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    INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE IDIOMAS

    FACULTAD SECCIONAL CHIQUINQUIRA


    WORKSHEET LEVEL 2
    Topic: Past of be. Week: 2 Time: 1 week

    Apreciado estudiante:
    Para el desarrollo de la guía, se podrá utilizar los recursos que tenga a mano en casa como
    el diccionario o libros. Adicionalmente, si cuenta con el acceso a internet podrá complementar
    con tutoriales en YouTube, enlaces enviados por la docente, diccionarios online:
    www.wordreference.com. Las tutorías se harán por Chat en MOODLE, en primera instancia y
    dependiendo el caso, vía telefónica, whatsapp o google meet, según horario establecido. Es
    importante mantener una actitud positiva para desarrollar sus actividades de clase
    autónomas. Recuerde: Stay Home, Save lives

    1. TEACHING: SIMPLE PAST OF BE

    The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed
    before now.
    Examples:
     I was in London in 1999.
     Pam was in London in 1999, too.
     We were together.

    The past tense of To Be in English has two forms: WAS and WERE

    Affirmative:

    Subject To Be Examples

    I was I was tired this morning.

    You were You were very good.


    He was He was the best in his class.
    She was She was late for work.
    It was It was a sunny day.
    We were We were at home.
    You were You were on holiday.
    They were They were happy with their test results.

    Negative Sentences
    The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were).

    Subject To Be Examples

    I was not I was not tired this morning.


    You were not You were not crazy.
    He was not He was not married.
    She was not She was not famous.
    It was not It was not hot yesterday.
    We were not We were not invited.
    You were not You were not at the party.
    They were not They were not friends.

    Negative Contractions

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    The can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by joining
    the verb (was or were) and n't (e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of
    the subject and the verb (e.g. I was).

    I was not tired this


    OR I wasn't tired this morning.
    morning.
    You were not crazy. OR You weren't crazy.
    He was not married. OR He wasn't married.
    She was not famous. OR She wasn't famous.
    It was not hot yesterday. OR It wasn't hot yesterday.
    We were not invited. OR We weren't invited.
    You were not at the party. OR You weren't at the party.
    They were not friends. OR They weren't friends.

    Questions
    To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.

    Affirmative You were happy.


    Affirmative Question
      Subject Verb  
      I was late Was I late?
    You were sick. Were you sick?
    Question Were you happy?
    He was surprised. Was he surprised?
      Verb Subject  
    She was from Italy. Was she from Italy?
    It was a big house. Was it a big house?
    We were ready. Were we ready?
    You were early. Were you early?
    They were busy. Were they busy?

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    2. PRACTICING
    2.1. Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Use the words in the above boxes.

    2.2. Make the past simple. Use positive, negative or questions

    3.
    Homework

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    3.1. Look the images choose two images, write a text using was – were, and the expressions in the
    boxes.

    yesterday the last last Sunday the last night two hours ago
    weekend

    For instance: I was at the Mall the last weekend….


    ________________________________________________________________
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    4. EVALUATION
    Complete the sentences below.

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