The Verb + A Policeman. Happy. A Teacher. and Sad. Small. A Student. Tired. 1. Select The Correct For The Following
The Verb + A Policeman. Happy. A Teacher. and Sad. Small. A Student. Tired. 1. Select The Correct For The Following
The Verb + A Policeman. Happy. A Teacher. and Sad. Small. A Student. Tired. 1. Select The Correct For The Following
1. We was/ were
2. I was/ were
3. She was/ were
4. They were/ was
5. You was/ were
6. It were/ was
7. He was/ were
8. They were/ was
9. He was/ were
10. You was/ were
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Was - Were - Past Tense of the verb "To Be"
Read the following questions. Compare the simple present with the simple
past in the first example and then complete the questions using the correct
form of the verb "to be" in the past.
Present Past
Example: Where is Where was Jack yesterday?
Jack today?
What day is it What day …......... it yesterday?
today?
Where are they Where ……………. they last
today? week?
I am at home this I ………………. at home
afternoon. yesterday afternoon.
We aren't in school We ………………….. in school
now. yesterday.
What is that in your What ……………… that in your
hand? bag this morning?
When is usually she When …………….. she at
at home? home yesterday?
He isn't a teacher. He ………………… a teacher.
Now complete the following chart for the simple past of the verb "to be"
Present Past
Affirmative: I am, I'm Affirmative: I was
Negative: I am not, I'm not Negative: I was not/
wasn’t
Affirmative: You are, you're Affirmative: You
Negative: you are not, aren't
Negative: You
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Negative: He, She, It is not,
isn't Negative: He, She, It
Notice that the short forms of the verb "to be" include: I'm, I'm not, you're, you
aren't, he's/ she's/ it's, he/ she/ it isn't, we're, we aren't, etc.
The short form is formed by putting an apostrophe - ' - in the place of the missing
letter.
Write some sentences using the verb "to be" in the past. Example: I was at a
party yesterday.
Was-Were
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1. She is thirty now, so last year she ___ twenty-nine.
a. was
b. were