Lesson Twelve: Where were you yesterday?

Ku ishit dje?

I. Dialogue – Dialog: Part one - Where were you? Ku ishit?

Frank: Mike, where were you yesterday?
Mike: I was at home all day.
Frank: Why?
Mike: I was sick.
Frank: How are you today?
Mike: Better, thank you.

“To Be” – Simple Past Tense “Jam” – Koha e shkuar

I was Unë isha We were Ne ishim

You were Ti ishe You were Ju ishit
He was Ai ishte They were Ata/Ato ishin
She was Ajo ishte
It was

“To Be” – Simple Past Tense, Negative Form

“Jam” – Koha e shkuar, forma negative

I was not Unë nuk isha We were not Ne nuk ishim

You were not Ti nuk ishe You were not Ju nuk ishit
He was not Ai nuk ishte They were not Ata/Ato nuk ishin
She was not Ajo nuk ishte
It was not

II. Practice using the verb “to be” in the simple past present. Ushtorni duke përdorur foljen
“jam” në kohën e shkuar. Example: a) She wasn’t at school yesterday. b) She was at the park.
1. а) You weren’t at home yesterday. b) I ______________ at the cinema.
2. a) They weren’t at the store last night. b) They _____________ at the post office.
3. a) He wasn’t in the office last week. b) He ______________ sick.
4. a) We weren’t at the meeting today. b) We _______________ at the museum.
5. a) You weren’t in the park yesterday afternoon. b) I _______________ at the pharmacy.
6. a) It (the book) wasn’t in the living room. b) It _______________ in the bedroom.

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III. Where were you yesterday? Ask your colleagues the following questions: Si ishit dje?
Pyetni kolegët tuaj duke përdorur pyetjet:
1. Where were you at nine in the morning?
2. Where were you at noon?
3. Where were you after work yesterday?
4. Where were you after dinner last night?

☼ Grammar point: Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs – Koha e shkuar e foljeve të rregullta
The past tense of regular verbs in English is formed by adding “ed”. Минато време на англиски се
образува со додавање “ed”.
“To Call” - “Paraqitet”
I call I called We call We called

You call → You called You call → You called

He/She/It calls He/She/It called They call They called

☼ Grammar point: Simple Past Tense of Irregular Verbs – Koha e shkuar e foljeve
t[ çrregullka. There are many irregular
“Toverbs
Work”in -the past tense in English. Unfortunately, they
“Punon”
must be memorized. Ka shumë folje të çrregullta në kohën e shkuar në Anglisht. Fatkeqsisht,
I work I worked
duhet patjetër të mësohen përmendësh. We work We worked
“To Have” - “Kam”
You Iwork
have → → You worked
I had YouWe work
have →→ YouWe worked
had
You have → You had You have → You had
He/She/It works He/She/It worked They work They worked
He/She/It has → He/She/It had They have → They had

“To See” - “Sheh”

IV. Dialogue – Dialog: Part two- Where were you? Ku ishit?
I see → I saw We see → We saw
You seeI called you yesterday.
Frank: → You saw You see → You saw
Mike: Yousees
He/She/It did? → He/She/It saw They see → They saw
Frank: Yes.
Mike: What time did you call? “To Go” - “Shkon”
Frank:
I go I called at 1:00 pm.
→ I went We go → We went
Mike:
You goOh, I was in the→shower. Why did you call?
You went You go → You went
Frank: I wanted to watch the football game with you last night.
He/She/It
Mike: Oh, goes
sorry. Next→time,
He/She/It
okay? went They go → They went
Frank: Okay.
“To Come” - “Vjen”
I come → I came We come → We came
You come → You came You come → You came 64
He/She/It comes → He/She/It came They come → They came
V. Practice. Put the verb in the simple past form. Ushtorni. Vendosni foljen në kohën e
shkuar.
1. She ____________ last night. (call)
Other irregular verbs Folje tjera të çrregullta
2. We ____________ yesterday in the park. (play)
Regular Shqip Irregular Regular Shqip Irregular
3. He ___________ to my house and we ____________ television. (come) (watch)
Eat Ate Speak Spoke
4.Sleep
I ____________ all day on the book. (work) Sing
Slept Sang
Make Made
5. Where is Tim? He ____________ home. (go) Meet Met
6.Read ReadI went out. (shower) Lose
I _____________ before Lost
Teach Taught Get up Got up
7.Bring
She _____________ Brought
in Miami last year. (live) Wake up Woke up
Get Got Write Wrote
Win Won Buy Bought
Do Did Take Took
Leave Left Wear Wore 65
Feel Felt Choose Chose
Drink Drank Drive Drove
VI. Practice. Fill in the past tense form of the verb. Ushtroni. Plotësoni me formën e shkuar
të foljes.
1. Yesterday I ___________ a coke. (drink)
2. My mother ___________ a book for me. (buy)
3. I ___________ with the manager yesterday. (speak)
4. The day before yesterday ____________ my birthday. (be)
5. He _____________ at 6:00 this morning. (wake up)
6. Last summer they ______________ to Ohrid. (go)
7. We ____________ home very late. (come)

VII. Write about your last vacation. Try to use as many verbs as you know. Shkruani për
pushimin tuaj të fundit. Përpiqeni ti përdorni foljet të cilat i dini.

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VIII. Write the vocabulary words and phrases in Macedonian. Shkruani fjalët dhe shprehjet në
Shqip.

Shkruani ne Shqip
sick
better
to call
to work
to have
to see
to come
to play
to make
to bring
to get
to win
to do
to leave
to feel
to speak
to sing
to meet
to lose
to wake up
to buy
to take
to choose
to drive
vacation

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