I/He/She/It - WAS You/We/They - WERE WAS/WERE + NOT = WASN'T/WEREN'T There was/there were There were two TVs in my old house There was an important event my school yesterday

Unit 6 - City life

WAS / WERE

• I / He / She / It + WAS


• You / We / They + WERE


• WAS / WERE + NOT = WASN'T / WEREN'T

There was / There were

Example:

• There was an important event at my school yesterday.


• There were two TVs in my old house.

Choose the correct words.

1. She was here at 8 am.


2. We weren't at the cinema.


3. Why were Javier and Daniel late?


4. I was at school yesterday.


5. Where were you at 9.30?

Write questions with was/were. Answer them with short answers.

1. Was your dad with you? No, he wasn't.


2. Was the film good? Yes, it was.


3. Were you at home at 8 pm? No, I wasn't.


4. Was the city centre busy on Saturday? Yes, it was.


5. Were they at the bowling alley last night? Yes, they were.

there was/were: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers

Past simple irregular verbs - negative

Some verbs are irregular and do not follow any pattern. We form the negative of these verbs using didn't + infinitive.

Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

escape walk start live

1. We walked to school.


2. The class started at 4.30.


3. Twenty years ago, my parents lived in Spain.


4. Last summer, we escaped from the city.


5. Last week, a lion escaped from the zoo.

ago

We use ago with the past simple to talk about when something happened in the past.

Example: I went to the USA a year ago.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. I saw him two weeks ago.


2. They stayed there two years ago.


3. My team won the cup a year ago.


4. I did my homework a day ago.


5. Our class finished the project last month.

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