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9393UNIT 14 SIMPLE PAST TENSE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: WAS / WEREThe past simple of the verb be is was and were. We use Past Simple form of to be to describe: %uf0d8 situations, habits and events in the past.%uf0fc I was in the park yesterday. %uf0fc She was happy last night. %uf0fc We were always late for school. %uf0fc It was sunny yesterday.AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERSI wasYou wereHe wasShe wasIt wasWe wereYou wereThey wereI was not (I wasn%u2019t)You were not (You weren%u2019t)He was not (He wasn%u2019t)She was not (She wasn%u2019t)It was not (It wasn%u2019t)We were not (We weren%u2019t)You were not (You weren%u2019t)They were not (They weren%u2019t)Was I?Were you?Was he?Was she?Was it?Were we?Were you?Were they?Yes, I was.Yes, you were.Yes, he was.Yes, she was.Yes, it was.Yes, we were.Yes, you were.Yes, they were.No, I wasn%u2019t.No, you weren%u2019t.No, he wasn%u2019t.No, she wasn%u2019t.No, it wasn%u2019t.No, we weren%u2019t.No, you weren%u2019t.No, they weren%u2019t. %uf0d8 We form the negative by putting the word not after the verb. The short form is wasn%u2019t / weren%u2019t. %uf0fc Mr. Thatcher wasn%u2019t at work yesterday. %uf0fc They weren%u2019t angry. %uf0d8 We form the question by changing the subject and be order. %uf0fc Was it cold last weekend? Time Expressions: yesterday, yesterday morning/ afternoon / evening last week / weekend / Monday / year / month / summer / night etc. five minutes / an hour / a month / a year ago.1 Complete the sentences with was or were, as in the example.1. I _was_ happy to see her last Thursday. 5. Mrs. Wilkinson _____ on TV last night.2. We _____ in Prague last summer. 6. The concert ______ great.3. My cousin and Linda ____ at the stadium. 7. These flowers _____ red last summer.4. Mark and I ______ interested in music. 8. The children _____ in the boat.UNIT 14