May 11th 2015

Objective: Know the verb to BE in

past
Activities
1.Review to be present
2.To be past meaning
3.Oral exercises
4.Affirmative to be past
5.Exercises
6.Negative to be past
7.Exercises

LETS REMEMBER
A BIT

Verb to be in past : was, were

Algunos
casos como
Edad, frio,
calor,
hambre

AM
IS

HE/SHE/IT
YOU/WE/THEY

Meaning

Meaning

Verb "To Be"

Choose the correct word
to
complete the sentence.

I ____
born in Lisbon.

was
were

Verb "To Be"

Choose the correct word
to
complete the sentence.

She ______
at school..

was
were

Verb "To Be"

Choose the correct word
to
complete the sentence.

They ______
happy yesterday.

was
were

Verb "To Be"

Choose the correct word
to
complete the sentence.

We ______
at the ofce..

was
were

Afrmative
Subject + was + Complement
were
I was in the mountains.
You were in the mountains.
He was in the mountains.
She was in the mountains.
It was in the mountains.
We were in the mountains.
They were in the mountains.

Exercise
N
1
Translate into English.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Yo era
l estaba
Nosotros estabamos
Ella era
Ellos eran
Nosotros eramos
T estabas

I was
He was
We were
She was
They were
We were
You were

Exercise
N
2
Say where they were
yesterday
Marta was at the bank
yesterday
The students were at school
yesterday
Marta

The students

Mr. Carmelo

Mr Carmelo was at hospital They

yesterday
They were at supermarket
Mrs.Laur
yesterday
a Salvo
Mrs. Salvo was at
library yesterday
My Daddy and I were
at the zoo yesterday
My Daddy
and I

Exercise
Nsentences
3
Translate the following
into
English.
1.Yo
fui
I was
2.Yo
tenia
8 aosin
en2010
2010
I was
8 years
3.Mi
era un professor
My abuelo
grandfather
was a teacher
4.Camila
amiga
Camila era
wasmi
my
friend
The
glass
wasvacio
empty
5.El
vaso
estaba
Mi abuelo: My grandfather
Amiga:friend
El vaso: the glass

Mi: my
Vacio empty

un: a

NEGATIVE

Subject + was + not +

Complement
were+not
WERE NOT =WEREN'
WAS NOT =WASN'T
I wasnt at school last Saturday
You werent at school last Saturday
He wasnt at school last Saturday
She wasnt at school last Saturday
It wasnt at school last Saturday
you werent at school last Saturday
We werent at school last Saturday
They werent at school last Saturday

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Ex

Change into Negative and translate the

negative sentences.
1.I was sickI wasnt sick
No estaba enferma

2.She was at home yesterday.

She wasnt at home yesterday
Ella no estaba en casa ayer

3.We were at the party last night

We werent at the party last night
No estabamos en la fiesta anoche

4.They were good friends

They werent good friends
No eran Buenos amigos

5. My sister was 18 in

She wasnt 18 in 2012

Mi Hermana no tenia 18 el 2012
2012

Exercise
N 4
Make sentences 6 using the words from
the boxes
Laura

at school yesterday
at
school
yesterday
Laura
Sick
last
week
Ivan
Sick
last
Wasnt
Ivan
happy with yourweek
opinion
The teachers Werent
happy
with
your
opinion
At home last weekend
The
teachers
Miss Delis
At home last
weekend
In Coyhaique
3 years
ago
Miss
Delis
Mr. Ponce
In Coyhaique 3 years ago

Mr. Ponce

Ivan wasnt sick last year.

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INTERROGATIVE

Subject + was + not +

Complement
were+not
WERE NOT =WEREN'
WAS NOT =WASN'T