To be (in the past tense) 1 Iwasa bar keeper Hewasa banquet service mgr Shewasa housekeeper Itwasa book / a table Wewerehotel specialists Youwerea trainee OR trainees Theywerebar managers

To be + adjectives (past tense) 2 Iwashappy Hewasgorgeous Shewasbeautiful Itwasfunny Wewerewonderful Youweretired Theywereanxious

To be + adjectives + noun (past tense) 3 Iwasa happy person Hewasa gorgeous man Shewasa beautiful woman Itwasa funny story Wewerewonderful workers Youwerea tired guy/tired guys Theywereanxious employees

Was, Were Jane and Peter on holiday last year We in France in 2010 It cold last Monday I a bad hairdresser when I was younger The sentence difficult last week The children in the garden on Sunday The child in the garden on Sunday 4

Answers Jane and Peter were on holiday last year We were in France in 2010 It was cold last Monday I was a bad hairdresser when I was younger The sentence was difficult last week The children were in the garden on Sunday The child was in the garden on Sunday 5

Was, Were She in the house on Saturday The dog and the cat in the garden yesterday The man behind the tree at the weekend Carol and I at University many years ago We hungry two days ago The elephants tired last summer The elephant tired last summer The children in the shop last month 6

Answers She was in the house on Saturday The dog and the cat were in the garden yesterday The man was behind the tree at the weekend Carol and I were at University many years ago We were hungry two days ago The elephants were tired last summer The elephant was tired last summer The children were in the shop last month 7

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9 were in/at the cinema was at the train station Mr and Mrs Hall were at a restaurant Ben was at/on the beach

Negatives 10 Iwas nota happy person Hewas nota gorgeous man Shewas nota beautiful woman Itwas nota funny story Wewere notwonderful workers Youwere nota tired guy/tired guys Theywere notanxious employees

Negative Contractions I was notI wasn’t He was notHe wasn’t She was notShe wasn’t It was notIt wasn’t We were notWe weren’t You were notYou weren’t They were notThey weren’t 11

Was, Were - Negative Jane and Peter on holiday last year We in France in 2010 It cold last Monday I a bad hairdresser when I was younger The sentence difficult last week The children in the garden on Sunday The child in the garden on Sunday 12

Answers Jane and Peter weren’t on holiday last year We weren’t in France in 2010 It wasn’t cold last Monday I wasn’t a bad hairdresser when I was younger The sentence wasn’t difficult last week The children weren’t in the garden on Sunday The child wasn’t in the garden on Sunday 13

Was, Were - Negative She in the house on Saturday The dog and the cat in the garden yesterday The man behind the tree at the weekend Carol and I at University many years ago We hungry two days ago The elephants tired last summer The elephant tired last summer The children in the shop last month 14

Answers She wasn’t in the house on Saturday The dog and the cat weren’t in the garden yesterday The man wasn’t behind the tree at the weekend Carol and I weren’t at University many years ago We weren’t hungry two days ago The elephants weren’t tired last summer The elephant wasn’t tired last summer The children weren’t in the shop last month 15

Remember: Auxiliary Verbs 16 Iwasa happy person Hewasa gorgeous man Shewasa beautiful woman Itwasa funny story Wewerewonderful workers Youwerea tired guy/tired guys Theywereanxious employees

Questions 17 WasIa happy person? Washea gorgeous man? Wasshea beautiful woman? Wasita funny story? Werewewonderful workers? Wereyoua tired guy/tired guys? Weretheyanxious employees?

Was, Were - Questions … we abroad last week? … the sentence difficult yesterday? … the children in the garden on Sunday? … the child in the garden on Sunday? … the elephants tired after the show? … the elephant tired after the show? … the children in the shop? 18

Answers Were we abroad last week? Was the sentence difficult yesterday? Were the children in the garden on Sunday? Was the child in the garden on Sunday? Were the elephants tired after the show? Was the elephant tired after the show? Were the children in the shop? 19

Was, Were - Questions … she in the house yesterday evening? … the dogs in the garden? … the dog in the garden? … the woman behind the tree? … the women behind the tree? … he a good student last year? … Jim and Cathy at school? 20

Answers Was she in the house yesterday evening? Were the dogs in the garden? Was the dog in the garden? Was the woman behind the tree? Were the women behind the tree? Was he a good student last year? Were Jim and Cathy at school? 21

Was, Were – Positive & Negative 22

Answers were was were was 23

Was, Were – Positive & Negative 24

Answers were was were was were 25

Remember: Auxiliary Verbs 26 Iwasa happy person Hewasa gorgeous man Shewasa beautiful woman Itwasa funny story Wewerewonderful workers Youwerea tired guy/tired guys Theywereanxious employees

Short Answers: Positive 27 Iwas Hewas Shewas Itwas Wewere Youwere Theywere

Short Answers: Negative (1) 28 Iwas not Hewas not Shewas not Itwas not Wewere not Youwere not Theywere not

Short Answers: Negative (2) 29 Iwasn’t Hewasn’t Shewasn’t Itwasn’t Weweren’t Youweren’t Theyweren’t

Was, Were Was the sentence difficult? Yes,… Were the kids in the garden? No,… Was the child in the garden? No,… Were Jane and Peter on holiday last year? Yes,… Were the elephants tired? Yes,… Was the elephant tired? Yes,… Was the woman behind a tree? Yes,… Were the women behind a tree? Yes,… 30

Answers Was the sentence difficult? Yes, it was Were the kids in the garden? No, they weren’t Was the child in the garden? No, he/she wasn’t Were Jane and Peter on holiday last year? Yes, they were Were the elephants tired? Yes, they were Was the elephant tired? Yes, it was Was the woman behind a tree? Yes, she was Were the women behind a tree? Yes, they were 31

Was, Were Was she in the house? Yes,… Were the dog and the cat in the garden? No,… Were Carol and Tom friends in the past? No,… Were the children in the shop? No,… Was the child in the shop? No,… Were you (singular) in Germany last week? Yes,… Were Jim and Cathy at school together? No,… 32

Answers Was she in the house? Yes, she was Were the dog and the cat in the garden? No, they weren’t Were Carol and Tom friends in the past? No, they weren’t Were the children in the shop? No, they weren’t Was the child in the shop? No, he/she wasn’t Were you (singular) in Germany last week? Yes, I was Were Jim and Cathy at school together? No, they weren’t 33

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