Expressing Past Time, Part 1
Using Be: Past Time
 Present time
 Past Time
 I am in class
 I was in class
today.
 Alice is at the
library today.
 My friends are at
home today.
yesterday.
 Alice was at the
library yesterday.
 My friends were at
home yesterday.
Simple Past Tense Of Be
Plural
Singular
 I was
 We were
 You were (one
 You were (more than
person)
 She was
 He was
I
 It was
she

he ____was

it
one person)
 They were
 We
 You ______ were
 they
Past of Be: Negative
 I was not in class.
 I wasn’t in class yesterday.
 They were not at home last night.
 They weren’t at home last night.
I
 She ____+wasn’t
 He
 it
we
you _______ weren’t
they
Use a Past Time Expression
Present
Past
 Today
 Yesterday
 This morning
 Yesterday morning
 This afternoon
 Yesterday afternoon
 Tonight
 Last night
 This week
 Last week
Past Of Be Questions
Yes/No question
Short answer + (long
answer)
 Were
 Yes, I was.

 No I wasn’t.




you in class
yesterday?
Was Carlos at home
last night?
(be) + (subject)
Where were you
yesterday?
Where was Jennifer last
night?.
Where + (be) +
(be)+subject
 Yes, he was.
 No, he wasn’t
 In class.
 At home.
The Simple Past Tense: Using- ed
 I walk to school everyday.
 I walked to school yesterday.
 Ann walks to school everyday.
 Ann walked to school yesterday.
 Note:
 The form of past simple: verb + -
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