Past simple of tobe 2
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1) The document is an album of photographs by Anabel about Bob and Mary's lives 50 years ago compared to now. 2) 50 years ago, Bob was young and strong while Mary was beautiful and not old. Now, Bob is 80 and weak while Mary is 79 and old. 3) The document provides examples of using the past simple tense to talk about finished actions in the past and forming questions and negatives.
Past simple of tobe 2
- 1. Álbum de fotografías por Anabel Future probability Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher
- 2. Bob is eighty. He’s old and weak. Mary, his wife is seventy-nine. She’s old, too.
- 3. Fifty years ago they were young. Bob was strong. He wasn’t weak. Mary was beautiful. She wasn’t old.
- 4. • We form questions by putting was/were before the subject pronoun. She was ill yesterday. Was she ill yesterday? • We form negations by putting not after was/were. She wasn’t ill yesterday. She was not ill yesterday. ( + ) ( ? )
- 5. • We use the past simple for actions which finished at a definite stated time in the past. They were in Berlin last month. Example:
- 6. He was in hospital .
- 7. square John John was at the square.
- 8. castle Mary and Peter Mary and Peter were at the castle.
- 9. palace Jill Jill was at the palace.
- 10. souvenir shop George and Mary George and Mary were at the souvenir shop.
- 11. EXERCISES • Change these sentences to negativeChange these sentences to negative form and interrogative form:form and interrogative form:
- 12. museum Nina and Rhonda 1.Nina and Rhonda were at the museum.
- 13. 2.She was at the supermarket.
- 14. 3.They were at the playground.
- 15. 4.He was at the cinema.
- 16. 5.They were at the museum.
- 17. 6. We were at a restaurant.
- 18. 7. She was at a train station.