ?
HOW SHE
WHICH IT
WHEN WE
WHERE WERE YOU friends?
HOW THEY
WHICH

6. YEARS AGO... A CHILDHOOD STORY. Text and ideas by
G. Javier Burgos. E.L.T.

7. Hello, my name is Ian When I WAS a baby… I WAS NOT ugly…
I WAS a very cute baby.
I WAS very sexy.
I WAS adorable!
I WAS NOT ugly…
I WAS NOT dirty.
I WAS NOT stinky.

8. YES, I WAS! WERE you lovely? WERE you cute when you were a baby?
WERE you a little angel when you were a child?
WAS the teacher good when you were at Pre-K?
WAS your Mom good?
YES, I WAS!

9. Here is my Mom
She WAS the best.
She WAS beautiful!
She WAS very good.
She WAS sweet!

10. Daddy WAS a little strict…
But he WAS very strong.
He WAS very playful…
He WAS the best Daddy…

11. WAS the cat big? What was my name….? Tiger(the cat) WAS my pet…
It WAS very playful…
WAS the cat big?
Yes, It WAS!

12. What was his name….?
I WAS very playful…
WAS I curious? Yes, I WAS!

13. What was his name….?
My name was Tico Tico..
How old WAS Tico Tico?
He WAS around……..
But he WASN’T rude…

14. Here I WAS very happy!
Life WAS great!
Life WAS cool…
Life WAS wonderful…

15. What was his name….?
Where WAS he?
He WAS at the golf club!

16. What WAS he doing?
he WAS driving his BMW!

17. Please…close your eyes.
Where was he?
I had the best little body

18. Here, I WAS at the park.
I WAS in the slide!
I WAS very curious!

19. It WAS my favorite horse.
Its name WAS Banana!
He WAS all yellow and I WAS a real cowboy!

20. I WAS a movie fanatic!
Mickey mouse WAS my favorite movie!

21. Here I WAS watching some birds!
But I WAS more interested in the girl next door!

22. My life WAS going to change with her!
What WAS her name?
It WAS Beyonce the sexy…

23. Sandy WAS my love for 2 weeks…she met Julio.
And I met Jessica Parker, she was hot.

24. After Jessica, I was with Jenifer Lopez.
She WAS a dream…

25. Jenifer Lopez WAS
Unforgetable…
But she met Mark Antony and changed me

26. But no problem because Angelina Yoli called, she WAS the next…and she WAS SUPER beatiful.

27. She WAS very sexy and cool…
Her smile WAS great!
And her eyes WERE blue…

28. And we WERE
Together until the stupid Brat Pitt appeared.
He stole her from me.

29. She WAS in my mind all the time. It was very difficult for me

30. She WAS there when I WAS having ice cones…

31. When I WAS hanging around with friends…she WAS there!

32. When I WAS
doing something alone…
She WAS there!

33. Even when I WAS with my best friend
George!

34. Or when I WAS with Porgy…
Who WAS Porgy?
Porgy WAS my first dog. We WERE buddies…
Porgy WASN’T very nice…

35. When I WAS with Chuck, she WAS there too. Chuck WAS a wolf!
Together we WERE the best hunters on Earth!

36. George and I WERE in love with our girlfriends.
We WERE together all the time. Our girls WERE together too.

37. Here Luise and I WERE enjoying the nice weather…

38. Were you ever as happy as we WERE then?

39. Man, we WERE in love...
And we still are!

40. WASN’T it a nice story?
Can you make your own?