Presentation related to the simple past form of the verb to be, in affirmative, negative and questions.

1. How was your
holiday?
Lesson 5c
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2. When did you travel
for the last time?
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3. Vocabulary
Go hiking Go sightseeing Go scuba-diving Go skiing
Go camping Go mountain
biking
Go horse riding Go windsurfing

4. Past Simple ofVerb to Be
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5. Simple Past
Actions that started and
were completed at a
specific time in the past
Habitual or repeated
actions in the past
Completed actions that
happened one after the
other in the past
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6. • Actions that started and were completed at a specific time in the
past
 We bought our house Five years ago.
• Habitual or repeated actions in the past
 I always went to bed early when I lived with my parents
• Completed actions that happened one after the other in the past
Yetserday I got up at 8:00, has breakfast and left for school
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7. • A= Where were you yesterday?
• B= I was at the beach.
• A= The beach? Were there many people there?
• B= No, there weren´t. You see, it was a bit cold and it wasn´t sunny
at all.
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8. Affirmative
I Was
You Were
He Was
She Was
It Was
We Were
You Were
They Were
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9. Negative
I Wasn´t
You Weren´t
He Wasn´t
She Wasn´t
It Wasn´t
We Weren´t
You Weren´t
They Weren´t
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10. Questions
Was I ….. ?
Were you ….. ?
Was he ….. ?
Was she ….. ?
Was it ….. ?
Were we ….. ?
Were you ….. ?
Were they ….. ?
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11. •I was at the cinema last weekend.
•There weren´t many movies to watch.
•We were playing basketball yesterday.
•Were you at school last Monday?
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12. ThereWas /ThereWere
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13. We use there was / there were when we want
to say “Habia uno…” or “Habia unos…”
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15. • There were three dogs at my house yesterday.
• There was a blue car in front of my door yesterday.
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16. • There weren´t three dogs at my house yesterday.
• There wasn´t a blue car in front of my door yesterday.
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17. • Were there three dogs at my house yesterday?
• Was there a blue car in front of my door yesterday?
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18. Speaking
1. Have you ever been abroad? Where?
2. What country do you most want to visit? Why?
3. Where are you going to go the next time you travel?
4. Where did you go on your last vacation?
5. Do you think the type of vacation one takes reflects one's social
status?
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19. Writing a paragraph
• Remember a paragraph is a mix of ideas linked by connectors or
linking words
• Do NOT write bullets, single sentences, etc.
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20. What you DON´T have to do
• I think Mary should work less because she is very stressed.
• She shouldn´t spend a lot of time in front of the computer.
• She should read books and magazines.
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21. What you have to do
• I think Mary should work less because she is very stressed, also,
she shouldn´t spend a lot of time in front of the computer. Finally, I
consider that she should read books and magazines.
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22. example
• Last summer, I went to Los Angeles. I visited Hollywood movie
studios, the Fame Walk and dowtown. I bought some clothes and
souvenirs at the Central Mall and I also watched a play called
“The King of Macedonia”
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