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USES To talk about completed activities in the past: I was at school yesterday Time references: Yesterday, yesterday morning, evening… Last Monday, week, month, year… In 2010, in the 19th century…TRANSCRIPT
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PAST SIMPLE: TO BE 1
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THE PAST OF TO BE: AFFIRMATIVEThis is the past simple of the verb TO
BE:I was We wereYou were You wereHe was They were
She was It wasLook at the impersonal forms: There was There were
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USESTo talk about completed activities in the
past: I was at school yesterday
Time references:• Yesterday, yesterday morning,
evening…• Last Monday, week, month, year…• In 2010, in the 19th century…
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Your turn now 1
1. Make affirmative sentences.
2. Use the keywords.
3. Write complete sentences with… was/were
there was, there were
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Make affirmative sentences 1: John/ doctor’s
John was at the doctor’s
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Make affirmative sentences 2: Tom/scared
Tom was scared
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Make affirmative sentences 3: We/school
We were at school
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Make affirmative sentences 4: bee/ beehive
There was a bee behind the beehive
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Make affirmative sentences 5: Shakespeare/ English
Shakespeare was English
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Make affirmative sentences 6: apples/tree
There were a lot of apples in the tree
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THE PAST OF TO BE: NEGATIVEWe form the negative form of to be like that:
I was not (wasn’t) We were not (weren’t)You were not (weren’t) You were not (weren’t)He was not (wasn’t) They were not (weren’t)She was not (wasn’t)It was not (wasn’t)
Impersonal forms:There was not (wasn’t) There were not (weren’t)
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Your Turn now 21. Make negative sentences.
2. Use the keywords.
3. Write complete sentences with… was not (wasn’t) /were not (weren’t)
there was not (wasn’t) there were not (weren’t)
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Make negative sentences 1: they/ sad
They weren’t sad
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Make negative sentences 2: she/home
She wasn’t at home
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Make negative sentences 3: He/supermarket
He wasn’t at the supermarket
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Make negative sentences 4: there/8 candles
There weren’t eight candles
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Make negative sentences 5: Mozart/ Italian
Mozart wasn’t Italian
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Make negative sentences 6: We/ London
We weren’t in London
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Your Turn now 3Make these sentences TRUE for you: Use
was/were in the correct form:1. It …………… Christmas Day yesterday.2. There ............. 25 students in class.3. I ………….. ill last week.4. It ………… sunny yesterday morning.5. I …………. born in 1999.6. Maths ………… on Monday at 10:35.7. There ……… a school trip last month.8. My mother ………… angry yesterday.
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Your Turn now 4Change these sentences from present to
past:• I’m hungry →• Peter’s British →• There’s a book →• We’re in class →• There are some pens →• The children are in the park →• Mary’s sad →• The cat’s in the kitchen →