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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 do7A
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.