Глагол To be в Past Simple Tense

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To be in the Past Simple Tense (positive, negative and questions)

Бубиго Екатерина Леонидовна
ГУО сш № 201 г.Минска

Слайд #2

Past Simple Tense
To be


Was
Were
ед.ч.
мн.ч.

Слайд #3

Глагол to be в Past Simple
I/ He/ She/ It → was
I was at school yesterday.

You/ We/ They → were
They were in the forest last night.

Слайд #4

Compare
Present Simple
1. I am at home now.

2. Fred is happy now.

3. My friends are classmates.

Past Simple
I was at home yesterday.

2. Fred was happy yesterday.

3. My friends were classmates.

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Negative Sentence ( - )
was + not = wasn’t
My sister wasn’t in the park.

were + not = weren’t
They weren’t at school yesterday.

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Compare
(+) I was at home yesterday.
(-) I was not at home yesterday.

2. (+) They were in the forest last night.
(-) They were not in the forest last night.

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Interrogative Sentence (?)
Cтруктура вопроса
Was/ Were + S + …?
Cтруктура ответа
(+) Yes, S + was/ were.
(-) No, S + wasn’t/ weren’t.

-Was it interesting at the party yesterday?
-Yes, it was.
2. - Were they in the forest last night?
-No, they weren’t.

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Compare
1.(+) Fred was happy yesterday.
(?) Was Fred happy yesterday?
2.(+) The children were in the zoo a week ago.
(?) Were the children in the zoo a week ago?

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Слова-спутники
yesterday-вчера
the day before yesterday-позавчера
last week-на прошлой неделе
last month/year-в прошлом месяце/году
…minutes/hours/months/years ago-…минут/часов/месяцев/лет назад

Слайд #10

Match two columns
1.last year a)прошлой зимой
2.last winter b)прошлой пятницей
3.a month ago c)в прошлом году
4.last Friday d)месяц назад
5.yesterday e)семь минут назад
6.a week ago f)позавчера
7.ten days ago g)вчера
8.the day before yesterday h)неделю тому назад
9.seven minutes ago i)десять дней тому назад

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Специальный вопрос (?)
Структура специального вопроса
Where (who, when, what, how) +
+ was/ were + S + … ?
Ответ полным предложением

Структура вопроса к подлежащему
Who/ What + was + …?
Структура ответа
S + was/ were.

What was on the table? – The book was.
Who was in the park? – The children were.

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Вопросительные слова



Where - где? куда?
When - когда?
Who - кто?
Whose + существительное - чей?
Whom - кого?
Why - почему? зачем?
How - как?
What - что?

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Специальный вопрос (?)
1. (+) He was in Moscow last year.
(?) Where was he last year?

2. (+) My friends were at school in the morning.
(?) When were my friends at school?

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Thank you