Simple Past Tense: was, were, was not, were not

Simple Past Tense: was vs were

Vocabulary Building

​Places	​Meaning
​in the kitchen	di dapur​
​in the dining room	di ruang makan​
​in the living room	​di ruang tamu
​in the garden	di taman​
​in the bedroom	di kamar tidur​
​in the cinema	di bioskop​
​​in the plane	di pesawat
in the library	di perpustakaan​
in the market​	​di pasar
​in the classroom	di kelas​

​Places	​Meaning
in the train	​di kereta
in the bus station​	​di stasiun bus
​in the city park	di taman kota​
in the school yard​	di halaman sekolah​
in the swimming pool​	di kolam renang​
​in the garage	di garasi​
in the museum​	di museum​
​at the beach	di pantai​
​at school	di sekolah​
​at the zoo	di kebun binatang​

(Saya berada di sekolah kemarin)

​​I was at school yesterday

(Mereka berada di bioskop kemarin)

They were in the cinema yesterday

What's the difference?

(Dia tidak berada di rumah kemarin)

​​She was not at home yesterday

(Kita tidak berada di pantai kemarin)

We were not at the beach yesterday

What's the difference?

Pay attention to the subject!

You (Kamu)
They (Mereka)
We (Kami/Kita)

I (Saya)
He (Dia Laki-laki)
She (Dia Perempuan)
It (Dia benda)

​was / was not

​were / were not

​Only one person

​Two or more people

Drag and Drop

He​

Placeholder

in the city park yesterday.

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was

were

Drag and Drop

Ilyas​

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at school yesterday. He was sick.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

was not

were not

was

were

Drag and Drop

They​

Placeholder

in the museum two hours ago.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

was

were

Drag and Drop

My mother and I​

Placeholder

in the market. We went to the bus station.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

was

were not

was not

were

Let's have a quiz!

Multiple Choice

I ___ in the bedroom last night.

• was

• were

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The girls ___ not in the city park last Sunday.

• was

• were

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You ___ in the cinema last weekend.

• was

• were

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We ___ not in the dining room last night.

• was

• were

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John ___ in the kitchen yesterday morning.

• was

• were

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Lisa ___ in the living room two hours ago.

• was

• were

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Sarah and Emily ___ in the dining room last night.

• was

• were

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We ___ not in the train two days ago.

• was

• were

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My parents ___ in the garden yesterday afternoon.

• was

• were

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She ___ not in the bus station last night.

• was

• were

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The children ___ in the plane last week.

• was

• were

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My friends ___ in the market this morning.

• was

• were

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David ___ in the library yesterday.

• was

• were

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We ___ not in the plane last month.

• was

• were

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I ___ not in the living room yesterday afternoon.

• was

• were

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We ___ in the classroom two days ago.

• was

• were

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He ___ in the train yesterday afternoon.

• was

• were

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I ___ not in the classroom last week.

• was

• were

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Emma ___ not in the garden last week.

• was

• were

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Mary and Tom ___ in the bus station this morning.

• was

• were

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We ___ not in the school yard yesterday.

• was

• were

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Jessica ___ in the school yard last week.

• was

• were

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We ___ in the city park last Sunday.

• was

• were

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They ___ not in the cinema last weekend.

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

Tom ___ in the swimming pool yesterday.

• was

• were

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Michael ___ not in the bedroom last night.

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

The boys ___ in the garage last night.

• was

• were

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I ___ in the museum last weekend.

• was

• were

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My family ___ at the beach last holiday.

• was

• were

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Jack ___ at school yesterday.

• was

• were

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Peter and Mark ___ not in the kitchen this morning.

• was

• were

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Alice ___ at the zoo last Sunday.

• was

• were

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Olivia ___ not in the library yesterday.

• was

• were

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The kids ___ not in the market this morning.

• was

• were

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Tom ___ not in the swimming pool last week.

• was

• were

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She ___ not in the garage yesterday afternoon.

• was

• were

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We ___ not at the beach last holiday.

• was

• were

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I ___ not in the museum last weekend.

• was

• were

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William ___ not at school yesterday.

• was

• were

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You ___ in the cinema enjoying the movie.

• was

• were

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My father ___ in the kitchen early this morning.

• was

• were

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Jane and her mother ___ in the dining room last night.

• was

• were

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They ___ not at the zoo last week.

• was

• were

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Chris ___ in the living room watching TV.

• was

• were

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My cousins ___ in the garden planting flowers.

• was

• were

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I ___ in the bedroom reading a book.

• was

• were

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Jack ___ at the beach playing volleyball.

• was

• were

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My sisters ___ in the classroom studying English.

• was

• were

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Mia ___ in the market buying groceries.

• was

• were

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We ___ in the school yard playing soccer.

• was

• were