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    This document provides examples of using the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It shows the positive and negative forms of the verbs "to be" in both the present and past tense, including examples sentences. It also provides examples of forming questions in the past tense with "to be" and suggests questions one could ask about a past vacation to practice using the simple past of "to be".

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    This document provides examples of using the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It shows the positive and negative forms of the verbs "to be" in both the present and past tense, including examples sentences. It also provides examples of forming questions in the past tense with "to be" and suggests questions one could ask about a past vacation to practice using the simple past of "to be".

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    This document provides examples of using the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It shows the positive and negative forms of the verbs "to be" in both the present and past tense, including examples sentences. It also provides examples of forming questions in the past tense with "to be" and suggests questions one could ask about a past vacation to practice using the simple past of "to be".

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    Simple Past with BE

    • Present: • PAST:
    • AM • WAS
    • ARE
    • WERE
    • IS
    Simple Past with BE

    POSITIVE NEGATIVE
    • I am at school. • He isn’t at school.
    I was at school. He wasn’t at school.
    • She is very happy today. • They are not teachers.
    She was very happy today. They were not teachers.
    • We are best friends. • You aren’t my boss.
    We were best friends. You weren’t my boss.
    Simple Past with BE
    • QUESTIONS:
    • They are friends. → They were friends.
    Were they were friends ?

    yes, they were.


    no, they weren’t.
    Simple Past with BE
    • Where did you spend your last vacation? (e.g. Texas, London, Hawaii...)
    • How long was your vacation? (e.g. 5 days long, 1 month long...)
    • What did you do there? (e.g. went to the mall, visited my cousins...)
    • Who were you with? (e.g. With my love, with my pets...)
    • How was the weather? (e.g. very cold, hot, windy...)
    • Who had the most interesting vacation?
    Homework
    • Write about your last FANTASTIC vacation! Create everything you can to
    make the best vacation ever, buuuut... Write things in the past! The best
    vacation story gets a surprise! And you have to draw the best moment of
    your vacation!

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