Глагол to be в Past Simple

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Present Simple
1. I am at home now.

2. Fred is happy now.

3. My friends are schoolgirls.

Past Simple
I was at home yesterday.

2. Fred was happy yesterday.

3. My friends were schoolgirls.

Глагол to be в Past Simple

I/ He/ She/ It → was
It was interesting at the party yesterday.

You/ We/ They → were
They were in the forest last night.

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(+) I was at home yesterday.
(-) I was not at home yesterday.

2. (+) They were in the forest last night.
(-) They were not in the forest last night.

Negative Sentence ( - )

was + not = wasn’t
My sister wasn’t in the park.

were + not = weren’t
There weren’t so many strange people
there.

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1.(+) Fred was happy yesterday.
(?) Was Fred happy yesterday?
2.(+) The children were in the zoo a week ago.
(?) Were the children in the zoo a week ago?

Interrogative Sentence (?)

Cтруктура вопроса
Was/ Were + П + …?
Cтруктура ответа
(+) Yes, П + was/ were.
(-) No, П + wasn’t/ weren’t.

It was interesting at the party yesterday.
2. They were in the forest last night.

Interrogative Sentence  (special question) (?)

1. (+) He was in Moscow last year.
(?) Where was he last year?

2. (+) My friends were at school in the morning.
(?) When were my friends at school?

Interrogative Sentence  (special question) (?)

Структура специального вопроса
В.С. + was/ were + П + … ?
Ответ полным предложением

Структура вопроса к подлежащему
Who/ What + was + …?
Структура ответа
П + was/ were.

What was on the table? – The book was.
Who was in the park? – The children were.