1 2 YESTERDAY THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY WHEN
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2 YESTERDAY THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS 10 SHE WAS A CHILD WE WERE YOUNGER LAST MONDAY LAST DECEMBER THREE MONTHS AGO LAST NIGHT LAST WEEK AN HOUR AGO LAST MONTH LAST YEAR LAST DECADE LAST CENTURY THIS MORNING THIS AFTERNOON THIS EVENING IN 1940 LAST MILENIUM TEN MINUTES AGO O T E I N
I was at the school yesterday afternoon. I was with my partners. You were at the park last week. You were with a friend. Mary was She was with her family. at home last night. 3 Peter was at the movies last Saturday. He was with his friends. The dog was at the back-yard today. It was playing with a bone. You and I were at the school yesterday afternoon. We were studying hard. Mary and Peter were at the zoo this morning. They were watching the animals. Were you at the school yesterday? Was Mary at home last night? No, I wasn’t Yes, she was. Was Peter at the park last Saturday? No, he wasn’t. Where was Peter last Saturday? He was at the movies. Nieto
I _____ was a baseball player five years ago. You _____ were a child ten years ago. Pele _____a wonderful soccer player many years ago. was a beautiful woman when she was younger. She _______ was a great idea. This party _______ were very closed friends last year. They _____ o t e i N 4
5 VERB TO BE IN PAST TENSE WAS & WERE GIVE YOUR ANSWER 1 - We use WAS with a) we, you, they. or b) I, he, she, it. 2 - We use WERE with a) we, you, they. or b) I, he, she, it. Answers ; 1 - (b) 2 - ( a) o t e i N
PRACTICE: Joe is talking about his family. Choose the correct form of the verb To Be was / wasn’t, were / weren’t 6 was My father _________ born in Matehuala, San Luis Potosi My wife __________ born in Matehuala, too was My mother_________ born in Matehuala, but in Santiago NL. wasn’t weren’t My grandparents ________ born in Monterrey, but in Santiago, weren’t My brothers and I _______ born in Matehuala, but in Mty. were My kids _______ born in Monterrey, too wasn’t My grand-daughter ______born in Monterrey, but in Dallas. o t e i N
Read the diary pages and complete them. Decide which is Lucia’s and which is Ivy’s 7 were was were was o t e Ni Ivy’s
8 was were was wasn’t was were was Lucia’s TO E I N
No, I____ wasn’t was at the I ______ movies. Were _____you at home last night? Was ____your brother at 9 school at 7 yesterday ? And your sister ? he wasn’t No, _____. was He ____ at home. was She _____ with me. _______ Were your parents with you last Saturday ? weren’t , No, _____ They _____ were in Cancun. o t e i N We _____ at school yesterday morning. were
you Where were _______ last Sunday ? I _______ was at the lake. No, ____. it wasn’t was windy It _____ and cold. Was ____the weather nice in Dallas, Darling? It was _______ the disco. was the What _______ best thing from 10 Los Cabos ? o t e Ni
o t e Ni 11 SIMPLE PRESENT BE IN PAST TENSE I’m a soccer player. I was a soccer player. I’m not a liar. I wasn’t a liar. You’re 17 years old. You were 17 last year. Manolo is in the cafeteria. Manolo was in the cafeteria. Sonia isn’t thin. Sonia was not thin. We are best friends. We were best friends. They aren’t crazy. They weren’t crazy.
Be in Past Tense BE Present Past am is are was 12 Negative + not were
Complete the following questions with WAS or WERE. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner. 13 1. Were _________ you born in this city? 2. were When ________ you born? 3. were Where ________ your parents born? 4. was When ________ your mother born? 5. was When _________ your father born? 6. Were ________ you and your family born in this city last year? 7. Were _________ you at this school last year? 8. was Who _________ your English teacher? 9. was What nationality ________ your first English teacher? 10. was What _________ she / he like? • Nieto
14 Spill Talk Want Pinch o t e i N
15 Listen to Walk Skip the rope Play Nieto
16 Open Close Laugh Count o t e i N
Play TV games 17 Dance Cry Watch TV o t e Ni
18 Use a computer Wait Clean Climb TO E I N
Play soccer Call Play the piano 19 Cook o t e Ni
20 Turn on Share Turn off Study to e i N
21 Fix Push Pull Look at o t e i
22 Wash Ask Colour Look for O NIET
HOW TO FORM THE PAST TENSE OF REGULAR VERBS 23 Formation Example Most regular verbs add –”ed” verb + “ed” walk-- walked Verbs ending in-”e” add – ”d” verb + “d ” live - lived Verbs ending in vowel + “y” verb + “ed” play - played Verbs ending in consonant + “y” change “y” to “i” and add – “ed” Verbs ending in one stressed vowel + one consonant: Double the consonant and add- “ed” cry - cried stop – stopped IRREGULAR VERBS Irregular verbs change completely and it is necessary to memorize them. Take – took leave – left go – went do – did have – had o t e Ni
o t ie WRITE ON YOUR NOTEBOOK N 24 The past tense ending –ed , has three different pronunciations 1. Past tense -ed is pronounced / t / after voiceless sounds [p, k, s, sh, ch, f, x, h ] except after the sound / t /. (correct, decorate) Talked , fixed , stopped , watched , worked , helped , danced , liked , looked 2. - Past tense –ed is pronounced / after voiced sounds [l, m, n, r, b, v, w, y, z] except after the sound / (attend, decide) arrived called died killed used played described listened lived 3. - Past tense –ed is pronounced / id / after the sounds / t / and / d /. corrected decorated attended decided loaded wanted needed added waited
Can / can’t 25 I can drive a car, but I can’t play guitar. She can dance, but she can’t sing. They can play soccer, but they can’t swim. Could / couldn’t When we were six, we could ride a bike. When she was two she couldn’t ride a bike. Two years ago, they couldn’t use a PC, but now they can. When he was younger he could run very fast, but now he can’t. N o t ie
Of course. When I was a child, I could run very fast. 26 Your mother ? She couldn’t speak English when she went to England for the first time. And my brother ? Two years ago, he couldn’t speak English. t e Ni
Daddy, could you ride a bike when you were 5? No, sweetie I couldn’t, but I could climb trees 27 Of course Dad, could you read when you were in preschool? I could sonny to e i N
28 I could play soccer when I was 8. When I was a child, I could do magic tricks. He could play the piano when he was 10. She could sing when she was a child. We could run very fast when we were 12. We use could to talk about abilities in the past We use couldn’t to talk about inabilities in the past. She couldn’t read when she was 6. Could and Couldn’t Could is followed by is used with all subjects. the verb in its simple form. o t Nie
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