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I SHE HE IT
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I WAS BORED IN THE PARTY YESTERDAY SHE WAS BUSY LAST MONTH HE WAS IN TROUBLE TO SCHOOL SOME WEEKS AGO THE DOG WAS SICK LAST NIGHT
Yesterday Last month Weeks ago Last night
WERE
YOU WE THEY
You were at the cinema last night We were in bed at 10 pm yesterday They were very busy some weeks ago Last night Yesterday Ago
WERE AT SCHOOL
READING TIME
THE MONKEES DAVY JONES, MIKE NESMITH, PETER TORK, AND MICKY DOLENZ- WERE PERHAPS THE FIRST BOY BAND TO BECOME FAMOUS. THE MONKEES WERE SPEACIALLY CREATED FOR A TV SHOW ABOUT FICTITIOUS BAND, AND THE MEMBERS WERE PROBABLY CHOSEN AS MUCH THEIR GOOD LOOKS AND COMIC APPEAL AS FOR THEIR MUSICAL ABILITY. THE MONKEES FIRST APPEARED ON TV IN SEPTEMBER, 1966, AND WAS SHOWN EVERY WEEK, NOT ONLY IN THE U.S. BUT ALSO IN OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. THE MONKEES HAD MANY HITS, INCLUDING IM A BELIEVER AND TAKE THE LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE . THEY WERE PARTICULARLY POPULAR WITH TEENAGE GIRLS; MANY OF THEM WOULD SCREAM AND CRY WHENEVER THE MONKEES APPEARED. SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER SPECIAL MANUFACTURED GIRL AND BOY BANDS, SUCH AS THE SPICE GIRLS IN BRITAIN AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS IN THE U.S. THESE BANDS CAN BECOME EXTREMELY POPULAR, BUT THEIR POPULARITY OFTEN DOESNT LAST BECAUSE THEY SPILT UP AFTER A SHORT TIME, OR THEY REPLACED BY A NEWER GIRL OR BOY BAND.
NEGATIVE FORM
I SHE HE IT
Was not / wasnt late for school
QUESTION FORM
WAS / WERE + PRONOUN + COMPLEMENT? WERE YOU AT HOME LAST NIGHT? YES, I WAS NO, I WASNT Was she at school yesterday? Yes, she was No, she wasnt
WATCH WATCHED
SHARE SHARED LOVE LOVED WANT WANTED NEED NEEDED COOK COOKED PUSH- PUSHED