Past Simple: To be — Interrogatives, Short Answers, and Time Expressions

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# PAST SIMPLE: To be 1. Read the examples and look at the table. Was Emma interested in drama? ## Interrogative Was I...? Were you...? Was he/she/it...? Were we/you/they...? ## Short answers Yes, I you he/she/it we/you/they was. were. was. were. No, I you he/she/it we/you/they wasn't. weren't. wasn't. weren't. GRAMMAR # PAST SIMPLE: To be Read the examples and look at the table. - Emma was a dedicated student. - Her favourite school subjects were English, history and art. | Affirmative | | Negative | | Time expressions • yesterday • last Saturday • last week/month • in 2020 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | I | was | I | was not (wasn’t) | | | You | were | You | were not (weren’t) | | | He/She/It | was | He/She/It | was not (wasn’t) | | | We/You/They | were | We/You/They | were not (weren’t) | |