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Welcome to our class!
Than Uyen high school, March 16th 2012.
Tự chọn 24
the past tense of tobe
I/ Grammar:



1. Grammar:
+ CSD: - Dùng để diễn tả một thực trạng trong quá khứ.
+ DHNB: - Trong câu thường có các từ chỉ thời gian như:
* yesterday (morning, afternoon, evening)
* Last (night, week, month, year, ...)
* ago (đứng sau một cụm từ chỉ thời gian)
* in (1986)
+ Form:




(+) S + was/ were + O
(-) S + was/ were + not + O
(?) Was/ Were + S + O?
(Yes, S + be / No, S+be not)
Wh - Was/ Were + S + O?
TL: (+)
Note: Was not = wasn’t
Were not = weren’t
2. Choose the best answer:

They (were / was) in London in 1970.
Today is Friday, yesterday (were / was) Thursday.
When (was/ were) you born?
I (was/ were) born in Than Uyen.




were
was
were
was
II. EXERCISE.
1. Exercise 1. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
The (be)................ a film on TV last night.
Where (be) .............you 2 weeks ago?
Lan and Tam (be) ................. Paris last summer.
(be)...............Mrs.White tired yesterday?
There (be)...............many people at Mary’s birthday last Sunday.
6. Last winter it (be not)....................very cold.
7. Where (be)................you born? – I was born in Than Uyen.
were
were
were
Was
were
wasn’t
was
2. Exercise 2. Rewrite these sentences using these prompts.

1. I am at the club. (last Friday)
2. Is Mary in Sapa? (last summer)
3. Are you at David’s house? (2 days ago)
4. They are in Moscow. (in 1986)
5. My brothers aren’t at school. (yesterday afternoon)
6. Where are you? ( a week ago)


Answer:
I was at the club last Friday.
2. Was Mary in Sapa last summer?
3. Were you at David’s house2 days ago?
4. They were in Moscow in 1986.
5. My brothers weren’t at school yesterday afternoon.
6. Where were you a week ago?

-> I was at the club last Friday.
3. Exercise 3. Fill in the gap with “yesterday” or “last”.

I was at school....................morning
There was a good film on TV.............night.
Tom was at the New York .............summer.
Mr. Brown and his daughter were in the zoo................afternoon.
It wasn’t hot ...........summer.
My father was busy ....................evening.
last
yesterday
yesterday
last
last
yesterday
Home work
Redo all these execises.
Prepare for the next period.
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