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    Was and Were The Past Simple

    BY FRANCISCO HERNNDEZ MURGA

    Was and were


    Use the past tense of be

    (was , were) to talk about things in the past.

    Affirmative Form

    Negative Form

    Question Form.

    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. (-)

    5. _______Kate and Jane late yesterday? (-) 6. Anne, Emily and Charlotte

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


    7. He _________ an American singer,

    dancer, choreography. He _______the man who popularize the dance. (+/-)

    SIMPLE

    By Francisco Hernndez Murga

    VERBS

    REGULAR

    IRREGULAR

    VERBS are words to speak about ACTIONS ...

    like SEE, WATCH, EAT, LIVE, LOVE, RUN, HATE, LEARN

    In English, most verbs are REGULAR. That means they form their PAST FORM by adding ED, like these :
    PRESENT
    ASK

    PAST
    ASKED

    ANSWER
    WASH CALL LOOK START

    ANSWERED
    WASHED CALLED LOOKED STARTED

    When the verbs end in E, you just add D to When the PAST verbs : end in form the Y, you change it into I LOVE - LOVED and add ED : LIVE - LIVED CRY - CRIED
    CARRY - CARRIED

    Past form of irregular verbs are all different ... and you have to learn them !!

    Focus in this :
    You DID NOT WORK enough.

    The affirmative form is:

    You WORKED enough.

    DID is used with all subjects.

    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.

    BUT

    THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS :


    BE - WAS / WERE HAVE - HAD CAN - COULD

    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.

    To make questions : DID you REMEMBER this song?


    Yes, I REMEMBERED it.

    DID you KNOW this strange place ? No, we DIDNT KNOW it.

    Now, you know the simple past tense in English. Well done !!

    Exercise
    Cambie los siguientes REGULARES verbos al pasado simple: Past
    Present
    LIKE
    DANCE COMPLETE ENJOY USE

    LIKED
    DANCED COMPLETED ENJOYED USED

    TALK

    TALKED

    Cambie los siguientes IRREGULARES verbos al pasado simple: Present KNOW Past KNEW CHOSE MADE PUT TOLD ATE

    CHOOSE
    MAKE PUT TELL EAT

    Activity: Read about two people who changed the world. Then put the verbs in the Past Simple

    Mahatma Gandhi.
    Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi 1 was (be) born on October 2 nd 1869, in Porbandar, India. He 2 __________________ (study) law at University College, London and then 3____________________ (work) as a lawyer in South Africa for 21 years. Gandhi 4 ________________ (leave) South Africa in 1915 and 5 __________________ (return) to India. He 6 ________________ (become) the leader of the fight for Indian independence from the British. Gandhi spent seven years in prison and India 7__________________ (become) independent in 1947. Mahatma Gandhi 8___________________ (die) in 1948.

    Emmeline Pankhurst
    Emmeline Goulden 9 ______________ (be) born in Manchester, England, in 1858. She 10 ______________(marry) Richard Pankhurst, a lawyer, and they 11________________ (have) five children. In 1889 Emmeline 12 ________________ (start) The Womens Party to fight for the vote for women. They 13 ______________ (have) a lot of problem with the police and in 1912 Emmeline 14 __________________ (go) to prison twelve times. They finally15________________ (win) the vote for all women in 1928. Emmeline 16 ________________ ( die) in the same year.

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