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7 7A past simple of be: was / were \/He/She/it |wasthere. 1/He/She/It | wasn'tthere. King Edward VII's wife was American. (aq) You/We/They | werethere, You/We/They | weren't there, She wasn’ein class yesterday. Was she il? ‘The Beatles were famous in the 1960s, Where were you lastnight? You weren't at home. ei | Yes, |was. No, | wasn’t, famous? “Yes, you were. No,you werent, + Weuse was/were to talk about the past + We often use was] were with past time expressions, e.g. yestentay, lastnight, in 1945, etc. + Weuse was] were with horn: Iwas born in Hungary. 7B past simple: regular verbs Iplayed tennis this morning 253)) Wewatched a good film on TV lastnight My grandfather lived in Vienna when he [studied German when Iwasa school 1s young. + Weuse the past simple for finished actions in the past watch play live ar + Regular verbs in the past stop stopped | one vowel +one consonant c.g ore, ed, played = double consonant. e : Y + The past simples the same forall persons (you, sh, etc) SS Se sa ccna y His + Use auxiliaries sid didn'+ infinitive for past simple) and) Didlisthe past of do, 7C past simple: irregular verbs + Use che ieregular past form only in(=] sentences: saw ails last night. Iweneto Spain lastmonth. 501) + Usethe infinitive ater did dd’ Iaidn'e go to Madrid Did you see a film lastnight? NOT Bidyousw-— Did you go to Barcelona? 1 didn’t go ont ast night. NOT Fide’ went + Remember word order in questions « ASI (Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive), 6g. Did you go out last night? or QUAST (Question word, Auxiliary, Subject, Infinitive), e.g. Where did you go? ‘+ There isa list of irregular verbs on page 165. could Past of can = could 1 = couldn't NOT didet-con (= Could you..? NOT Did youcen: 7A a Complete the past simple sentences with was/ wasn’t or were weren't. present simple My father's painter. ‘Today is Monday. Where are you now? past simple My grandfather was painter, t00. Yesterday Sunday Where you yesterday? Vin ely. 1 in Germany last month GRAMMAR BANK b Complete the dialogues with was, wasn’, were, or weren't A Were youand Charlieat the concert lastnight? B Yes, we! Az good? B No, it? The singer* A5____thetickets expensive? B Yess they & terrible Isichoc today? ithot yesterday? A Where” your mother born? 5 Thecaféisn't open now. Ie ‘open this morning B She® born in Argentina in 1955 6 Myneighboursaren’tat home. ‘They at home yesterday. A%_her parents Argentinian? 7 We're in Rome now We in Venice yesterday B No, they °_. Her father ® 8 They'retired They cdlneneels, Germanand her mother ® from lal

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