the simple past
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The Simple Past. The Verb BE. When? How?. The verb to be in the present and in the Past (1). 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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.
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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