2. THE PAST OF TO BE: AFFIRMATIVE
This is the past simple of the verb TO BE:
I was We were
You were You were
He was They were
She was
It was
Look at the impersonal forms:
There was There were
3. 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…
4. Your turn now 1
1. Make affirmative sentences.
2. Use the keywords.
3. Write complete sentences with…
was/were
there was, there were
11. THE PAST OF TO BE: NEGATIVE
We 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)
12. Your Turn now 2
1. 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)
19. Your Turn now 3
Make 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.
20. Your Turn now 4
Change 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 →
