This document contains an English grammar lesson about using the simple past tense ("was/were") to talk about actions and states in the past. It provides example sentences with "was/were" describing where people were born, how long they lived somewhere, when they arrived or did certain actions. It also has questions using "was/were" to ask about past states and actions, and answers in both English and Spanish. The lesson teaches how to talk about the past using common time expressions and provides over a dozen examples of using "was/were" in sentences and questions.