Simple Past Tense Verb to Be. Basic English

Structure Affirmative Sentences. I HE was a kid. SHE IT WE YOU were friends. THEY

I

HE was a kid.

SHE

IT

WE

YOU were friends.

THEY

Structure Negative Sentences. I HE was not a kid. SHE (wasn’t) IT WE YOU were not friends. THEY (weren’t)

I

HE was not a kid.

SHE (wasn’t)

IT

WE

YOU were not friends.

THEY (weren’t)

Structure Simple Questions or Yes/ No Questions I I I WAS HE a kid? Yes, he WAS or No, he WASN’T SHE she she IT it it WE we we WERE YOU friends? Yes, you WERE or No, you WEREN’T THEY they they

I I I

WAS HE a kid? Yes, he WAS or No, he WASN’T

SHE she she

IT it it

WE we we

WERE YOU friends? Yes, you WERE or No, you WEREN’T

THEY they they

Structure Informative Questions or WH Questions WHY WHEN I WHERE WAS HE ? HOW SHE WHICH IT WHY WHEN WE WHERE WERE YOU friends? HOW THEY WHICH

WHY

WHEN I

WHERE WAS HE ?

HOW SHE

WHICH IT

WHY

WHEN WE

WHERE WERE YOU friends?

HOW THEY

WHICH

YEARS AGO... A CHILDHOOD STORY. Text and ideas by your English teacher...

I WAS a very cute baby. I WAS lovely. I WAS adorable! I WAS NOT ugly… I WAS NOT dirty. I WAS NOT stinky. When I WAS a baby…

WAS I lovely? WAS I cute? WAS I a little angel? WAS I kissable? WAS I a dream? YES, I WAS !

Mommy WAS the best. She WAS pretty! She WAS very warm. She WAS mine!

Daddy WAS a little rude… But he WAS very strong. He WAS very playful… He WAS the best Daddy…

Tiger WAS my kitty… It WAS so playful… W AS it big? Yes, It WAS !

I WAS very playful… WAS I curious? Yes, I WAS !

Grandpa WAS very old… How old WAS he? He WAS at least 100 I guess… But he WASN’T mean…

Here I WAS very happy! Life WAS great! It WAS cool…

Where WAS I? I WAS at the golf course!

Who WAS the driver? I WAS it! Of course!

Please…close your eyes. WASN’T I the cutest boy? Yes, I WAS …

Here, I WAS at the park. The hand behind WAS Mommy’s! I WAS so brave!

It WAS my favorite horse. Its name WAS Banana! He WAS all yellow and I WAS a real cowboy!

I WAS a movie fanatic! Cinema Paradiso WAS my favorite movie!

Here I WAS watching some birdies! But I WAS more interested in the girl next door!

My life WAS going to change with her! What WAS her name? It WAS Sandy…

Next my love WAS little Sue…

Then Loretta. She WAS a dream… but her baby sister WAS so freak…

After her, Jessica WAS Unforgetable…

And little Luisa WAS the next…and she WAS the last!

She WAS so sexy and cool… Her smile WAS just great! And her eyes WERE so blue…

And we WERE together for ever and ever…

She WAS in my mind all the time. When I WAS playing… She WAS there!

She WAS there when I WAS having ice cones…

When I WAS hanging around with friends…she WAS there!

When I WAS doing something alone… She WAS there!

Even when I WAS with my best friend George!

Or when I WAS with Porgy… Who WAS Porgy? Porgy WAS my first dog. We WERE buddies… Porgy WASN’T a sissy…

When I WAS with Chuck, she WAS there too. Chuck WAS a wolf! Together we WERE the best hunters on Earth!

George and I WERE in love with our girlfriends. We WERE together all the time. Our girls WERE together too.

Here Luise and I WERE enjoying the nice weather…

Were you ever as happy as we WERE then?

Man, we WERE in love... And we still are!

WASN’T it a nice story? Can you make your own? THE END