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PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS "TO BE" AND "THERE TO BE"
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Look at the Simple Present and Simple Past of the Verb "To be" (click on the image). Conjugate it in both forms. Then, choose the right option:
The verb "To be" isn't a normal verb.
The verb "To be" is an irregular verb.
The verb "To be" is a regular verb.
right answer
The Verb "To be" is an irregular verb. It is also one of the fundamental verbs in the English Language.
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Look at the Simple Past of the Verb "To be" (click on the image). Conjugate it in the affirmative, negative and finally in the interrogative. Then, choose the right option:
We were in the park looking for her. She wasn't there. Where was she?
We were in the park looking for her. She weren't there. Where was she?
We was in the park looking for her. She wasn't there. Where was she?
right answer
We were in the park looking for her. She wasn't there. Where was she?
3/8
Look AGAIN at the Simple Past of the Verb "To be" (click on the image). Conjugate in the affirmative, negative and finally in the interrogative. Then, choose the right option:
I met them in 1998. He is a vet and she is a nurse. They were nice people, but their kids weren't as nice as them!
I met them in 1998. He was a vet and she was a nurse. They were nice people, but their kids weren't as nice as them!
I met them in 1998. He was a vet and she was a nurse. They were nice people, but their kids wasn't as nice as them!
right answer
I met them in 1998. He was a vet and she was a nurse. They were nice people, but their kids weren't as nice as them!
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Look AGAIN at the Simple Past of the Verb "To be" (click on the image). Think about its use. Then, choose the right option:
We use the Simple Past to describe people and things in the past AND to say where people and things were/weren't in the present.
We use the Simple Past to describe people and things in the present AND to say where people and things were/weren't in the past.
We use the Simple Past to describe people and things in the past AND to say where people and things were/weren't in the past.
right answer
We use the Simple Past of the Verb "To be" to describe people and things in the past AND to say where people and things were/weren't in the past.
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Look at the Simple Past of the Verb "There to be" (click on the image). Read the affirmative sentences. Then, choose the right option:
There were an orange tree in the garden. There was also apple trees.
There was an orange tree in the garden. There was also apple trees.
There was an orange tree in the garden. There were also apple trees.
right answer
There was an orange tree in the garden. There were also apple trees.
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Look at the Simple Past of the Verb "There to be" (click on the image). Read the negative sentences. Then, choose the right option:
There weren't any computers for sale in the shop. There weren't a cashier either.
There weren't any computers for sale in the shop. There wasn't a cashier either.
There wasn't any computers for sale in the shop. There weren't a cashier either.
right answer
There weren't any computers for sale in the shop. There wasn't a cashier either.
7/8
Look at the Simple Past of the Verb "There to be" (click on the image). Read the interrogative sentences. Then, choose the right option:
Was there any chairs at the waiting room? Was there a cafe nearby where you could sit down and eat something?
Were there any chairs at the waiting room? Was there a cafe nearby where you could sit down and eat something?
Were there any chairs at the waiting room? Were there a cafe nearby where you could sit down and eat something?
right answer
Were there any chairs at the waiting room? Was there a cafe nearby where you could sit down and eat something?
8/8
Look AGAIN at the Simple Past of the Verb "There to be" (click on the image). Think about its use. Then, choose the right option:
We use there was/wasn't or there were/weren't to say that something existed in the past.
We use there was/wasn't or there were/weren't to say that something existed or didn't exist in the past.
We use there was/wasn't or there were/weren't to say that something existed or didn't exist in the present.
right answer
In the Simple Past of the verb "There to be", we use there was/wasn't or there were/weren't to say that something existed or didn't exist in the past.
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Quiz
PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS "TO BE" AND "THERE TO BE"
Start
1/8
Look at the Simple Present and Simple Past of the Verb "To be" (click on the image). Conjugate it in both forms. Then, choose the right option:
The verb "To be" isn't a normal verb.
The verb "To be" is an irregular verb.
The verb "To be" is a regular verb.
right answer
The Verb "To be" is an irregular verb. It is also one of the fundamental verbs in the English Language.
2/8
Look at the Simple Past of the Verb "To be" (click on the image). Conjugate it in the affirmative, negative and finally in the interrogative. Then, choose the right option:
We were in the park looking for her. She wasn't there. Where was she?
We were in the park looking for her. She weren't there. Where was she?
We was in the park looking for her. She wasn't there. Where was she?
right answer
We were in the park looking for her. She wasn't there. Where was she?
3/8
Look AGAIN at the Simple Past of the Verb "To be" (click on the image). Conjugate in the affirmative, negative and finally in the interrogative. Then, choose the right option:
I met them in 1998. He is a vet and she is a nurse. They were nice people, but their kids weren't as nice as them!
I met them in 1998. He was a vet and she was a nurse. They were nice people, but their kids weren't as nice as them!
I met them in 1998. He was a vet and she was a nurse. They were nice people, but their kids wasn't as nice as them!
right answer
I met them in 1998. He was a vet and she was a nurse. They were nice people, but their kids weren't as nice as them!
4/8
Look AGAIN at the Simple Past of the Verb "To be" (click on the image). Think about its use. Then, choose the right option:
We use the Simple Past to describe people and things in the past AND to say where people and things were/weren't in the present.
We use the Simple Past to describe people and things in the present AND to say where people and things were/weren't in the past.
We use the Simple Past to describe people and things in the past AND to say where people and things were/weren't in the past.
right answer
We use the Simple Past of the Verb "To be" to describe people and things in the past AND to say where people and things were/weren't in the past.
5/8
Look at the Simple Past of the Verb "There to be" (click on the image). Read the affirmative sentences. Then, choose the right option:
There were an orange tree in the garden. There was also apple trees.
There was an orange tree in the garden. There was also apple trees.
There was an orange tree in the garden. There were also apple trees.
right answer
There was an orange tree in the garden. There were also apple trees.
6/8
Look at the Simple Past of the Verb "There to be" (click on the image). Read the negative sentences. Then, choose the right option:
There weren't any computers for sale in the shop. There weren't a cashier either.
There weren't any computers for sale in the shop. There wasn't a cashier either.
There wasn't any computers for sale in the shop. There weren't a cashier either.
right answer
There weren't any computers for sale in the shop. There wasn't a cashier either.
7/8
Look at the Simple Past of the Verb "There to be" (click on the image). Read the interrogative sentences. Then, choose the right option:
Was there any chairs at the waiting room? Was there a cafe nearby where you could sit down and eat something?
Were there any chairs at the waiting room? Was there a cafe nearby where you could sit down and eat something?
Were there any chairs at the waiting room? Were there a cafe nearby where you could sit down and eat something?
right answer
Were there any chairs at the waiting room? Was there a cafe nearby where you could sit down and eat something?
8/8
Look AGAIN at the Simple Past of the Verb "There to be" (click on the image). Think about its use. Then, choose the right option:
We use there was/wasn't or there were/weren't to say that something existed in the past.
We use there was/wasn't or there were/weren't to say that something existed or didn't exist in the past.
We use there was/wasn't or there were/weren't to say that something existed or didn't exist in the present.
right answer
In the Simple Past of the verb "There to be", we use there was/wasn't or there were/weren't to say that something existed or didn't exist in the past.
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