Simple Past Simple Past TenseTense

Verb to Be.Verb to Be.Instituto Carlos Gracida A.C.Instituto Carlos Gracida A.C.

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StructureStructureAffirmative Sentences.Affirmative Sentences.• II

• HEHE waswas a kid. a kid.

• SHE SHE

• ITIT

• WEWE

• YOUYOU werewere friends. friends.

• THEYTHEY

StructureStructureNegative Sentences.Negative Sentences.• II

• HEHE was notwas not a kid. a kid.

• SHESHE (wasn’t)(wasn’t)

• ITIT

• WEWE

• YOUYOU were notwere not friends.friends.

• THEYTHEY (weren’t)(weren’t)

StructureStructureSimple Questions or Yes/ No Simple Questions or Yes/ No QuestionsQuestions

• II II II

• WAS WAS HEHE a kid? a kid? Yes,Yes, hehe WASWAS or or No,No, hehe WASN’TWASN’T

• SHE SHE sheshe sheshe

• ITIT itit itit

• WEWE wewe wewe

WEREWERE YOUYOU friends? friends? Yes,Yes, youyou WEREWERE or or No,No, youyou WEREN’TWEREN’T

• THEY THEY theythey theythey

StructureStructureInformative Questions or WH Informative Questions or WH QuestionsQuestions• WHYWHY

• WHEN WHEN II

• WHERE WHERE WAS WAS HE HE a kid?a kid?

• HOW HOW SHESHE

• WHICH WHICH ITIT

• WHYWHY

• WHEN WHEN WEWE

WHERE WHERE WERE WERE YOUYOU friends?friends?

HOW HOW THEYTHEY

WHICHWHICH

I WAS a very cute baby.

I WAS lovely.

I WAS adorable!

I WAS NOT ugly…

I WAS NOT dirty.

I WAS NOT stinky.

When I WAS a baby…

WAS I lovely?

WAS I cute?

WAS I a little angel?

WAS I kissable?

WAS I a dream?

YES, I WAS!

Mommy WAS the best.

She WAS pretty!

She WAS very warm.

She WAS mine!

Daddy WAS a little rude…But he WAS very strong.

He WAS very playful…

He WAS the best Daddy…

Tiger WAS my kitty…

It WAS so playful…

WAS it big? Yes, It WAS!

I WAS very playful…

WAS I curious? Yes, I WAS!

Grandpa WAS very old…

How old WAS he?

He WAS at least 100 I guess…But he WASN’T mean…

Here I WAS very happy!

Life WAS great!

It WAS cool…

Where WAS I?

I WAS at the golf course!

Who WAS the driver?

I WAS it! Of course!

Please…close your eyes.

WASN’T I the cutest boy?Yes, I WAS…

Here, I WAS at the park.

The hand behind WAS Mommy’s!

I WAS so brave!

It WAS my favorite horse.Its name WAS Banana!

He WAS all yellow and I WAS a real cowboy!

I WAS a movie fanatic!

Cinema Paradiso WAS my favorite movie!

Here I WAS watching some birdies!

But I WAS more interested in the girl next door!

My life WAS going to change with her!

What WAS her name?

It WAS Sandy…

Next my love WAS little Sue…

Then Loretta. She WAS a dream…

but her baby sister WAS

so freak…

After her, Jessica WAS

Unforgetable…

And little Luisa WAS the next…and she WAS the last!

She WAS so sexy and cool…

Her smile WAS just great!And her eyes WERE so blue…

That we WERE

together

for ever and ever…

She WAS in my mind all the time. When I WAS playing…

She WAS there!

She WAS there when I WAS having ice cones…

When I WAS hanging around with friends…she WAS there!

When I WAS

doing something alone…

She WAS there!

Even when I WAS with my best friend

George!

Or when I WAS with Porgy… Who WAS

Porgy?

Porgy WAS my first dog. We WERE bodies…

Porgy WASN’T a sissy…

When I WAS with Chuck, she WAS there too. Chuck WAS a wolf!

Together we WERE the best hunters on Earth!

George and I WERE in love with our girlfriends.

We WERE together all the time. Our girls WERE together too.

Here Luise and I WERE enjoying the nice weather…

Were you ever as happy as we WERE then?

WASN’T it a nice story?

Can you make your own?

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