Past Simple TO BE and regular verbs Past
Past Simple TO BE and regular verbs
Past Simple of TO BE I WAS at school yesterday I WASN’T at the cinema yesterday. POSITIVE I was You were He was She was It was We were You were They were NEGATIVE I wasn't You weren't He wasn't She wasn't It wasn't We weren't You weren't They weren't INTERROGATIVE Was I? Were you? Was he? Was she? Was it? Were we? Were you? Were they? WERE you at the cinema yesterday? Turn the sentences into the Past Simple. EXAMPLE: It is wet and rainy today. It was wet and cold yesterday. 1) They are at home today. They were at home yesterday. 2) I am not hungry this morning. I was not (wasn’t) hungry yesterday morning. 3) Are you hungry now? Were you hungry yesterday morning? 4) They are not late for school today. They were not (weren’t) late for school yesterday. 5) Are your parents at work today? Were your parents at work yesterday?
The Past Simple of regular verbs infinitive + ed Tom played football yesterday. Tom didn’t play tennis yesterday. (-) Did Tom play football yesterday? Make negative sentences. EXAMPLE: They watered the plants last Monday. POSITIVE I worked You worked He worked She worked It worked We worked You worked They worked NEGATIVE didn’t + infinitive I didn’t work You didn’t work He didn’t work She didn’t work It didn’t work We didn’t work You didn’t work They didn’t work INTERROGATIVE did + subject + infinitive Did I work? Did you work? Did he work? Did she work? Did it work? Did we work? Did you work? Did they work? They didn’t water the plants last Tuesday. 1) She walked to school yesterday. She didn’t walk to school yesterday. 2) I worked hard last week. I didn’t work hard last week. 3) You surfed the Internet yesterday. You didn’t surf the Internet yesterday Make questions. EXAMPLE: They lived in Glasgow last year Did they live in Glasgow last year? 1) You visited your grandparents last week. Did you visit your grandparents last week? 2) The car stopped at the lights. Did the car stop at the lights? 3) Everybody watched the match. Did everybody watch the match?
Spelling rules VERBS ENDING IN -e + d move – moved, like - liked VERBS ENDING IN Y preceded by a consonant VERBS ENDING IN A CONSONANT + ed try – tried start – started, kill - killed study – studied SHORT VERBS ENDING IN Y preceded by a vowel stop – stopped play – played plan – planned enjoy - enjoyed hop – hopped chat – chatted VERBS ENDING IN L (Br. E) travel - travelled
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