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    The document provides examples and explanations of using past tense verbs in grammar, including: 1) The past forms of the verb "to be" are "was" and "were". 2) "There was/there were" is used to talk about something that existed in the past. 3) Irregular verbs have unique past tense forms that must be learned. 4) The simple past is formed for regular verbs by adding "-ed" and for irregular verbs by memorizing their special forms.

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    The document provides examples and explanations of using past tense verbs in grammar, including: 1) The past forms of the verb "to be" are "was" and "were". 2) "There was/there were" is used to talk about something that existed in the past. 3) Irregular verbs have unique past tense forms that must be learned. 4) The simple past is formed for regular verbs by adding "-ed" and for irregular verbs by memorizing their special forms.

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    GRAMMAR PRACTICE

    8A  Past of be, there was/there were, and


    simple past: irregular verbs 1 Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were, or
    We use the past of be and the simple past to talk about completed actions and weren’t.
    situations in the past. 1 I born in the U.S. I’m Canadian.
    2 Chris at my house yesterday. He was at
    The past forms of the verb be are was and were.
    home.
    Life was difficult in the 1930s. 3 It Friday yesterday. Today is Saturday.
    Our house wasn’t very big. 4 We at the movies last night. We left at
    We were very happy. 10.00 p.m.
    We weren’t rich. 5 The stores open, so we didn’t buy
    anything.
    8.2 I / he / she / it you / we / they 6 There any tickets, so we didn’t go to the
    + I was busy last week. We were busy last week. concert.
    7 Lucia born in Uruguay in 1978.
    – He wasn’t busy yesterday. They weren’t busy yesterday. 8 The market busy this morning. It was so
    crowded.

    there was/there were 2 Write the sentences in the negative.


    We use there was/there were to say that something existed in the past. 1 I had breakfast this morning.
    There was a TV in our living room.
    There were two rooms in our apartment. 2 We read the newspapers yesterday.

    Singular Plural 3 My dad made dinner last night.


    8.3

    There was a fridge in our There were a lot of books in 4 We bought a color TV in the 1970s.
    +
    kitchen. my bedroom.
    5 I was at home on Saturday.
    There was no/There wasn’t
    – There weren’t any CDs.
    any freezer.
    6 My parents were on vacation last week.

    Simple past: irregular verbs 3 Complete the text with the past of be or the simple
    The verb be is irregular in the past. A lot of common verbs have an irregular past of the verbs in parentheses.
    simple past form, too.
    We made a cake yesterday.
    I had an English class last week.
    We make the negative simple past form of all verbs with didn’t + the base form of the verb.
    We didn’t make bread yesterday.
    I didn’t have a French class last week.

    8.5 I / you / he / she / it / we / they

    + I bought a lot of books in the 1990s.


    – I didn’t buy expensive clothes.
    In the 19th century, life 1 (be) difficult for a
    For a full list of irregular verbs, see page 176.
    lot of people. Usually homes 2 (be) pretty
    small. There usually 3 (not be) a bathroom
    in the house. People 4 (not have) modern
    inventions like TVs or radios. They 5 (not
    buy) many things, and there 6 (not be) any
    computers. But people 7 (read) books and
    children 8 (have) toys.

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