4. We are 7 th grade students now,but we were 6 th grade
students last year
5. Mary is slim now but she was fat last year
Now
last year
6. DIFFERENCE PRESENT & PAST
PRESENT
PAST
I am
I was
You are
You were
He, She, It is
He, she, it was
We are
We were
You are
You were
They are
They were
9. Negative: was, were
I
was not / wasn’t
You
were not / weren't
He, She, It
was not / wasn’t
We
were not / weren’t
You
were not / weren’t
They
were not /weren’t
14. Short answers
Positive
Negative
Yes, I was
No, I wasn’t / was not
Yes, you were
No, you weren’t / were not
Yes, she/he/it was
No, she/he/it wasn’t/ was not
Yes, we were
No, we weren’t / were not
Yes, you were
No, you weren’t / were not
Yes, they were
No, they weren’t / were not
15. Questions and short answers examples
Was she at home yesterday?
Yes, she was || No, she wasn’t
Were you at the gym last night?
Yes, I was || No, I wasn’t
Were they at the cinema yesterday?
Yes, they were || No, they weren’t
16. Can you use the verb to be in the
past to describe these famous
people?
WAS OR WERE