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Was/were – Form
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Was/were
We use was/were as the past simple forms of be. We
use was for I/he/she/it and were for you/we/they.
I was at home yesterday.
You were late at the meeting. She was excited about the party. We were tired after the excursion. Were they at the conference?
No positive short forms
The negative short forms of was not and were not are wasn’t and weren’t, but there are no short forms of was and were in affirmative sentences.
Tom=he was tired, but Susan wasn’t very tired.
Paul and Tom were happy, but we weren’t happy.
Was/were – Use Was/were are the past forms of am/is/are. Present: am/is = past: was. Present: are = past: were.
I‘m happy. ⇒ I was happy. (am ⇒ was)
She is at her office. ⇒ She was at her office. (is ⇒ was) You are late. ⇒ You were late. (are ⇒ were)
We use was/were to talk about the past. We often use past expressions of time: yesterday: hôm qua, last night: tối qua, last week, two months/hours ago: 2 tháng trước, etc.
Day: Monday, christmas day, date: the 21st of August
+ last + mốc thời gian
+ khoảng thời gian (rõ) + ago
She was in Stuttgart last summer.
We were late to the party last night.
We use was/were in the expression was/were born. The expression be born is
always past (NOT present): was/were born.
Was born: được sinh ra.
‘Where were you born?’ ‘I was born in Sweden.’
‘Where are you born?’ ‘I am born in Sweden.’ Mozart was born in 1756.
Exercise 1 Choose was/were or am/is/are to complete the following sentences. w as is 1My son short in school, but now he tall. Were w as 2' you at the stadium yesterday?' 'Yes, I .' 3Yesterday Philip and Emma in London. Today they in Paris. w ere w ere 4Sara and I at home that night, and you with us. w ere am 5Yesterday we late for the concert, and today I late for class. w as w as 6Asim born in Egypt, and I born in Birmingham. Were w ere 7' you excited: hào hứng about the trip?' 'Yes, we very excited.' 8' Kate angry yesterday after the meeting?' 'No, but I think she angry now.' 9' you at the beach last Sunday?' 'Yes, I . 10The weather nice today, but it horrible last weekend.
Past simple – Form
Past simple – use Past finished actions or states
We can use the past simple to talk about past finished actions or states. We know and we often mention when these actions happened with a past time expression: yesterday, yesterday morning, last night, last week, two days ago, five years ago, etc. (hành động kết thúc hoàn toàn trong quá khứ)
Jessica called me last night.
Rachel was a very good writer.
Past repeated actions
We can use the past simple to talk about habits or repeated actions that happened in the past but don’t happen in the present.
When I was a child (children), I ate sweets every day.
In school, I always played football during break time. When I arrived home, I took off my shoes and then I relaxed on the sofa.
We stayed home yesterday.
We did stay home yesterday. I went out last night. I did go out last night.
Did or was/were?
We use did and didn’t (NOT was/wasn’t or were/weren’t) as the auxiliary verb in negatives and questions in past simple.
We didn’t eat at 6. We weren’t eat at 6. Did you do your homework? Were you do your homework?
We do NOT use did or didn’t in past simple negatives or questions when
the main verb is be.
They weren’t happy.
They didn’t be happy. Was he at home? Did he be at home?
Past simple negatives and questions
We use didn’t to make negatives, did to make questions
Did you eat my cake?
I didn’t know about the party last night.
Past simple regular
We often add -ed to verbs (regular verbs) to make the past simple.
We often watch a film on Saturday. ⇒ We watched a film last Saturday.
I live in Barcelona. ⇒ I lived in Barcelona in the 90s.
Spelling of regular verbs
Studied, tried hard
Phụ âm + nguyên âm + phụ âm => gấp đôi phụ âm + ed
Visited
When do we double the consonant?
We double the consonant when the verb ends in consonant + vowel +
consonant. This is always true when the verb is one syllable.
stop ⇒ stopped, plan ⇒ planned, shop ⇒ shopped, rob ⇒ robbed.
When the verb is two syllables, we only double the consonant when the STRESS is in the last syllable.
But we do NOT double the consonant when the STRESS is NOT in the last syllable.
VIsit ⇒ visited, ANswer ⇒ answered.
Past simple irregular
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Exercise 1 Choose the correct past simple forms to complete the sentences below.
1Where on holiday last summer?
didn't arrive 2They until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. w eren't 3They sure of what to do. arrived 4We after midnight. Did you like 5 the present? didn't w atch 6Sara the film because she was asleep. got 7John and Felicity married last year. w asn't 8She ready for the test. didn't understand 9I the question. Can you repeat it? Did he smile 10 when he saw you? Exercise 2 Choose the correct past simple forms to complete these sentences.
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1We _____ a bus to Chicago last week.
a.were took b.did took c.took 2_____ to the party last weekend? 3Yesterday I ____ the train, but I ____ late for work. a.did miss / were not b.missed / didn't be c.missed / wasn't 4 They _____ a swimming pool in their backyard last summer. a.did put b.putted c.put 5Where _____ this afternoon? a.were he go b.did he go c.did he went
