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GRAMMAR

was / were
• ‘’was’’ and ‘’were’’ are the past forms of the verb ‘’to be’’.
Positive Negative Question Short Answers
I I I Yes, I/he/she/it was.
He was excited. He he
She She wasn’t excited. Was she excited? No, I/he/she/it wasn’t.
It It It LEARN STEP BY STEP

You You you
We were excited. We weren’t excited. Were we excited? Yes, you/we/they were.
No, you/we/they weren’t.
They They they

SIMPLE PAST TENSE
• We use the simple past tense to talk about completed actions in the past.
• We usually add ‘’-ed’’ to the end of regular verbs in positive sentences.
Examples: cook – cooked / watch – watched / play – played / walk - walked
• We do not add ‘’-ed’’ to the end of irregular verbs. They form differently in positive sentences.
• In questions and negative sentences, we use regular verbs and irregular verbs in basic forms.
Positive Negative Question
I/You/He/She/It/We/They I/You/He/She/It/We/They didn’t Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they
played. play. play?

I/You/He/She/It/We/They swam. I/You/He/She/It/We/They didn’t Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they
swim. swim?
Short Answers: Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they did. – No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn’t.
Time expressions: ago / yesterday / last night-week-year-month-Monday/in 1990

EXERCISES

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Complete the sentences with ‘’was’’ or ‘’were’’.

1. My last holiday ________ boring.
2. The weather ________ cold and stormy yesterday.
3. My grandparents ________ tired after the long journey.
4. Jack ________ at school an hour ago.
5. Alex and I ________ in Spain last summer.
6. Our hiking activity ________ tiring.
7. We ________very excited about our holiday.
8. They ________ at home last night.

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