TO BE SIMPLE PAST AFFIRMATIVE

To Be past tense

to be with pronouns

El verbo to be en pasado simple
es
was / were

I was
You were

He was
She was
it was

They were
We were

​Ejemplos:

Activity: read and complete the sentences. To be (simple past).

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Maria ______ an Eglish teacher, but now she is a French teacher.

Fill in the Blank

Maradona _____ a soccer player.

Multiple Choice

Juan Gabriel _______ a mexican singer.

• wasn´t

• were

• was

• is

Multiple Choice

Juan Gabriel _______ born in Mexico.

• wasn´t

• were

• was

• weren´t

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Selela Quintanilla _________ a member of Selena y los Dinos Band.

Reorder

Reordenar lo siguiente de acuerdo a la estructura:

SUBJET + VERB TO BE + COMPLEMENT

• Selena Quintanilla

• was

• from

• the

• USA

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Juan Gabriel​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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very famous

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were

was

wasn´t

Drag and Drop

Carlos and Maria ​

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friends.

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were

was

Fill in the Blank

I _______ at school yesterday.

Fill in the Blank

You _______ hungry.

Multiple Choice

They ______ working.

• was

• were

• am

• is

Drag and Drop

They​

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in Paris​

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were

was

last year.

now

Multiple Choice

We ________ reading a book.

• are

• were

• was

• am

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Frida Kahlo_______ a mexican painter.

Fill in the Blank

We ________ playing soccer at the park.

Multiple Choice

It _____ reaning yesterday.

• was

• were

• is

• am

Reorder

Reordenar lo siguiente:

• The children

• were

• watching

• tv

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Fill in the Blank

Lorena and I _______ on the same class.

Match

Une el siguiente

• My

• grandfather

• was

• a

• pilot.

Mi

abuelo

fue

un

piloto.

• Mi

• abuelo

• fue

• un

• piloto.

Match

Une el siguiente

• La

• ventana

• estaba

• cerrada

The

window

was

closed

• The

• window

• was

• closed

Open Ended

Observa la imagen y escribe una oración en pasado simple.

Open Ended

Observa la imagen y reescribe la oración en pasado simple con el verb to be.

Mi familia y yo estuvimos en Cancun el año pasado.

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He is ​

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. He ​

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born in ​​

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. He was very ​

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. He was a great entertainer. He was the ​

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.

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was

were

1958

famous

soccer player

King of the pop.

Michael Jackson

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They are ​

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. They ​

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from Liverpool, England. There were ​

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in the 70s. They were one of the most influential ​

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of the rock era.​

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The Beatles

were

famous

music group

teachers

was

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Juan Gabriel ​

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born in 1950. He was born in Mexico, so he is ​

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, he was a ​

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, songwriter and actor. He was ​

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person.

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was

mexican

singer

very famous

were

american

student

Match

Une el siguiente

• Yo

• estuve

• en la fiesta

I

was

at the party

• I

• was

• at the party

Open Ended

Traduce la siguiente oración:

Nosotros estuvimos en la fiesta.

Multiple Choice

Yesterday Felipe and Emma _______ in Monterrey.

• was

• were

• there

• we

Multiple Choice

My friends and I _____ at Peso Pluma´s concert in The Arena Monterrey, lastr night.

• was

• were

• am

• are

Multiple Choice

De acuerdo con la imagen, escoge la respuesta más adecuada.

• I was playing soccer.

• The children were at the park playing soccer.

• Carlos and I were watching tv.

• She was playing the piano.

Multiple Choice

De acuerdo con la imagen, escoge la respuesta más adecuada.

• The teacher was teaching English

• The children were at the park playing.

• Maria and Carlos were in the classroom teaching English.

• We were in the classroom. We were participating in class.