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Unit 9 - Simple Past Tense - To Be

The document provides instruction on using the verb "to be" in the simple past tense in English. It discusses the past forms of "to be" as "was" and "were" and how they are used with singular and plural subjects. Examples are given for positive, negative, and question forms of sentences using "to be" in the past tense. Time expressions that can be used with the past tense are also listed.

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Unit 9 - Simple Past Tense - To Be

The document provides instruction on using the verb "to be" in the simple past tense in English. It discusses the past forms of "to be" as "was" and "were" and how they are used with singular and plural subjects. Examples are given for positive, negative, and question forms of sentences using "to be" in the past tense. Time expressions that can be used with the past tense are also listed.

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UNIT 9

Subject: To be ( was, were)


Coursebook: Network 1 (pp. 58-63)

Authors: Tom Hutchinson & Kristin Sherman

Publisher: Oxford Publications

Supplementary Material: English Grammar in Use


Simple Past Tense - Verb «to be»
• To be ( was, were) OLUMLU YAPI /
AFFIRMATIVE

«To be» de bir fiildir ve «olmak» anlamına


gelmektedir. Bu fiilin geçmiş zaman  hali
ise,

• am, is--------was
are-----------were   şeklindedir.
• NOT: «be» fiilinin geçmiş zamanda
kullanımı «was» ve «were» ile olur.

• I, He, She, It veya tekil isimler ile was,

• You, We, They veya çoğul isimler ile


 were kullanılır.
Using the verb «to be» in the
Simple Past Tense:

• Affirmative (+) :  Subject + TO BE (was/were ) +…
• Negative (-) : Subject + TO BE (was/were ) + NOT +
…
• Interrogative (?) : TO BE ( was/were ) + Subject + …
• Negative Questions (?) : TO BE (was/were ) + NOT +
Subject + …
• Short Answers: ( + / – ) : YES / NO + Subject + TO
BE ( was/were ) or TO BE (was/were ) + NOT
Positive with «be»

• I was cold.
• You were tired.
• He was in the garden.
• She was late.
• It was sunny.
• We were on holiday.
• They were hungry.
To make negative with «be»,
just add «not»:
Negative with «be» Negative Short Form
• I was not sleepy. I wasn't sleepy.
• You were not on the bus. You weren't on the bus.
• He was not at school. He wasn't at school.
• She was not beautiful. She wasn't beautiful.
• It was not cold. It wasn't cold.
• We were not at work. We weren't at work.
• They were not tired. They weren't tired.
• To make a question, just like the present
simple, we change the position of «was /
were» and the subject.
• Here are the past simple «yes / no»
questions with «be»:
«Yes / No» Questions & Short Answers with «be»

• Was I sleepy? *Yes, you were. / No, you weren’t.


• Were you late? * Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
• Was he at the cinema? * Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t.
• Was she kind? * Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t.
• Was it hot? * Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t.
• Were we hungry? * Yes, you were. / No, you weren’t.
• Were they at work? * Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.
And the «wh» questions with «be» (The question word
just goes at the beginning and everything else is the same):

«Wh» Questions with «be»


• Why was I sleepy?
• Where were you?
• When was he at the cinema?
• How was she?
• How was it?
• Why were we hungry?
• When were they at work?
Singular Pronouns (Tekil Zamirler)
• I was
• You were
• He was
• She was
• It was
Plural Pronouns (Çoğul Zamirler)
• We were
• You were
• They were
Geçmiş Zaman Kullanımlarıyla Örnekler

• He was married for 20 years.(20 yıldır evliydi.)


• We were busy all day. (Tüm gün meşguldük.)
• You were at fault! (Sen suçluydun!)
Uyarı
• «You» tekil bir zamir olarak «sen» anlamında
kullanılsa bile daima «were» ile birlikte
kullanılmalıdır. Yani «you was» gibi bir kullanım
asla yoktur.
Zaman İfadeleri / Time Expressions
• Geçmiş zaman ile birlikte kullanılan zaman
zarfları şunlardır:
Yesterday: Dün
Last week / month / year: Geçen hafta / ay / yıl
Two days / three years / a month ago: 2 gün / 3
yıl / 1 ay önce
In 2002: 2002’de
In the past: Geçmişte
The day before yesterday: Dünden önceki gün

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