was and were and past simple

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BY FRANCISCOHERNNDEZ MURGA

Was and Were

The Past Simple


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Was and were

Use the past tense of be(was , were) to talk about

things in the past.


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Affirmative

Form


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Negative Form


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Question Form.


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Examples 1. Im here today but I ___________ here

yesterday. (+)

2. Kevin __________ at my party.(-)

3. ______Jim at home last night?(+)

4. Time and Jim __________ late. (-)


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5. _______Kate and Jane late yesterday? (-)

6.Anne, Emily and Charlotte

____________English writers of the 1840sand 1850s. (+)

7. He _________ an American singer,dancer, choreography. He _______the manwho popularize the dance. (+/-)


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By Francisco Hernndez Murga

SIMPLE


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VERBS

REGULAR IRREGULAR


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VERBS are words

to speak aboutACTIONS ...

like SEE,WATCH, EAT,

LIVE, LOVE,RUN, HATE,LEARN


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In English, most verbs are REGULAR.That means they form their PASTFORM by adding ED, like these :

PRESENT PAST

ASKANSWER

WASH

CALL

LOOK

START

ASKEDANSWERED

WASHED

CALLED

LOOKED

STARTED


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Past form of

irregular verbsare all different...

and you have tolearn them !!


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Focus in this :

You DID NOT

WORK enough.

The affirmative form is

You WORKED enough

DID is used withall subjects.


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Juliet LOVED Romeo.

Her father DID NOT LOVE her enough.They LOCKED the castle.

The guard DID NOT LOCK the castle.

Simpson family LIVED in Springfield.

They DIDNT LIVE in Memphis.

Elvis DANCED wonderfuly.He DIDNT SING in Italian.


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THERE ARE SOMEEXCEPTIONS :

BE - WAS / WERE

HAVE - HAD

CAN - COULD

BUT


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We WERE irresponsible.We WERE NOT irresponsible.

He HAD a lot of money.

He DIDNT HAVE a lot of money.

I COULD READ ancient Greek.

I COULD NOT READ French.


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To make questions :

DID you REMEMBER this song?

Yes, I REMEMBERED it.

DID you KNOW this strange place ?

No, we DIDNT KNOW it.


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Now, you know the simplepast tense in English.

Well done !!

E i


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ExerciseCambie los siguientes REGULARES verbos

al pasado simple: Present Past

LIKE

DANCECOMPLETE

ENJOY

USE

TALK

LIKED

DANCEDCOMPLETED

ENJOYED

USED

TALKED

C bi l i i t IRREGULARES b l d


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Cambie los siguientes IRREGULARES verbos al pasado

simple:

Present Past

KNOW

CHOOSE

MAKE

PUT

TELL

EAT

KNEW

CHOSE

MADE

PUT

TOLD

ATE


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Activity:

Read about twopeople who changed

the world. Then put

the verbs in the PastSimple

M h t G dhi


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Mahatma Gandhi.

Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi 1was (be) born on

October 2 nd 1869, in Porbandar, India. He 2__________________ (study) law at UniversityCollege, London and then 3____________________(work) as a lawyer in South Africa for 21 years. Gandhi4 ________________ (leave) South Africa in 1915 and5 __________________ (return) to India. He 6________________ (become) the leader of the fightfor Indian independence from the British. Gandhi spentseven years in prison and India7__________________ (become) independent in1947. Mahatma Gandhi 8___________________

(die) in 1948.

E li P kh t


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Emmeline Pankhurst

Emmeline Goulden 9 ______________ (be)

born in Manchester, England, in 1858. She 10______________(marry) Richard Pankhurst,a lawyer, and they11________________ (have)five children. In 1889 Emmeline 12

________________ (start) The WomensParty to fight for the vote for women.They13 ______________ (have) a lot ofproblem with the police and in 1912 Emmeline 14

__________________ (go) to prison twelvetimes. They finally15________________ (win)the vote for all women in 1928. Emmeline 16

________________ ( die) in the same year.


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