2. TO BE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTEROGATIVE
I was
You were
I wasn’t
You weren’t
Was I?
Were you?
He was
She was
It was
He wasn’t
She wasn’t
It wasn’t
Was he?
Was she?
Was it?
We were
You were
They were
We weren’t
You weren’t
They weren’t
Were we?
Were you?
Were they?
3. EXAMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE:
THE “IL GRANDE AMORE” WAS THE BEST SONG FOR THE IL VOLO.
THE MEMBERS OF IL VOLO WERE ALSO THIRD IN EUROVISION MUSICAL CONTEST.
NEGATIVE:
PIERO WASN’T BORN IN ENGLAND.
“O SOLE MIO”AND “CANZONE PER TE” WEREN’T THE BEST SONGS FOR THE IL
VOLO .
INTERROGATIVE:
WAS IGNAZIO MORE IMPORTANT THEN THE OTHERS OF THE GROUP? NO, HE
WASN’T.
WEREN’T THEM, IMPORTANT BEFORE THEY HAVE WON SANREMO?
4. REGULAR VERBS:
REGULAR VERBS IN THE SIMPLE PAST END
–ED.
IF THE BASE FORM ENDS IN-E, ADD ONLY-
D.
IF THE BASE FORM ENDS IN –Y AFTER A
CONSONANT, CHANGE THE -Y TO I AND
ADD-ED
5. AFFIRMATIVE
• THE GROUP FORMED IN 2009, IS
CONSTITUTED BY A VOCAL TRIO
OF MALE SINGERS
• IL VOLO RELEASED THEIR
SECOND ALBUM, WE ARE LOVE,
IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES;
• LUCA PLAYED THE GUITAR WHEN
HE WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD;
• IL VOLO STUDIED THE OPERA
SONGS .
6. IRREGULAR VERBS
SB+VERB IN PAST+C
AFFIRMATIVE:
• IL VOLO BECAME FAMOUS
AFTER THEY MET FIVE
YEARS AGO.
• IL VOLO BOUGHT NEW
INSTRUMENTS LAST YEAR
7. NEGATIVE OF REGULAR & IRREGULAR
SB+DIDN’T+INFINITIVE
• IL VOLO DIDN’T SING IN GERMANY;
• IL VOLO DIDN’T USE PLAYBACK
• IL VOLO DIDN’T DO ANY TOURS IN U.S.A.
• IL VOLO DIDN’T WRITE THEIR SONGS
9. • IL VOLO DIDN’T ____________________ IN GERMANY. (SING)
• WHOSE COMPONENT OF THE GROUP____________________ (VERB TO
BE IN PAST SIMPLE) MARRIED?
• PIETRO ____________ IN SICILY.(LIVE)
Sing
was
Live
d
Exercise for the class
