Past simple of to be

What can you see in the text? Pictures...

what relation can you find between the title of today's session and the elements you mentioned from the text.

Answer the next questions:

• For you, what was the text about?

• What are the word that are repeated the most? (Hint: they are in green)

• To which person or object do they (the verbs in green) refer to?

Answer the next questions:

• For you, what do you think "was / were" mean?

• I am in class (this moment)

• ​Israel is in his house (right now)

• My mom is in the kitchen (in this moment)

• My parents are at their jobs (right now)

• My cats are asleep (right now)

present

"Was / were" is the past conjugation of the verb "to be". Compare:

MEaning

• I was in class (yesterday, 2 days ago, etc)

• ​Israel was in his house (1 hour ago, etc)

• My mom was in the kitchen (last weekend, etc)

• My parents were at their jobs (last Friday, etc.)

• My cats were asleep (in this morning, etc)

past

"Was / were" is the past conjugation of the verb "to be". Compare:

MEaning

• My dad is 60 years old

• The most common videogame is Fortnite

• The modern TVs are cheap

• The people are mean

​​Present

• My dad was 10 years old

• The most common videogame was Super Mario

• The modern TVs were expensive

• The people were polite

​​Past

• There is a coffee shop in every corner

• There is a little water in the lakes

• There are a few trees on the streets

• There are many buildings in the city

​​Present

• There was a coffe shop in commercial zones

• There was a lot of water in the planet

• There were a lot of trees on the streets

• There were a few buildings in the city

​​Past

Little exercise: Transform the next sentences from present to past using the right tense of the verb to be. BE CAREFULL WHEN THE SENTENCE REFERS TO PLURAL: was # were

Example:
My brother is a good soccer player
My brother was a good soccer player

To say was / were in negative, you just need to add:

"was-n't" / "were-n't"

​Wasn't / weren't

Examples:

​Wasn't / weren't

• I wasn't in class

• ​Israel wasn't in his house

• My mom wasn't in the kitchen

• My parents weren't at their jobs

• My cats weren't asleep

Examples:

​Wasn't / weren't

• There wasn't a coffe shop in commercial zones

• There wasn't a lot of water in the planet

• There weren't a lot of trees on the streets

• There weren't a few buildings in the city

Little exercise: Read the next sentences and write:
was / were or wasn't / weren't, depending on their meaning

Example:
That ____ a good concert (-)
That wasn't a good concert