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PAST TENSE OF BE.

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PAST TENSE OF BE

GRAMMAR

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BE

PRESENT TENSE: AM / IS / ARE

PAST TENSE: WAS / WERE

We can use the past simple of the verb to be to talk about situations and states in the past.

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VERB TO BE

PRESENT PAST

  • I am I was
  • You are You were
  • He is He was
  • She is She was
  • It is It was
  • We are We were
  • You are You were
  • They are They were

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AFFIRMATIVE

Use was for I, he, she, and it. Use were for you, we, and they.

EXAMPLES. . I was hungry this morning. . You were in the garden yesterday. . It was sunny yesterday. . They were at the beach last weekend.

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NEGATIVE

For negatives, use not. We can contract not and the verb, especially when we're speaking.

  • I was not late for school this morning.
  • I wasn't late for school this morning.
  • He was not at home last Saturday.
  • He wasn't at home last Saturday.
  • We were not cold yesterday.
  • We weren't cold yesterday.

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INTERROGATIVE

For questions, change the order of was or were and the subject.

Were you tired this morning? Yes, I was. Was she at the park last Sunday? No, she wasn't.

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EXERCISES:

Complete using was or were.

  • She _____ happy.
  • They ______ paying attention.
  • I ______n´t working in class.
  • You ______n't speaking English in class.
  • _______ it eating a hamburger?
Yes, It _____
  • _______ we drinking water in the class?
No, we ________

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