To be in Past Simple (was/were)

WAS/WERE (БУВ/БУЛИ) KEY WORDS: yesterday, last week, last month, last year, two days ago, in 2015 +/- I You He was/wasn’t We were/weren't She They It I ? he Was she ….? Yes,he was/No,he wasn’t. it you Were we ….? Yes, we were/ No, we weren't they

CHOOSE WAS OR WERE I was/were at my friend`s house yesterday. The girls was/were happy last week. Grandma was/were at the supermaket two hours ago. You was/were late for school yesterday. Sam was/were tired last night. Marek and Anna was/were bored last Saturday. The dog was/were in the garden yesterday. You and Ahmed was/were at school last Monday. It was/were sunny last week. We was/were at the cinema last night. It was/were rainy last week.

Example: We was / were at the zoo last Sunday. 1. Tom wasn’t /weren’t at school last week. 2. It was / were cold yesterday. 3. My parents wasn’t / weren’t in Italy last year. 4. Sally was / were in the country at the weekend. 5. Sarah wasn’t / weren’t happy yesterday. 6. They was / were late for school last Tuesday. 7. Dave wasn’t/ weren’t tired yesterday. 8. Ted and Jill was / were at the theatre last night.

Example: I’m not at school. I wasn’t at school. 1. Mark isn’t here. ___________________________ 2. This dog is funny. _________________________ 3. I am not busy. ____________________________ 4. You are very lucky. ________________________ 5. The winter is cold. _________________________ 6. They aren’t tired. __________________________ 7. We are hungry. ____________________________ 8. This book isn’t boring.______________________

was or were? Put was or were into the blanks. 1. My father ____________ at work yesterday. 2. Last night the police ____________ in our street. 3. The houses in our street ___________ up for sale. 4. Everyone ___________ at the meeting for the new project. 5. My mother __________ in the kitchen when I came home. 6. The little girl ____________ hungry so she bought a sandwich. 7. The film ____________ so boring that I fell asleep. 8. There ____________ no one at the bus stop. 9. We ____________ all late for school as the school bus came late. 10. I _____________ a good student when I ____________ in secondary school.

1. I am tired. .................................................................................. 2. Everything is all right. .................................................................................. 3. Betty is in bed. .................................................................................. 4. Mary is too young. .................................................................................. 5. You are in Canada. .................................................................................. 6. The door is open. .................................................................................. 7. This is my house. .................................................................................. 8. We are good pupils. .................................................................................. 9. Betsy and Martha are at school. .................................................................................. 10. These are my teachers. .................................................................................. Rewrite the sentences below by changing the verb to be into the past simple (was / were).

WAS/WERE Fill in the gaps with was or were. 1. He .............. a good student. 2. Dick ............. at the bank yesterday. 3. Peter and David ............. very sleepy last night. 4. The cat ................ in the garden. 5. He ................ at the church yesterday. 6. Mary ............. ill last week. 7. My aunt Lucy .............. at the shopping centre last night. 8. Uncle Thomas ................ at home the whole weekend. 9. You ................ very noisy in class yesterday. 10. My family ............. in Madrid on holidays last Summer. 11. They ............. at school yesterday. 12. Sara ............. at the hospital yesterday afternoon. 13. I .............. at the station last night. 14. My daughter ............ born in August. 15. The pencils .............. on the table.

Choose the correct option. 1. They was / were at the beach yesterday. 2. You was / were with my British friends. 3. I was / were very attentive in the classroom. 4. Henry and Todd was / were very absent-minded yesterday. 5. The teacher was / were very mad. 6. The weather was / were fine yesterday. 7. The house was / were extremely cosy. 8. This was / were a very mild Summer. 9. These was / were my toys. 10. The History test was / were very difficult. 11. My parents was / were very sad yesterday. 12 The television was / were on the whole night. 13. Pat and Samantha was / were very busy. 14. That was / were my sisters’ favourite doll. 15. Those was / were Ann’s best friends.

WHAT WERE YOU LIKE WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD? Were you noisy or quiet? Were you polite or rude? What was your favourite colour? What was your favourite food? What was your favourite cartoon character? What was your favourite toy? When I was a child I was…………………………

PAST SIMPLE (МИНУЛИЙ НЕОЗНАЧЕНИЙ ЧАС) KEY WORDS: yesterday, last week, last month, last year, two days ago, in 2015 Ved 1. -----ed jump-jumped visit-visited 2. Verbs that end e add d live – lived 3. y (з попередньою приголосною) i+ed cry- cried study- studied BUT! play- played 4. чергування: голосна приголосна голосна остання приголосна подовжується drop – dropped stop - stopped

PAST SIMPLE(NEGATIVE FORM) didn’t V_ open work + - + - opened – didn’t open_ worked – didn’t work_ Write sentences in the negative. 1.We studied in the library. 2.Pedro played tennis yesterday. 3.I watched TV last night. 4. Aya listened to music last week. 5.The cat climbed a tree two days ago. 6.He smiled at me. 7. It rained last week.

Elena cleaned the house and watered the flowers yesterday. She didn’t watch TV or listen to the radio.

PAST SIMPLE  (IRREGULAR VERBS) + V2 go – went take – took - didn’t V_ went – didn’t go took – didn’t take I went to the zoo yesterday. I didn’t go the cinema. I took a bus last week. I didn’t take a train.

Base Affirmative (+) Negative (-) buy (купувати) bought didn’t buy do (робити) did didn’t do get (отримувати, добиратися) got didn’t get give (давати) gave didn’t give go (йти, їхати) went didn’t go have (мати) had didn’t have put (класти) put didn’t put take (брати) took didn’t take think (думати) thought didn’t think understand (розуміти) understood didn’t understand

Did + V_? Yes, I did?/ No, I didn’t go-went Did you go to France last summer? No, I didn’t. Where did you go? I went to England. do-did Did you do your homework yesterday? No, I didn’t. What did you do? I did my household chores. PAST SIMPLE(QUESTION FORM)

PAST SIMPLEKEY WORDS:YESTERDAY, LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, LAST YEAR, TWO DAYS AGO, IN 2015 + Ved work-worked open-opened stop-stopped study-studied play-played - didn’t V_ didn’t work didn’t open I played yesterday. I didn’t play last weekend. My mum worked last winter She didn’t work last spring. + V2 go-went do-did hear-heard put-put write-wrote - didn’t V_ didn’t go didn’t hear Last year I went to London. I didn’t go to France. My friend wrote a letter. She didn’t write an email.

Play- played Go-went Start-started Read-read Clean-cleaned Drink-drank Do-did Carry-carried Eat-ate Give-gave Listen-listened Hear-heard See-saw Like-liked Write-wrote Take-took Come-came Sit-sat