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?