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GRAMMAR 2

WAS / WERE
• The past forms or the verb ‘’to be’’ are ‘’was’’ and ‘’were’’.
• Study the table below.

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

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 finished/completed actions.

• We need to be careful about ‘’regular verbs’’ and ‘’irregular verbs’’ in this tense.
• Study the table below.
Positive Negative Question
I/You/He/She/It/We/They voted I/You/He/She/It/We/They Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they vote
yesterday. didn’t vote yesterday. yesterday?

I/You/He/She/It/We/They won. I/You/He/She/It/We/They Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they win?
didn’t win.
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

EXERCISE

Complete the sentences with the correct simple past forms of the verbs in the brackets.

1. Maggie _____________ (not vote) for Glen in the election.
2. Jessica _____________ (be) one of the candidates.
3. Who _____________ you _____________ (support) in the election?
4. Everybody _____________ (vote) freely in the election.
5. When _____________ you _____________ (have) your class presidency election?
6. Matilda _____________ (lose) the election because only a few people voted for her.
7. Jane _____________ (write) the name of her candidate on a piece of paper.
8. They _____________ (give) a speech last Saturday.

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