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                                        UNIT 14 SIMPLE PAST TENSE124yesterday, yesterday morning / afternoon / eveninglast week / weekend / Monday / year / month / summer / night etc.five minutes / an hour / a month / a year ago.TIME EXPRESSIONSComplete the sentences with was or were, as in the example.1I ........................ happy to see her last Thursday.We ........................ in Prague last summer.My cousin and Linda ........................ at the stadium.Mark and I ........................ interested in music.Mrs. Wilkinson ........................ on TV last night.The concert ........................ great.These flowers ........................ red last summer.The children ........................ in the boat.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.wasWe form the negative by putting the word not after the verb. The short form is wasn%u2019t / weren%u2019t.Mr. Thatcher wasn%u2019tat work yesterday.%u2022 They weren%u2019tangry.%u2022We form the question by changing the subject and be order.%u2022 Was it cold last weekend?AffirmativeI wasYou wereHe wasShe wasIt wasWe wereYou wereThey wereQuestionsWas I?Were you?Was he?Was she?Was it?Were we?Were you?Were they?NegativeI was not (wasn%u2019t)You were not (weren%u2019t)He was not (wasn%u2019t)She was not (wasn%u2019t)It was not (wasn%u2019t)We were not (weren%u2019t)You were not (weren%u2019t)They were not (weren%u2019t)Short AnswersNo, 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.Yes, I was.Yes, you were.Yes, he was.Yes, she was.Yes, it was.Yes, we were.Yes, you were.Yes, they were.SIMPLE PAST TENSE: WAS / WEREsituations, habits and events in the past.I was in the park yesterday.%u2022 We were always late for school.%u2022 It was sunny yesterday.She was happy last %u2022night.%u2022The past simple of the verb be is was and were. We use Past Simple form of to be to describe:

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