01.12_Grammar Point_Past_TO BE _ WAS / WERE

1. Warm-up

• How are you today?

• Where are you now?

• Are you at work/school today?

• Are you tired today?

• Is it cold or warm today?

• Are your friends at work today?

2. TO BE – Present (am / is / are)

Subject

TO BE (present)

Example

I

am

I am at home.

You / We / They

are

My friends are ready.

He / She / It

is

My sister is tired.

3. TO BE in the Past

am → was
is → was
are → were


4. Who uses WAS / Who uses WERE

Subject

Past form

Example

I

was

I was at home.

He / She / It

was

My sister was tired yesterday.

You / We / They

were

My friends were in the park.



5. Prepositions of place

Phrase

Pronunciation

Slovak

at home

/həʊm/

doma

at work

/wɜːk/

v práci

at school

/skuːl/

v škole

at the cinema

/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/

v kine

in the park

/pɑːk/

v parku

at my parents’

/ˈpeə.rənts/

u rodičov

at a party

/ˈpɑː.ti/

na oslave

at the shop

/ʃɒp/

v obchode

at the doctor’s

/ˈdɒk.təz/

u doktora

on holiday

/ˈhɒl.ɪ.deɪ/

na dovolenke

6. Example Sentences (WAS / WERE)

• My friends were at the cinema yesterday. 

• My sister was tired after work. 

• We were in the park last weekend. 

• He was at home yesterday. 

• Their neighbours were at a party. 

• She was at school on Monday. 

• The children were in the garden. 

• It was cold last night. 


7. Negative Forms

wasn't weren't 


8. Example Sentences – Negative

• My friends weren’t at home yesterday. 

• My sister wasn’t at work on Monday. 

• We weren’t in the park. 

• He wasn’t tired. 

• Their neighbours weren’t in the park. 

• She wasn’t at school. 

• The children weren’t at the cinema. 

• It wasn’t warm yesterday. 


Link where you can practise: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-exercise-1.html

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