Elementary exercises
Forming the past tense of to be.
Affirmative and negative sentence Interrogative sentence
I was I
He | was not Was | he
She | wasn't | at home she | at home
It in hospital yesterday. it_|in hospital] yesterday?’
You | were |onholiday| last week. on holiday| last week?
We | were not| in London Were in London
They| weren't
Task 1 - Complete the sentences ‘ask 3 - IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. Rewrite the |
with the Past Tense of “to be”. sentences into the Simple Past Tense. Then
1) We in Australia. write a negative sentence. Look at the
2) She in the classroom. ample below.
3)It my birthday last
week. am at home. > J was at home. I wasn't at
4) The man in the train ome.
5)It____an apple.
6) You in @ bookshop. ) He is my friend.
7)It adoll. ») I am a man.
8)I ‘a good pupil }) It is an umbrella.
9) What this? ) That is a bird. ‘
10) It a French lesson. ) These are your pens and pencils.
41) It a beautiful city. ) They are happy people.
12) He my brother. 7) This is akitchen.
13)I in London today. ) Those are two bags, aruler and a rubber.
14) We on holiday. ) We are in.
15) The doctor here. 10) You are my brother.
Task 2 - Write in your notebook
some true sentences with was,
were, wesn't, weren't, (2
sentences for each simple past of
the verb TO BE)