PAST TENSE VERB TOBE

AFFIRMATIVE
I WAS
YOU WERE
HE WAS
SHE WAS
IT WAS
WE WERE
YOU WERE
THEY WERE

NACER: WAS BORN / WERE BORN

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
I WAS BORN IN SANTIAGO
NEGATIVE
I WASN’T
YOU WEREN’T
HE WASN’T
SHE WASN’T
IT WASN’T
WE WEREN’T
YOU WEREN’T
THEY WEREN’T

I WASN’T BORN IN CONCEPCION

INTERROGATIVE
WAS I……………?
WERE YOU………?
WAS HE…………?
WAS SHE……….?
WAS IT………….?
WERE WE………...?
WERE YOU……….?
WERE THEY……..?

WERE YOU BORN IN BRAZIL?

YES, I WAS / NO, I WASN’T
I, HE, SHE IT = WAS
YOU, WE, THEY= WERE

COMPLETE WITH WAS O WERE

1-My mom __________________at the cinema yesterday

2-Susan and Mary ________________at home last week

3-Children __________________ill last Sunday

4-People ___________________at the meeting yesterday

5-You ________________my friend in the past

6-Chile ___________a quiet country

PAST TENSE OF OTHER VERBS

Eat talk go get write read play run walk

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR

REGULAR VERBS ARE THOSE VERBS THAT FORM THE PAST ADDING A
“ED”
PLAY PLAYED
TALK TALKED
WALK WALKED
DANCE DANCED
STUDY STUDIED
CRY CRIED
IRREGULAR VERBS ARE THOSE VERBS THAT FORM THE PAST TENSE IN A
DIFFERENT WAY
EAT ATE
GO WENT
WRITE WROTE
SPEAK SPOKE
RUN RAN
READ READ

AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT VERB IN PAST COMPLEMENT

THEY PLAYED SOCCER YESTERDAY

SHE WENT AT THE SUPERMARKET

NEGATIVE
SUBJECT DIDN’T VERB IN COMPLEMENT
PRESENT
THEY DIDN’T PLAY SOCCER
YESTERDAY
SHE DIDN’T GO AT THE
SUPERMARKET

INTERROGATIVE
AUXILIAR SUBJECT VERB IN COMPLEMENT ?
PRESENT

DID THEY PLAY SOCCER YESTERDAY ?

YES, THEY DID
NO, THEY DIDN’T
DID SHE GO AT THE SUPERMARKET?
YES, SHE DID
NO , SHE DIDN’T