ingles ii past simple was,were

7/25/2019 Ingles II Past Simple Was,Were

1/5

7

A past simple

of

be:

was

/ were

King Edwa

rd

VI wife

was

America n.

She

was

n't in class yesterday. \Va s she ill?

T he Beatles we re famous in the

I

960s.

Where

were ,o

u laS t night? You weren' r

at

home.

We

use was

I

wc re to

ta

Ik about the pas

t.

3

44 1

We

often use wa s / were with past time expressions,

e.g. yc s

/erday. las/ll i8hl, i

ll

1945. etc,

We

use wa s/

were

with

hom: I was borll

ill

HUII

8ar)'.

8 past simple: regular verbs

I

pla

ye

d tennis thi s m

or

nin

g. 3

53

We

wa t

ch

ed:l

good film on TV

l a ~ t

night.

My gra

nd f

ather li ved in

Vie

nna when he was young.

I

s

tudied

Germa n when

I

wasal school.

m El

l/He /

She/lt

j was there.

l/

He

/ She / lt was n't there .

You / we / They

were there .

You

/

we

/ They weren't there.

I' l

Zl

It]

W"

l/ he /s he

/i

t

Yes,l was .

No,

1

wasn

' t

Were you / we /

famous?

Yes,

you were .

No,

you

they weren't.

m

El

l/You / worked

l/ You/

didn't work

He

/She

/ lt / yesterday.

He /She/It

yesterday.

We

/ They

We

/ They

I' l Zl

It]

11

11

11

We

use the

pa

st simple for finished ac

ti

ons

in

the past,

you/

you / you /

he t he t he t

spelling rules for regula r verbs

S_ F

infinitive

past

spelling

watch watched

add -ed

play played

live

live

d

add d

stop

stopped one vowel one

consonant

=

double

consonant

study stud

ied consonant y >

ed

C past simple: irregular verbs

[we

nt to S

pa in last

month .

I

didn't go 10 Madrid.

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59

1

o d you go to Harcclona?

infinitive

past

+'

past

=

go

went

didn't go

have had

didn 't have

get got

didn 't get

teach

taught didn't teach

hear heard didn't hear

feel felt didn't feel

leave left didn't leave

lose

lost

didn 't lose

meet

met didn't meet

see

saw

didn 't

see

wear wore didn't wear

speak

spoke didn't

speak

do

did

didn't do

work

Did

sh e /

yesterday?

Yes,

she/

it it

wet

we t

they

they

Co

ntract io n: didn'l

=

(lid no

/.

Regular ve rbs in the pasr[ ] cnd in -ell.

e.g.

I

0rked, fil'etl,

pla),ed.

did.

No,

she /

it /

we t

they

The

past simple is the same for a

ll

persons (1.)'0

11, sh

e. etc.),

didn't.

Use auxiliaries

did

Id illll infiniti\'e for past si mple[1] and

G.

Did is t he

pa

st of do

Use

the

irregular past

fo

rm only in[ ] se ntences:

[sa w a ilm

laS

" i8/rl.

Use the infinitive aft er did Ididn '/:

Did

,011 see afilm /tIS/ll i8ht? NOT f f m l l

I

didrr'r

80 OIa lasl

night.

NOT hiit#n-lI mt';7;

Remember word order

in

quest ions:o AS I (Au xiliary. Subject, Infi niti

ve ,

e

.g.

Did

),011 80

olllitlslllig/rl?o r QUASI (Q ues

ti

on wo

rd

. Au xiliary, Subject.

I

nfinit ive . e.g.

Wlrer

e

did

0

"

liD?

There is a list of irregular ve rbs on page 165.

p could

Past

of

can

= could.

G =couldnt NOT didn t-can

rn =

Could you ..? NOT Did yoo can.

?


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mpic[c rhe past si mple sentences wi th \\ as IwaS r or

I

were,, t.

present simple

past

simple

My father's a painter.

My

gra ndfather

l l l l

a painter.

tOO.

Today is Monday. Yeste rd

ay

Su nday.

\Vhere are

yOll

now? Where

you yesterday?

I'm in [ta ly.

in

Ger

many last month.

Is

it

hot rod ay? it

ho t yes t

er

d

ay?

The

cafe isn t o pen now,

It

opcn th

is

m

orn

ing.

My neigh

bo

urs aren t

at

home.

They at

ho

me yesterday.

\Ve re in Romc now We

in Venice yesterday.

They re tired.

They

tired

last week.

ewri te the sentences

in

rhe past si

mple

wi th yesterda),.

P r

es ent

I

watch TV.

W

es

tu dy English.

D o

YO l

listen to t he news?

He d

oesn

t

coo

k d inner.

D oes she play SPOrt?

T hey work tate.

I use

II

ll internel

at

work.

S hc chats ro her friend s.

P

ast

I lI atched Vycs /mltt),.

My br

ot

h

er

doesn't da nce.

o

m plete th e t

ext

w

ith th

e verbs in b ra

cke

ts in the past Simple.

:ls t weekend, I lfflll (go) ro London wit h some frien d

s.

Wc

(meet) at

the tr

ain station

at

7.30

a.

m. O

ur

tra in

(leave)

at

7.45 a.m. 1n t he

mo

rn ing, wc

3

(buy)

me so u,enirs. T hen. we 4 (have) lunch in an Italian

eStau rant . In the cve nin g,

wc

5 (sce) a Sha kespea re play at

he G lobe T hea tre.

We 6

(get) ho me cr), latc th :lt nig ht. We

1

(feel) very ti red but vcry happy.

o

mp

lete the

ques

tio ns in the past s im ple.

las t n igh t? Yes, [ d id.

W h

al ?

I wore jean

s.

W herc your friends?

We

met in a cafe.

What time ? We got home late.

How home?

We wem

home

by

taxi.

a good rim e? Yes. we had a great ti me.

GR MM R B NK

b Co mplete the d ialogues with was. waSl/ /.

were. or we ren ,.

A

~ ) ' O L L

and Ch .

rl ic

at

rh

e COlleen last

ni

g

ht

?

B Yes. we

I

A

2:

irgood?

B No.

it 3 The

singer

4

errible.

A S rhe tick

ets

expensive?

B Yes , they

6.

A Where

7

your

mother

bo

rn?

B She

8

born in Argelll inain 1955.

A 9 her par

cntsArgentin

ian?

B No, th

ey to

. Her fat her _-:--_

Ge rm an ,

lI l

d h

er mot

her 12 ro m Italy.

p S 2

b Comple

te

th

e

sente

n

ces with a

verb

in

the

pas t sim ple.

not call cry dance finish not listen play

Wc

finished

work late yesterday.

I I my m

ot

her o n her

bi

rthd

ay.

2 Th

e film was

vc

r

)

sad.

you

:>

3

My brorher video games all day

4

5

yes terday.

o the news Ih is m

orning

because I was late.

S

ar

ah with Ma rtin at

the pa rt y?

p S 4

c

Cor

r

ec

t t he

info

rm a tio n u si ng

th

e

wor

d in

brackets.

They go

t h

ome

al m i

dnig

h t.

(1

1 p.rn.)

TIIey didn t 1

/

bOllle at midllialll. The)

8Q.l

hOllle at 11

She wore a red dress. (b

lu e)

2 I left work ea rly. (Iale)

3

We

went by t rai n . (bus)

4 He 1051 his mobi le phone. (wallet)

5

Yo

u had a

sa

ndwich. (salad)

p 5 7


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Q Complete with w as/ w asn tor w ere j w eren tto make true sentences.

7A GRAMMAR past simple of be: was/ were

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Edward VIII w asn tKing for very long.

J ulius Caesar___________the first Roman emperor.

Tchaikovsky__the composer of Swan Lake.

The Vikings_______________from Germany.

Helena Bonham Carter____________in the Harry Potter

films.

Roald Dahl___________a famous British musician.

The 2010 football World Cup___________in South Africa.

Brad P itt_____________married to J ennifer Aniston.

Socrates and Plato______________Brazilian footballers.

Pablo Picasso___________Spanish.

Beethoven___________a Swiss composer.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin___________the first men

to walk on the Moon.

Hilary Clinton_____________President of the USA in the

1990s.

The Incas___________from Mexico.

Marco Polo___________born in Italy.

The Beatles________ from Liverpool.

Vincent van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci___________

famous German painters.

William Wallace (Braveheart)______________from Ireland.

The last Olympic Games in Asia____________in Beijing in

2008.

The Wall Street Crash_______________________in 1939.

Q Work with a partner. Make questions and test your partners memory.

WasEdward VIII King for very l on gQ J No, he wasnt.

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GRAMMAR

past simple o

be

was / were

a Co

mp

lete the sentences wi th was were, wasn t, or weren t.

A Who s

that?

B It s Jane Austen.

A Why 1

wa

s

she

famous?

B She

2

a

wr

i

te

r

A 3

she

Scottish?

B

No

she

4

She

5

English. She

6

bo

rn

in

a small village

in

the South of England.

A

And

7 she married?

B No ,

she

8

b W ri te q ues tions a

nd

an swers.

A lexander

Graha

m Bell I sportsman? X

~ a ~ . s

A l l I ~ e x ~ a ~

i l l d ~ e ~ r ~ G ~ ~ a w h ~ a ~ m ~ B ~ e ~

I ~ a ~ s p ~ o ~ l ~t s ~ m ~ a n ~

?

No, he wasnt .

2 Richard

Burt

on and Elizabeth Taylor actors

?./

e . . . . . ,

~ i c

a . . . . . , r d _ = " " " u ' _ '

t " ' o " ' n . . " d ' _ ' E = "

i z " " a " " b ' _ " e = t h

....

,...,a D,- l

,,-

,-

=ac t o-'-'r5'----

?

Yes, they were .

3 Charles Dickens novelist? ./

?

4

Th

e Bearles fro m the USA? X

?

5 Lord Byron politicia n?X

?

6 Isaac

New

ton composer? X

?

My life is a simple thing

that

would interest nobody.

It

is a known fact

that

Iwas born, and

that

is

all

that

is necessary.

7 Bono born reland?

./

?

8 Amy

Wi

nehouse singer?

./

?

9 J R R Tolkien and C S Lewis pa

in t

ers? X

?

10 M ichael Jackson born Britain? X

?

c

Co

mplete the dial

og

ues w ith present

or

past fo

rm

s of be

.

1 A What day it today?

B

Monday.

Yesterday was Sunday.

2 A Hi .

____________

your sister

at

home?

B

No

she

. She

____________

here this morning, but now she ___________

at

work.

3 A I cant find my keys. Where hey?

B I dont know. They on your desk

th is morning.

4

A Where your new boyfriend from?

B

He

born

in

England, but his

parents born in Singapore.

5

A Why your

boss

angry yesterday?

B Because I very late for work.


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VOCABULARY word f orma t ion

a Make professions from these words. Use a

or

an

1

invent

n inventor

2

write

3 police

4

compose

5

music

6

paint

7 business

8

ct

9 science

10

sail

b Underline the stressed syllables, e.g. n inventor

c

Practise

saying the words in a.

d Complete the sentences

with

was were and a

noun

from

a.

1 Francis Drake

was a sailor

2 Beethoven and Mozart were composers

3 James Dean

4 Galileo

5 Fredd ie Mercury

6

The

Wright brothers

7 Agatha Christie

8 Howard Hughes

9 Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec

3 PRONUNCIATION sen t ence st ress

~ m f ~ ) Listen and repeat the conversation.

A Who was Benjamin Britten?

B

He was a composer.

A

Was he American?

B No he wasn t. He was English.

A When was he born?

B

He was born

in

1913.

A Were his pa rents English?

B Yes they were.

4 LISTENING

a

b

Listen to a radio programme about the greatest Britons

ofall time. Number the people in the order they come

on

the list.

Listen again. Write T (true)

or

F (false).

1 We don t know when Shakespeare was born. L

2 Charles

Darwin

was born on 20th February, 1809.

3 He was 63 when he died.

4 Diana was born on 1st July, 1961.

5 She wasnt married when she died.

6 Isambard Kingdom BruneI was a writer.

7 He was 53 when he died.

8 The greatest Briton

of

all time was a painter.

USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES

earn

t

hese words and phrases

the (16th) century

l ;

s e n t ~ r t

divorced

\ J:st

between (1816 and 1820)

bl

t\\ i:n

be against (something) hi e l l l s t

be

in

love (with someone)

hi

1 \ /

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