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was, were
been
The
Theverbs
verbswas
wasand
andwere
wereare
arealso
alsoforms
forms
ofofthe
verb
be.Was
is
the
simple
past
tense
the verb be.Was is the simple past tenseofof
am
amand
andis.
is.Use
Usewas
waswith
withthe
thepronouns
pronounsI,I,he,
he,
she
and
it,
and
with
singular
nouns.
In
these
she and it, and with singular nouns. In these
sentences,
sentences, was
was and
and were
were are
are not
not the
the helping
helping
verbs.
verbs.
Examples:
1. I was a conductor.
2. He was a doctor.
3. They were honest.
4. We were players.
5. The Romans were brave soldiers.
6. They were third in the wheelbarrow race.
7. There werent any clouds in the sky.
8. We were on the same school team.
9. Those were my best jeans.
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Examples:
longer every
her an apple.
Dinosaurs lived
It snowed last
night.
millions of years ago.
a big tree.
Other Examples:
Weuse
usethe
theSimple
SimplePast
Pastto
todescribe
describeaaseries
seriesof
ofactions
actionsin
in
We
the
past.
the past.
iii.
iv.
The baby was sleeping peacefully when the phone bell rang.
Affirmative Statement
Negative Statement
I spoke.
I did not speak.
You lied.
You did not lie.
He went to school.
He did not go to school.
She hated me.
She did not hate me.
It flew.
It did not fly.
We cried.
We did not cry.
They smiled.
They did not smile.
In spoken English, the following contraction is often used:
Without Contraction
With Contraction
did not
didn't
In order to change an affirmative statement into a question, did is
placed before the subject, and the form(2 nd form) of the verb is
changed from the Simple Past to the bare infinitive(1 st form). Sign of
interrogation is necessary at the end of the interrogative sentence.
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Affirmative Statement
Question
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I worked.
Did I work?
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You laughed..
Did you laugh?
He watched TV.
Did he watch TV?
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She listened to the radio.
Did she listen to the radio?
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It happened.
Did it happen?
We ran.
Did we run?
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They wrote.
Did they write?
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ADVERB PLACEMENT
The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such
as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc in the past simple tense.
You just called Debbie.
adverb + verb)
Subject
+ 2nd form
Tom
the car.
Passive voice structure:
by + object
Subject
The car
by
repaired
+
repaired
Tom.
IF Clause Type 2
Or
If you supported them, they would not hurt you.
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Example 6 : If you did not hit him, he would not leave you.
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In the example 6, both the if clause and the main clause are the
negative.
Prepared & Selected by:
Zeeshan Nawaz Bhalli
MA (English)
smartbhalli@gmail.com