GOOD

MEMORIES
Unit 1

Teacher: Andrea Faría

 CONTENT
Childhood
memories
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G1 G2 Used to
Past simple
Student’s book, page 2
 PAST SIMPLE
did you go yesterday?
1. Where ________
2. Where ________
were you yesterday?
 USING THE VERB TO BE (WAS/WERE)
I was
You were
He was was not / wasn’t
She was were not / weren’t
It was
We were
They were

The verb to be is STATIVE, so it is used for states or conditions.

• I was in L.A. last week.
• We were happy yesterday.
• He was an active child.
 USING THE VERB TO BE (WAS/WERE)
To ask a question:

(WH word) + was/were + subject + (rest)?

Were you at school in the morning?

Was she sad when her dog got lost?

Where were you in the morning?

How was she when her dog got lost?

The difference between those questions is that the first ones are
CLOSED (YES/NO) and the second ones are OPEN (WH QUESTIONS).
 USING THE VERB TO BE (WAS/WERE)
To answer a CLOSED (YES/NO) question:
Yes, ________ was/were.
No, ________ wasn’t/weren’t.

Were you at school in the morning?

No, I wasn’t. I was at home.
Was she sad when her dog got lost?
Yes, she was. She cried for a week.
To answer an OPEN (WH) question:
Make a sentence!
Where were you in the morning?
I was at home.
How was she when her dog got lost?
She was very sad.
 USING ANY OTHER VERB IN PAST
Positive statement:
Subject + verb in past simple + (the rest).
• I went to the mall last week.
• I met my students yesterday.
• She did her homework last night.

Negative statement:
Subject + did not + verb in base form + (the rest).
• I did not go to the mall last week.
• I didn’t sleep all morning yesterday.
• She didn’t do her homework last night.
 USING ANY OTHER VERB IN PAST
Questions:
(WH word) did + subject + verb in base form + (the rest)?
• Did you watch the soccer match?
• What did you do on the weekend?

To answer a CLOSED question:

Yes, _______ did. To answer an OPEN question:
No, _______ didn’t. Make a sentence!

Did you watch the soccer match? What did you do on the weekend?
Yes, I did. I visited my grandmother.
No, I didn’t.
 BE CAREFUL WITH IRREGULAR VERBS!
A verb is called regular when you just add –d or –ed to make the past
simple and the past participle. For example:

Work Play Study

Worked played Studied
Worked Played Studied
Irregular verbs don’t follow that rule. For example:

Drink Come Read Cut

Drank Came Read Cut
Drunk Come Read Cut
student’s book, page 3
student’s book, page 3
Workbook, page 1
Workbook, page 1