The document provides information about using the simple past tense in English. It discusses how the simple past is used to talk about actions or events in the past. It specifically focuses on the forms of the verb "to be" in the simple past, which are "was" and "were". Examples are given for how to use "was" and "were" depending on the subject pronoun. Students are then provided practice questions to test their understanding of using "was" and "were" in the simple past.

1. Unit 6: Was/Were
Ahsan Qazi
University of Ha’il
Level 02

2. Simple Past Tense
 The Simple Past is used to talk about actions or events in
the past.

3. Examples: Simple Past
 Use this tense:
 when you want to tell someone about any event in the past
 to discuss any actions that happened in the past time.
 These words tell you that a sentence is in the past tense: few seconds ago, 1 minute
ago, 2 minutes ago, 30 minutes ago, day ago, weeks ago, months ago, years ago.
 For example:
 I walked to school yesterday.
 I watched a movie last night.
 I went to hajj last month.
 I ate McDonalds during the lunch time.
 I played football with my friends an hour ago.

4. Simple Past: “To be”
 The Verb “To be” has two form in the simple past: WAS and WERE.
I
You
He/She/It
We
They
Examples:
•
I was born in Ha’il
•
I was sick.
•
I was fat when I was young.
•
I was home last night.
Was
Were
Was
Were
were

5. Simple Past: Was/Were
I
was
a
baby.

6. Simple Past: Was/Were
 The
mobile
phone
was
expensive.

7. Simple Past: “To be”
 The Verb “To be” has two form in the simple past: WAS and WERE.
Subject Pronoun + the verb “to be” in the simple past
I
was
home
last night.
You
were
home
last night.
He/She/It
was
home
last night.
We
were
home
last night.
They
were
home
last night.

8. Simple Past: Was/Were
He
was
poor.

9. Simple Past: Was/Were
 They
were
racing
last night.

10. You Try: Was/ Were
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I _________ at home.
We _______ in the garden.
Lucy ________ tired.
We ________ in the castle.
John and Jason __________ at school.
They _________ on the trip.
________ you in London?
He __________ a great man.
It ________ a fat cat.
My car _______ fast.
How many of you _______ in level 01 with me?
Aisha _________ a student at the University of London.
We ________ speaking to our friends.
How _________ your parents last?
Where ___________ your parents last weekend?