Lesson Sixteen
Be - Past Tense
The
verb "be" has
two forms in the past tense: was and were |
Singular |
Plural |
I was |
We were |
You were |
You were |
He was |
They
were |
She was |
It was |
Listen and read with me:
I was in my classroom yesterday. |
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| You were there, too.
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He was at a movie
last night.
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She was at home. |
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This cantaloupe was in my garden this morning.
It was delicious.
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| We were at school yesterday.
(I + you = we) |
I
you
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| You were on this website earlier.
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| They were outside in the snow.
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To make a question....
Singular |
Plural |
Was I ... |
Were we ... |
Were you ... |
Were you ... |
Was he ... |
Were they ... |
Was she ... |
Was it ... |
To make the negative add "not"
He was not in school yesterday. / He wasn't in school yesterday.
was not = wasn't / were not = weren't
Take a quiz here
Learn how to use "there" + "be" in the past tense. Click here.
Or....go on to the next lesson.
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