The document discusses the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It provides the formula for using "was" and "were" as past tense helping verbs followed by examples of affirmative, negative, and question sentences using various subjects with "was" and "were". It also includes a table reviewing the past tense forms of "to be", "to have", "to do", and "to can" with different pronouns.

1. SIMPLE PAST OF VERB
BE
MISS. BRAVO
LENGUA EXTRANJERA

2. WAS / WERE
• We use the past of verb be to talk about an action, an event, that has happened before the
moment of speaking or writing (something that happened once in the past, something that
happened again and again in the past, something that was true for some time in the past).
Past Present Future
• Formula:
• Subject + was/were + complement.

3. FORMULA

4. EXAMPLES AFFIRMATIVE
• I was late.
• You were amazing.
• She was tired.
• We were watching tv.
• You were wrong.
• They were playing volleyball.

5. EXAMPLES NEGATIVE
• I was not wearing a dress.
• You were not paying attention.
• He wasn’t at the cinema with us.
• She was not doing her homework.
• It wasn’t expensive.
• We weren not at home on Sunday.
• They weren’t hungry.

6. EXAMPLES QUESTIONS
• Was I a teacher?
• Were you listening the mass?
• Was she a student?
• Was he doing his homework?
• Were we late for the appointment?
• Were they doctors?

7. Subject
Pronoun
Auxiliary verbs in Past
Be Have Do Can
I was had did could
You were had did could
He/She/It was had did could
We were had did could
You were had did could
They were had did could