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7 7A past simple of be: was/ were ees Vie/sherit. | wasthere, 1/He/She/tt_| wesntthere. King Edward ViIts wife was American, ‘a4a)) _YOU/We/They | werethere, You/We/They | werent thee She wasn't inclas yesterday. Was she? “The Beatles were famous inthe 1960s, ‘Where were you lastnight? You weres"tat home famous? Yes, you were. No, you + Weuse was/ were to talk about the past. weren't. + Weoften use was) were with past time expressions, eg, yesterday, last night, in 1945, et. + Weuse was) were with born: Iwas born in Hungary: 7B past simple: regular verbs Yous worked — 1/Yous didn't work. I played tennis this morning fest) Bar | yetacing sn rea ‘We watched a good film on TV last night. My grandfather lived in Vienna when he was young, studied German when Iwas a school. ‘+ Weuse the past simple for finished actions in the past. * Contraction: didn’ emetic snow ‘etree hie + ‘The past simple is the same forall persons (I, you, she, et) Stuy ita sailed consonant y fod. + Useauxiliaries id didn't + infinieive for past simple [7] and =] Didisthe past of do. 7C past simple: irregular verbs ‘+ Use the irregular past form only in[¥] sentences: I saw a film last night IwenttoSpainlast month. (9'59)) + Usethe infinitive after did didn't: didn't goto Madrid Did you see a film lastnight? NOT Bidt-yow saw? Did you go to Barcelona? Lidn't go outlast night. NOT tdidn’ewent- + Remember word order in questions = ASI (Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive), g, Did you go out last night? or QUASI (Question word, Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive) e.g, Where did you go? + There isa list of irregular verbs on page 165. didn't go have didn't have get didn’t get could teach didn't teach Past of can = could. peer skirt hee couldn't NOT didn't can ee cameras Could you..? NOT Bid yourean-?. lose didn't lose meet didn’t meet see didn’t see wear didn’t wear ‘speak didn't speak do didn't do 7A a Complete the past simple sentences wit were weren't. was wasn’t or GRAMMAR BANK b_ Complete the dialogues with was, wasn't, were, or werent ‘A Were youand Charlie at the concert lastnight? B Yes, we*_ presentsimple past simple ei Z My father’s a painter. My grandfather wasa painter, too. ae oor ae iedie 1 Today is Monday Yesterday Sunday ne aca ieae 2 Where are younow? Where you yesterday? raon 3 min ltaly I in Germany last month, x 4 Isithor today? ithot yesterday? A Where”____ your mother born? 5 Thecafeisntopennow. It open this morning B She® __born in Argentina in 195. 6 Myneighboursaren’tat home, ‘They at home yesterday AS herparents Argentinian? 7 We're in Rome now. We in Venice yesterday. B No, they °____. Her father #*___ 8 They're tired. The ___tired last week. ‘German and her mother *__ from Italy.

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