Verb To Be

Past Tense
The weather is good today.

Simple Present

The weather was bad yesterday.

Simple Past
 Affirmative Sentences
Eg:
I I am 35 years old.
He Last year I was

She WAS 34.

It
Eg:
We Today we are at home.
Last year we were in
You WERE Paris.
They
 Negative Sentences
I E.g.
She wasn’t here
He WAS NOT yesterday.
She
WASN’T
It

E.g.
We They weren’t at the
WERE NOT office yesterday.
You
They
WEREN’T
 Interrogative Sentences
E.g. I?
Was Robert at work He?
yesterday? WAS She?
It?

You?
E.g. We?
Were Susan and Tom at the They?
party? WERE
SIMPLE PRESENT PAST TENSE

I am in class today. I was at home yesterday.

You are happy now. You were sad last week.

He is in the park at the moment. He was at work this morning.

She is busy now. She was not busy last night.

It is on the floor. It was on the wall last month.

We are at school right now. We were at home yesterday.

They are on television today. They were not on the radio.

 Exercises…
1) Today the weather is nice, but yesterday
it was very cold.
2) I feel fine this morning, but I was very
tired last night.
3) Where were you last Friday morning?
4) Don’t buy those shoes. They are very
expensive.
5) I like your new jacket. Was it expensive?
6) Where are the children? I don’t know.
They were in the garden 10 minutes ago.
8) You weren’t at home last night. Where
were
you?
are
9) Where were my keys? I don’t know. They
on the table.
Were
10) wasBill and Susy at wasn’t.
the party?
Sue there but Bill
wasn’t
11) George was at work last week
because he ill.