LAB ACTIVITY FOR 7° GRADE

THURSDAY, JULY 11th 2013

TOPIC:
SIMPLE PAST TENSE/ VERB TOBE: AFFIRMATIVE(+)

Description

The past tense of "to be" is used to join a subject with a word or words that tell something about the subject that happened in the past. We often use words such as "yesterday" or phrases such as "last week" or "last year" to indicate when something happened in the past .

The verb "be" is an irregular verb. We use "was" with a singular pronoun or noun and "were" with a plural pronoun or noun. An exception to this is the pronoun "you" which always uses "were".

Positive

I was You were He was She was It was We were You were They were EXAMPLES I was a student. The baby was tired. She was fat. You were sick. It was a fast car. We were wet. You were friends. The janitors were happy. HOMEWORK I wasn't  -  he was  -  he wasn't  -  it was   - it wasn't  -  she wasn't    they were  -  was he?  -  was she?  -  wasn't I? -   wasn't it? -   wasn't she?     we were -   were they?  -  were we?   - were you?  -  weren't they?    weren't we? -   you were -   you weren't     BE affirmative negative interrogative interronegative I I was was I? he wasn't he? she she was it was it? we you weren't you weren't you? they they weren't Put the appropriate word in each gap. Tom  in Spain last weekend. Frank and Jim  at the party last night. Who  at the cinema last Monday? The children  quiet when their parents came home. She  a nice person. He  usually not at home at the weekend. They  good at English. We  in Lower Austria last summer. My brother  in China some weeks ago. I  in Copenhagen when my friends went there.