1. JOSÉ ANGEL JUÁREZ SILVA
TO BE IN PAST TENCE
• The verb “ TO BE “ in past tense only changes in two ways:
WAS AND WERE.
Present Past
I AM I WAS
YOU ARE YOU WERE
HE IS HE WAS
SHE IS SHE WAS
IT IS IT WAS
YOU ARE YOU WERE
WE ARE WE WERE
THEY ARE THEY WERE
Examples:
I AM A GOOD STUDENT ( present )
I WAS A GOOD STUDENT ( past )
HE IS AN OLD MAN ( present )
HE WAS A YOUNG MAN ( past )
THEY ARE IN MEXICO CITY NOW ( present )
THEY WERE IN MEXICO CITY YESTERDAY ( past )
2. JOSÉ ANGEL JUÁREZ SILVA
EXERCISE. Fill in the blanks with: WAS or WERE
1.- It was a nice party
2.- She Was with me yesterday
3.- You were in México last week
4.- He was an intelligent child
5.- I was at school with you
6.- We were good friends last year
7.- Betty was in the park yesterday
8.- They were in the movies last night.
9.- The boys were good students last year
10.- Peter was here yesterday with his brother.
11.- The cat was hungry
12.- I was on the beach yesterday with my friends
13.- We were in London last year
14.-She was my girlfriend
15.- He was my boyfriend.
3. JOSÉ ANGEL JUÁREZ SILVA
Complete the following sentences using was or were
1.- Paul was at home last month
2.- Amy and Isa was at the cinema yeseterday
3.- Charlie´s parents were at the school at seven o´clock.
4.- I was in the Street in this morning waiting for you.
5.- My sister was in the station yesterdy morning.
6.- We were on a trip in September.
7.- Eric and Ann were at the library last Sunday.
8.- We were in an Italian restaurant last night.
Underline the correct option was / were
1.- It was five o´clock when he got to school.
2.- Was you still in bed when I called.
3.- Mozart and Beethoven were famous musicians.
4.- He was sick last week.
5.- Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artista.
4. JOSÉ ANGEL JUÁREZ SILVA
NEGATIVE FORM
I WAS IN THE PARK
YOU WERE A TEACHER
HE WAS A DOCTOR
SHE WAS NOT A DENTIST
IT WAS A DRIVER
YOU WERE HERE YESTERDAY
WE WERE IN THE SCHOOL LAS WEEK
THEY WERE ON THE BEACH LAST MONTH
• I WAS NOT
• I WASN`T
EXAMPLE:
I WAS IN THE PARK WITH MY FAMILY YESTERDAY
I WAS NOT IN THE PARK WITH MY FAMILY YESTERDAY
I WASN`T IN THE PARK WITH MY FAMILY YESTERDAY
• YOU WERE NOT
• YOU WEREN`T
EXAMPLE:
5. JOSÉ ANGEL JUÁREZ SILVA
YOU WERE IN THE SCHOOL WITH YOUR FRIENDS LAST WEEK
YOU WERE NOT IN THE SCHOOL WITH YOUR FRIENDS LAST WEEK
YOU WEREN`T IN THE SCHOOL WITH YOUR FRIENDS LAST WEEK
Exercises: change to the negative form.
1.- I was tired
I was not tired
2.- He was watching television.
HE was not watching televisión
3.- She was dancing in her room.
SHE was not dancing in the room
4.- You were in the park yesterday
YOU were not in the park yesterday
5.- They were ill
They were not ill
6.- It was raining
IT IS was not raining
6. JOSÉ ANGEL JUÁREZ SILVA
7.- We were in bed.
We were not in bed
8.- you were on the beach last week
YOU were not on the beach last week
9.- Peter was in the Aztec stadium last year
Peter was not in the Aztec stadium last year
10.- the cat was running in the garden
The cat was not running
Complete the sentences with was ( wasn´t ) were ( weren´t )
1.- Joe was exited in the soccer match yesterday.
2.- Tanya and Emma were my friends in junior high school last year.
3.- Ricardo,John and I were in a movie theater yestaerday
4.- Hanna was very kind in her last birthday.
5.- Elisa was a young woman in the basketball team.
6.- The car was new
7.- My mother and father were at home last night.