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Simple Past of Be

Elementary

A1–A2

Expanding Time and Meaning

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About This Resource

This A1–A2 resource introduces was and were for describing past identity, condition, age, and location. It develops affirmative and negative forms, questions and short answers, and the past there was/there were pattern.

What You’ll Learn

• Choose was or were to match the subject.
• Use past forms of be for identity, condition, age, and location.
• Form negatives with wasn’t and weren’t.
• Build past questions and there was/there were sentences.

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