“CHARLES BABBAGE”

INTEGRANTES: MARÍA OÑA, ISRAEL

TUPIZA, KEVIN ANDRADE, ELIÁN
SIMBAÑA
MATERIA: INGLES
LIC. : JEAN CARLÓ LAURA
TEMA: THE PAST OF BE
 THE PAST OF BE
Affirmative statementS.
was WERE
-I WAS AT MOVIE LAST NIGHT. - WE WERE AT A BIRTHDAY
PARTY
- HE WAS AT HOME. YESTERDAY.

-SHE WAS AT THE GYM. -you were wonderful in the

- IT WAS HOT. Play.
Negative statements:
-I was not at home last night. -we were not at home last
night?
-He wasn’t at a movie. -You weren’t in class
yesterday?
-She wasn’t at the library. -They weren’t at the library
yesterday.
-It wasn’t cold yesterday.
1. The past of be has two forms : was and were .
Use was with these subject pronoums. You ,we
and they.
Example:
 I was at a movie last night.
 The girls was at the library.
 They was at the library yesterday.
2. Use was or were + not to make negative
statemens. we often use the contractions wasn´t
and weren´t.
Example:
 I was not alone.
You were not at home.
 I wasn´t alone.
 You weren´t at home.