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UNIT GOALS
TALK ABOUT PAST VACATION TRIPS
EXCHANGE INFORMATION ABOUT VACATIONS
USE WAS/WERE TO DESCRIBE A PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE
TALK ABOUT A DISCOVERY FROM THE PAST
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SIMPLE PAST TENSE
FORM
[VERB+ed] or irregular verbs
Examples:
You called Debbie.
Did you call Debbie?
You did not call Debbie.
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COMPLETE LIST OF SIMPLE
PAST FORMS
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepastforms.htm
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POSITIVE
I waited.
You waited.
We waited.
They waited.
He waited.
She waited.
It waited.
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NEGATIVE
I did not wait.
You did not wait.
We did not wait.
They did not wait.
He did not wait.
She did not wait.
It did not wait.
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QUESTION
Did I wait?
Did you wait?
Did we wait?
Did they wait?
Did he wait?
Did she wait?
Did it wait?
9. +STATEMENTS
To be (past tense)
I was a student of this school (Yo era un estudiante de esta escuela)
She was a model (Ella era una modelo)
They were good kids (Ellos eran buenos niños)
Being there:
He was at the beach this morning (Él estaba en la playa esta mañana)
We were married (Estábamos casados)
You were wrong (Estabas[n] equivocado[s])
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Ejemplos de oraciones negativas
de pasado "to be"
Ejemplos "ser":
I was not student of this school. (Yo no era un estudiante de
esta escuela)
She wasn't a model (Ella no era una modelo)
They weren't good kids (Ellos no eran buenos
niños)
Ejemplos "estar":
He wasn't at the beach this morning (Él no estaba en la playa
esta mañana)
We weren't married (No estábamos casados)
You were not wrong (No estabas[n]
equivocado[s])
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YES/NO QUESTIONS:
- Were you a football player at the school?
- Yes, I was.
- Was she a model?
- No, she wasn't.
- Were they your friends?
- No, they weren't.
- Was Richard your boyfriend?
- Yes, he was.
- Were we on a test?
- Yes, you were.
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WAS/WERE excercises:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.
de/en/exercises/tenses/was_were.htm
EMPHATIC ADJECTIVES:
We use them to express the adjectives in a very strong way:
Adjective: good--------emphatic adjective: excellent
Bad…….terrible
Clean…..spotless