"to be" в Past Simple.

Simple Past “to be”

Compare

Simple Past “to be”

Singular

Plural

I was

We were

You were

You were

He, She, It was

They were

Present

Past

Am

Was

Is

Was

Are

Were

Simple Past (affirmative)

Examples:

1. I was in Moscow in 2014.

5. She was my girlfriend.

2. You were a student, now you are an engineer.

6. He was nice.

3. You were students, now you are doctors.

7. We were in Paris.

4. They were   very happy.

Simple Past (negative)

Singular

Plural

I was not/ wasn’t

We were not/ weren’t

You were not/ weren’t

You were not/ weren’t

He, She, It was not/ wasn’t

They were not/ weren’t

Examples:

1. I wasn't in New-York in 201 5 .

5. She wasn’t my girlfriend.

2. You weren't an engineer.

6. He wasn’t funny .

4. They weren’t pleased at all.

7. We weren’t in the UK.

3. You weren’t students.

Simple Past (interrogative)

Singular

Plural

Was she/ he/ it / I ?

Were we/ they/ you ?

Were you ?

Grammar Exercises.

• Put the verb "to be" into the simple past:

• I -------- in India last summer holiday.
• My sister ------- with me.
• We ---------- in the park.
• She --------- very happy.
• I --------- happy, too.

was

was

were

was

was

Grammar Exercises.

• Put the verb "to be" into the simple past or simple present:

• I -------- an artist.
• Last year I -------- a student.
• I --------- a friend of a beautiful girl at that time. We ------ friends.
• Now, I live in Moscow and I ------ a happy.

am

was

was

were

am