This document provides instruction on using the verbs "was" and "were" in the past tense in English. It includes examples of how to use these verbs for different subjects, negative forms using contractions, exercises to practice completing sentences, and questions to ask for information using these past tense helping verbs. Examples are provided of how to write a short story or experience using "was" and "were" to describe events and situations in the past.

1. WAS / WERE
L I N A M A R I A R O D R I G U E Z P E R D O M O

2. VOCABULARY

4. Ago
Two days
ago
A week ago
A month
ago

5. WAS AND WERE
I was
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were

6. • Today is Monday
• I am a teacher
• She is always happy
• They are at school
• https://www.ejerciciosinglesonline.com/was-were-1/
• The last Monday i break my arm
• I was a teacher in my younger
• When she was a Little kid she
was always happy.
• We are were at the school a few
days ago.

8. He was sleeping the last day
When his girlfriend broke up
For sleep with his best friend
when he was slepping he feel how his arm start to hurt.
They were at the nigth party
They were at the birthday party of his best friend Mike.
They were happy cause his boss dismissed.

9. https://es.educaplay.com/recursos-educativos/6296905-
pasado_simple.html
she up his hand for the math class
she was in a class with mask
she need up his hand cause his friend be scared
He was tired for the last party
he was sadly cause he lost the carrer
he was stupid cause his friend have an
adventure with his best girlfriend

10. ASKING FOR INFORMATION
• was
Wh were + person +. Extra information. ?
Wh
What. things activities
Where. place
When time
Who person/ people
Why. reason
How way / state of being
How many. quantity

13. EXERCISE
Change the sentences to negative. Use contractions
• I was in the hospital
• I wasn’t in the hospital
• You were at school yesterday morning
• You weren’t at school yesterday morning
• The show was good
• The show wasn’t good
• There was a football game at the studium
• There wasn’t a football game at the studium
• We were in meeting yesterday morning
• we weren’n in the meeting yesterday morning

14. COMPLETE
• I was at home last night
• Some Friends were at the party last Saturday
• The girl was here last week
• We. were At the hotel bar last night
• The doctor. was At the hospital yesterday morning
• I was there this morning
• My father. was Sick last week

16. • ANSWER
• Where was Diana in last month?
• She was in Mexico city
• When was she in Mexico city?
• She was in Mexico in last month
• How many days was she in Mexico city?
• She was there for five days
• What were the people like in Mexico city?
• The people in Mexico were friendly
• Where were the pyramids?
• The pyramids were in teotihuacan

17. • https://www.superprof.es/apuntes/idiomas/ingles/gramatica-
inglesa/verbs/exercises-to-be-simple-past-affirmative.html
ASSESMENT
Write an experience or story in the past tense using the was and were