PAST SIMPLE: TO BE

Read these sentences in the

Past Simple.
 When do we use the Past Simple?
We use the Past Simple to speak about things that
happened in the past and are finished now.
How do we form the Past Simple in
the affirmative and negative forms?
How do we form the Past Simple
in the interrogative form?
GRAMMAR
PRACTICE
Now you try…
1. Look at the pictures and complete the gaps
with was / were / wasn’t / weren’t.

Was the weather fine yesterday?

a. _____ 
No, it _______.
wasn’t 
1. Look at the pictures and complete the gaps
with was / were / wasn’t / weren’t.

b. I _______
wasn’t at home this morning. 
I _____
was at school. 
1. Look at the pictures and complete the gaps
with was / were / wasn’t / weren’t.

c. My grandfather _______
wasn’t a doctor. 
He _____
was a brilliant music teacher. 
1. Look at the pictures and complete the gaps
with was / were / wasn’t / weren’t.

Was Peter sick yesterday?

d. _____ 

Yes, he _____.
was 
1. Look at the pictures and complete the gaps
with was / were / wasn’t / weren’t.

wasn’t interested in the movie.

e. Jane _______ 
It _____
was boring. 
2. Look and circle the correct answer.

a. They were / was late for school this morning.

b. Ann weren’t / wasn’t with her parents yesterday.

c. We were / was happy last night.

d. I weren’t / wasn’t in Madrid last summer.

e. Was / Were George a student at your school?