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Simple Past Was and Were

The document provides examples and explanations of using the simple past tense "to be" (was and were) in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. It then gives examples to practice using was and were correctly in sentences about famous people's first jobs and short biographies of Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.

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Simple Past Was and Were

The document provides examples and explanations of using the simple past tense "to be" (was and were) in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. It then gives examples to practice using was and were correctly in sentences about famous people's first jobs and short biographies of Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.

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LANGUAGE CENTER – TACNA CICLO: MAESTRIA

SIMPLE PAST: TO BE (WAS and WERE)

GRAMMAR/ TO BE (PAST TENSE) WAS – WERE (estuvo, estava, fui, fuimos, era, eramos)

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE


Singula I was I was not (wasn´t) Was I.....?
r He was He was not (wasn´t) Was she..?
She was She was not (wasn´t) Was he....?
It was It was not (wasn´t) Was it......?
Plural You were You were not (weren´t) Were you.....?
We were We were not (weren´t) Were we......?
They were They were not (weren´t) Were they....?

Examples:
Affirmative form: She was at home. (ella estaba en casa)
Negative form: They weren´t sad. (ellos no estaban tristes)
Interrogative form: Was she in the garden? (estaba ella en el jardín

I. Put in WAS or WERE into the gaps.

1) I _________in Canberra last spring.


2) We ________at school last Saturday.
3) Tina ________ at home yesterday.
4) He _________ happy.
5) Robert and Stan _________ Garry's friends.
6) You _________very busy on Friday.

II. Complete with was/ wasn’t/ were/ weren’t/ is/


are /am

1. I _WAS_______ in Canberra last spring and this year


I__AM____ in Rome.
2. We _________ at school last Saturday and this Sunday
we ___________ at home.
3. Tina ______ at home yesterday, she ________ at work.
4. You ________ very busy on Friday, _________ you busy
today?
5. Jessica and Kimberly _____ late for school yesterday, in
fact, they _________ always late.
6. We _______ students in 1990, now we ________
teachers.
7. He _________ in a hurry because there __________ a lot
of traffic.
8. Last night you ________ angry because your girlfriend
______ at home.
LANGUAGE CENTER – TACNA CICLO: MAESTRIA

III. What were the first jobs of these famous people?


Complete the sentences. Use is, was, are or were.

Sylvester Stallone____ an actor and a film maker now. His first


job ____ in an Italian restaurant. He _____ a pizza chef.

Sting ____ a singer and an actor now. His first job _____ in a
primary school. He_______ a teacher.

Madonna ___ a singer and an actress now. Her first job ___ in a
Burger King restaurant. She ______ a waitress.

Clint Eastwood ____ an actor and a film maker now. his first job
_____in the army. He _____ a swimming instructor.

Mark knopfler ____ a singer and a guitarist now. His first job
____with the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper. He
__________a journalist.

IV. Choose the correct past tense answer for each question.

CHARLES DARWIN

1) Charles Darwin [was/ were] born on February 12, 1809.


2) He [was/ were] a British naturalist who became famous for his theories of
evolution and natural selection.
3) In South America, Darwin found that fossils of extinct animals [was /were]
similar to modern species.
4) Many people [was /were] strongly opposed to the idea of evolution because
it conflicted with their religious beliefs.
5) Throughout his life, Darwin [was/ were] a reserved, thorough, hard working
scholar.

ALBERT EINSTEIN
6) When Albert Einstein [was/were] young, his parents worried about him.
7) Einstein's parents [was/ were] concerned that Albert was "slow."
8) Albert [was/ were] a terrible student who didn't want to attend classes
regularly and take exams.
9) Einstein's best-known work, the theory of relativity, [was/ were] published
in 1905.
10) Unfortunately, the theory of relativity [was/ were] used to create the atomic
bomb.

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