Past Tense: Was/Were and Regulard Verbs

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The Past Tense of the verb be: Was/Were.Regular Verbs.

The Past Tense of the verb be: was/were

"Was'' and ''Were'' are both the past tense forms of the verb ''be,'' which is used to show a noun's state of being, or used as a helping verb in connection with other verbs. These changes in a verb's forms are known as conjugations and they're based on a verb's tense, person, and number. Tense refers to when the action takes place, while person and number both describe the noun that is doing the action. We have already established that ''was'' and ''were'' are both in the past tense, indicating things that have already happened.

When to use Were

When to use Was

Was is a past tense indicative form of being, meaning “to exist or live,” and is used in the first person singular (I) and the third person singular (he/she/it). You can use the past indicative when you’re talking about reality and known facts.

Were is used for both the third person plural past tense (they and we) and the second person past tense (you). In the past indicative, were acts similar to was.

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Examples of were:

Examples of was:

1. I was sick last night.
2. He had an amazing imagination when he was a child.
3. We turned down the music because it was too loud.

1. They were at the store.
2. They were at the hospital because their children were sick.
3. You were so busy yestarday.

Structure

What are Regular Verbs?

A regular verb is a verb that follows a predictable pattern when switching between tenses. In English, you can usually form the past tense of a regular verb simply by adding the suffix “-ed”, “-d” or "-id" to the end of the verb. This applies to both the simple past tense and the past participle.

Structure

Let's do these affirmative exercises about Was & Were

Exercise #1

Exercise #2

Let's complete these negative exercises about Was & Were.

Exercise #2

Exercise #1

Exercise #3

Interrogative exercises

Exercise #1

Exercise #2

Negative exercise:

Let's do these exercises for regular verbs:

Question exercise:

Affirmative exercise:

Let's make groups of 4 people. Answer the following questions using the past form of To Be. These questions are personal.

• Where were you last weekend?
• Who were you with last weekend?
• Where were you last night?
• Where was your mother yesterday?
• Were you a good student at school?

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