1. Simple Past
of the verb
To Be

2. Affirmative forms of be
You
She /He /It We
They
was
were

3. Negative forms of be I You She / He /It We They wasn’t weren’t
wasn’t=was not weren’t=were not

4. Past Tense forms of Regular Verbs.
play
played
laugh
laughed
watch
watched
dance
danced

5. Past Tense forms of Irregular Verbs.be
was/were go
went
eat
ate
write
wrote

6. Yes / No Questions with the past forms of be
Was I?
he/she/it?
Were
we/you/they?

7. You were born in Korea. Were you born in Korea?
Yes / No Questions with the past forms of be
You were born in Korea.
Were you born in Korea?
Yes, I was. or No, I wasn’t.

8. Practice: Make questions.
you /at home /last night
Were you at home last night?
Sara/ absent from class/ yesterday
Was Sara absent from class yesterday?
Rana /go/to school/yesterday
Did Rana go to school yesterday?

9. Where did you go yesterday?
Wh-or Information Questions
with the past forms of be
Where were you born?
When were you born?
Where did you go yesterday?
Why did she buy a car?

10. Wh-questions with did, was, and were
Wh-word + did + subj + verb + complement
When did you come to London?
Wh-word + was/were + subj + complement
What was your major in college?

11. Practice: Make questions.
Aunt Nancy was born in the United States.
Where was Aunt Nancy born?
She went there in 1945.
When did she go there?

12. Laura and Sam were in Rome last week?
Where were Laura & Sam last week?
I went to the dentist because I had a toothache.
Why did you go to the dentist?

13. She cook not lunch today. Did they played soccer yesterday?
Correct the mistakes.
I am born in India.
She cook not lunch today.
Where did Tom went on Sunday?
Did they played soccer yesterday?

14. Was you in class this morning?
My father not arrived today.
The children singed a song.
Who your English teacher in High School?