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1. A CHILDHOOD STORY.

2. I WAS a baby . I WAS lovely . I WAS adorable! I WAS NOT ugly . When I WAS a baby …

3. WAS I lovely ? WAS I cute? WAS I a little angel ? WAS I a dream ? YES, I WAS !

4. Mother WAS the best . She WAS pretty ! She WAS mine!

5. The past tense of  To Be  in English has two forms: WAS and WERE SUBJECT VERB TO BE IN PRESENT VERB TO BE IN PAST NEGATIVE FORM OF VERB TO BE IN PAST NEGATIVE CONTRACTION OF VERB TO BE IN PAST I AM WAS WAS NOT WASN ’ T YOU ARE WERE WERE NOT WEREN ’ T HE IS WAS WAS NOT WASN ’ T SHE IS WAS WAS NOT WASN ’ T IT IS WAS WAS NOT WASN ’ T WE ARE WERE WERE NOT WEREN ’ T YOU ARE WERE WERE NOT WEREN ’ T THEY ARE WERE WERE NOT WEREN ’ T SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO BE

6. VERB TO BE in Past – POSITIVE SENTENSES The main rule to form positive sentenses is : Subject (Sujeto) Verb TO BE in past (Verbo TO BE en pasado) Complement (Complemento) For example : We   were  at home. (Nosotros estábamos en casa) She  was   in the office Subject To Be in past Complement She was in the office (Ella estaba en la oficina) We   were at home Subject To Be in past Complement

7. Tom at school today. is is was Tom at school yesterday . was We at home today. are are were We at home yesterday. were

8. VERB TO BE in Past – NEGATIVE SENTENSES The main rule to form negative sentenses is : For example : She was not in the office (Ella no estaba en la oficina) Subject Verb TO BE in past Complement NOT She  was   not in the office Subject To Be in past Complement Negative Form We   were not  at home. (Nosotros no estábamos en casa) We   were not at home Subject To Be in past Complement Negative Form

9. VERB TO BE in Past – NEGATIVE SENTENSES Other rule to form negative sentenses is : (Otra norma para formar oraciones negativas es: ) For example: (por ejemplo) She wasn’t in the office (Ella no estaba en la oficina) Subject (Sujeto) Negative Contraction of Verb TO BE in past ( Contracción Negativa del Verbo TO BE en pasado) Complement ( Complemento) She  wasn’t   in the office Subject N.C.To Be in past Complement We   weren’t  at home. (Nosotros no estábamos en casa) We   weren’t at home Subject N.C. To Be in past Complement

10. VERB TO BE in Past – QUESTIONS Subject WAS/WERE Complement The rule to form questions in simple past is : ? For example: Was   She  in the office ? Subject To Be in past Complement Was She in the office? (¿Ella estaba en la oficina?) Interrogative Yes, She was / No, She wasn’t Yes, She was in the office. No, She was not in the office. Answers Short Complete

11. Were   We  at home? (¿Nosotros estábamos en casa?) Were  We at home ? Subject To Be in past Complement Interrogative SIMPLE PAST TENSE - VERB TO BE – QUESTIONS Yes, We were / No, We weren’t Yes, We were at home. No, We were not at home. Answers Short Complete

12. Short answers Was he at home yesterday? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t. Were you at home yesterday? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t .

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14. 11. I  __ was___ late yesterday. 12 .  ____was___ she drawing?  13 . He  ___ wasnt ____ at home yesterday, he went to school.   14. My grandfather  __is____  a teacher.   15.   ___were_____  the weather fine yesterday?   16. He   ___was___  ill last night.