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INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE IDIOMAS FACULTAD SECCIONAL CHIQUINQUIRA WORKSHEET LEVEL 2

Topic: Past of be.

Week:

2

Time: 1 week

Apreciado estudiante: Para el desarrollo de la guía, se podrá utilizar los recursos que tenga a mano en casa como el diccionario o libros. Adicionalmente, si cuenta con el acceso a internet podrá complementar con tutoriales en YouTube, enlaces enviados por la docente, diccionarios online: www.wordreference.com. Las tutorías se harán por Chat en MOODLE, en primera instancia y dependiendo el caso, vía telefónica, whatsapp o google meet, según horario establecido. Es importante mantener una actitud positiva para desarrollar sus actividades de clase autónomas. Recuerde: Stay Home, Save lives 1. TEACHING: SIMPLE PAST OF BE The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now. Examples:   

I was in London in 1999. Pam was in London in 1999, too. We were together.

The past tense of To Be in English has two forms: WAS and WERE Affirmative: Subject To Be Examples I

was

I was tired this morning.

You

were

You were very good.

He

was

He was the best in his class.

She

was

She was late for work.

It

was

It was a sunny day.

We

were

We were at home.

You

were

You were on holiday.

They

were

They were happy with their test results.

Negative Sentences The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were).

Negative Contractions Página 1 de 5

Subject To Be

Examples

I

was not

I was not tired this morning.

You

were not You were not crazy.

He

was not

He was not married.

She

was not

She was not famous.

It

was not

It was not hot yesterday.

We

were not We were not invited.

You

were not You were not at the party.

They

were not They were not friends.

The can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by joining the verb (was or were) and n't (e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I was). I was not tired this morning.

OR I wasn't tired this morning.

You were not crazy.

OR You weren't crazy.

He was not married.

OR He wasn't married.

She was not famous.

OR She wasn't famous.

It was not hot yesterday.

OR It wasn't hot yesterday.

We were not invited.

OR We weren't invited.

You were not at the party.

OR You weren't at the party.

They were not friends.

OR They weren't friends.

Questions To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject. Affirmative You  

were

Subject Verb

happy.

Affirmative

Question

I was late

Was I late?

You were sick.

Were you sick?

 

  Question

Were

you

happy?

 

Verb

Subject  

He was surprised. Was he surprised? She was from Italy. Was she from Italy? It was a big house. Was it a big house?

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We were ready.

Were we ready?

You were early.

Were you early?

They were busy.

Were they busy?

2. PRACTICING 2.1. Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Use the words in the above boxes.

were was was Wasn’

was was

weren’

were were were

Wasn’t were

was

were was

was was was 2.2. Make the past simple. Use positive, negative or questions

I was at the cinema last night The children were naughty We were in a cafe when you called was you late? She was a teacher when she was Young. Where were we? were you okay? Why were we too tired? How was the party? They wew hate for the interview.

3. Homework Página 3 de 5

3.1. Look the images choose two images, write a text using was – were, and the expressions in the boxes.

yesterday

the last weekend

last Sunday

For instance: I was at the Mall the last

the last night

two hours ago

weekend….

 She was yesterday in the church and I remembered that I had a bicycle because, she was in bicycle last Sunday and the bicycle was without a pedal, so she thought about going to a bike shop to have it fixed. 4. EVALUATION Complete the sentences below.

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