the simple past

The Simple Past

When? How?

The Verb BE

The verb to be in the present and in the Past

(1)

בהווה מתאר מה המצב עכשיו / בדרך to beהפועל כלל.

In the present (simple):

Shelli is a girl.

I am her best friend.

We are tennis players.

Her parents are doctors.

All the time,

always, usually

The verb to be in the present and in the Past

(2)

בעבר מתאר מה היה המצב בעבר.to beהפועל

)הייתי, היית, היה, היינו, היו (

In the past (simple):

My mother was a beautiful girl.

I was 12 years old last week.

We were at the basketball game yesterday.

yesterday,

last week, in 2001

IHeSheIt

We You They

was

were

happy

on Sunday.last night.Yesterday.

How do we form it?

The verb to be - negative

In the past (simple):

My mother was notnot happy yesterday.

I was notnot 18 years old last week.

We were notnot at the basketball game

yesterday.

They were notnot in school this morning.

The verb to be – negativeShort form

In the past (simple):

My mother wasnn’’tt happy yesterday.

I wasnn’’tt 18 years old last week.

We werenn’’tt at the basketball game

yesterday.

They werenn’’tt in school this morning.

A-4

If the verb ends in one consonant before -y, change the –y to –i and then add –ed.

study studiedcry cried

BUT…

More Spelling Rules

It is practice time

Fill-in: was or were

Yesterday we at my grandmother’s house. She happy to see us.The food great.Her friends also there.It interesting to talk to them.I sad to leave them.

*interesting - מעניין *leave - לעזוב