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Basic English Grammar 2

☻ The document provides examples of using the verb "to be" in the past tense. It discusses using "was/were" in positive and negative sentences and questions. Examples are given like "I was tired last night" and "They weren't here last Sunday." Lastly, it provides context for using the verb "to be" with different verb forms like "ing" and auxiliary verbs.

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Basic English Grammar 2

☻ The document provides examples of using the verb "to be" in the past tense. It discusses using "was/were" in positive and negative sentences and questions. Examples are given like "I was tired last night" and "They weren't here last Sunday." Lastly, it provides context for using the verb "to be" with different verb forms like "ing" and auxiliary verbs.

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Basic/Pre-intermediate Levels
(was/ were)

(




)
positive
I
he
she
it
we
you
they

was

wer
e

negative
I
he
she
it
we
you
they

was not
(wasnt)

was

were not
(werent)

were

I?
he?
she?
it?
we?
you?
they?

question
tired
hungry
at work etc.
doing/ coming/ joking etc.
ing

(verb to be)

() (ing)
- Im cold, tired, hungry. //
ing
(verb to do) / (do, does, did)

Are you ready to go/leave?/ Im not ready yet.


Do you ready to go/leave?/ I dont ready yet. ready
verb to do ready

Are you going now? ing ( want, know,
understand, like etc,..) (state verbs) wanting, knowing
ing Are you wanting to go now?

Do you go now? Are you going now? / Do
you want to go now? / Do you have to go now?

Are you go now? verb to be Are you to go


now? be to

I was tired last night.


/
Where was Ann yesterday?
Ann ()
The weather was good last week.

You were late yesterday.


They werent here last Sunday.



Last year Rachel was 22, so she is 23 now.
Rachel () /
When I was a child, I was afraid of ghosts.

We were hungry after the journey but we werent tired.

The hotel was comfortable but it wasnt expensive.

Was the weather good when you were on holiday?


/
Those shoes are nice. Were they expensive?

Why were you late this morning?

I/he/she/it
was.
Yes,
we/you/they
were.

Were you late?

I/he/she/it
No,

we/you/they
werent.

No, I wasnt.


Was Ted at work yesterday?
Yes, he was.
Ted
/

wasnt.

Were Sue and Steve at the party?

No, they werent.


Sue Steve

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-
It
What time is it?
Its half past ten.

-
Its later than I thought. Its time to go to bed (now).
-
{Its late time for bed. ()}
Its late. Its time to go home.

{Its late. Its time we went home. / Its time for us to go home. ( )

/ (


he gets up)}
Its 10 oclock and hes still in bed. Its time he got up.
/ /

Its time the children were in bed. Its long after their bedtime.

Youre very selfish. Its time you realized that youre not the most important person in the
world.
Jack is a great talker. But its about time he did something instead of just talking.
Jack

Its time we had a nation of our own.

What day is it?


{What day is today? / What is the day? ()}

Its Wednesday. Its 16 March. -


Today is Wednesday. Tomorrow is Thursday. ()
It was my birthday yesterday.

It takes me five minutes to get to school.


Its three miles from our house to the city centre.


()
How far is it from London to Bristol?

Its a long way from here to the station.

We can walk home. It isnt far.

{ (far long) - (is it far?/it isnt far)
(its a long way) }

Its raining. It isnt raining. Is it snowing?


It rains a lot here.
It didnt rain yesterday.
Does it snow very often?

Its warm/ hot/ cold/ fine/ cloudy/ windy/ sunny/ foggy/ dark etc.

It
Its a nice day today.

it there
It rains a lot in winter.

There is a lot of rain in winter.

It was very windy.
()
There was a strong wind yesterday.

Its nice to etc. ( It )


Its

easy difficult impossible dangerous safe


expensive interesting nice wonderful terrible etc.

to

Its nice to see you again. (it = to see you again)


(it )

Its impossible to understand her. (it = to understand her)


()
Its impossible/It isnt easy/Its difficult to understand each other.

It wasnt easy to find your house. (it = to find your house) {}


Its easy to find fault.
() {To find fault is easy. ( )}
( It is )
-Nice to meet you. Pleased to meet/see you. Glad to see you (all).
Dont forget it: (it )

Its raining again. (not Is raining again )


( )

Is it true that you are going away? (not Is true that )


/

(you

)

- Im very glad to meet you all here.

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