to be verb
teacher Denise Moraes
teacher Denise Moraes We use Past Simple: With finished states in the past Last year you were in Berlin
You were with a boy yesterday.
With adjectives to identify feelings in the past He was shy when he was little.
Emma and Anna were happy
To talk about time and weather in the past It was late when he arrived It was cold last week
teacher Denise Moraes
Structure: to be verb Affirmative I was You were He was
She was It was We were
They were
Examples I was tired last week
You were in France in 2010 He was happy last week
She was my girlfriend in 2018 It was a rainy day yesterday
We were best friends They were aliens
teacher Denise Moraes Structure: to be verb Negative
short form
I was not
I wasn’t
You were not
You weren’t
He was not
He wasn’t
She was not
She wasn’t
It was not
It wasn’t
We were not
We weren’t
They were not
They weren’t
Examples I wasn’t at the club You weren’t rich He wasn’t a policeman She wasn’t fit in 2017
It wasn’t sunny yesterday We weren’t at school They weren’t at Spain
teacher Denise Moraes Structure: to be verb Interrogative Was I? Were you? Was he? Was she? Was it? Were we? Were they?
Examples Was I late for the meeting? Were you at the club two days ago? Was he your boyfriend last year?
Was she our English teacher in 2016? Was it a baby giraffe? Were we ready to travel? Were they at United Kingdom?
teacher Denise Moraes Structure: to be verb Questions and short answers Was I late for the meeting? Yes, I was No, I wasn’t
Were you at the club two days ago? Yes, I was/you were No, I wasn’t/you weren’t
Was he your boyfriend last year? Yes, he was No, he wasn’t
Was she our English teacher in 2016? Yes, she was No, she wasn’t
Was it a baby giraffe? Yes, it was No, it wasn’t
Were we ready to travel? Yes, we were No, we weren’t
Were they at United Kingdom? Yes, they were No, they weren’t
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