unit 2 :verb to be in past tense

                           unit 2 :we were a big team
                           verb to be in past tense

conversation :remembing

paul: hi , peter , how are you ?
peter :i ' m fine
paul:were you playing soccer?
peter:yes i 'm . i was playing with the team .
paul:were you a a big team  before
peter :i know  it but we 'll  be it  other time
paul :bye good luck
peter :see you later


                       grammar flash

The past tense of "to be" is used to join a subject with a word or words that tell something about the subject that happened in the past. We often use words such as "yesterday" or phrases such as "last week" or "last year" to indicate when something happened in the past .

The verb "be" is an irregular verb. We use "was" with a singular pronoun or noun and "were" with a plural pronoun or noun. An exception to this is the pronoun "you" which always uses "were".

                                     structure 

conjugation  verb to be in past tense



negative form

the negative form of the verb to be is formed
by the particle  not   added  to the conjugation
we can find her contracted  as n't
for example  wasn't or weren't
for example  i was not  working in the morning

interrogative form
in this form is formed by:
1-conjugation in past tense
2- pronoun or noun
3-complement
4- sign

in  English we can the past continuous 

It is used for actions and states that were unfinished at a certain time in the past or to stress the duration of something.
 http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/past-continuous.html#6AhsXEDRmJGErKUK.99
                                structure 
1 pronoun 
2conjugation in past tense 
3verb in gerund 
4 complement                      
                               

this  time its  structure is  equal that the past  simple  but in this time has a verb in gerund whatever the difference



                              printing exercise

             complete these sentences

a:was i                     (study)in the  school?
yes i was . i                     reading in the library



were  we                            (play)in the street ?
yes  we were . we               were               (run)in the street