To be: use the correct past tense form

Key Notes:

✨📘 To Be: Use the Correct Past Tense Form ✨

What does “To be” mean?

👉 The verb “to be” helps us tell what someone was or how something was in the past.

Past tense forms of “To be” are:

• WAS 🧒👧 (used with I, he, she, it)
• WERE 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 (used with you, we, they)

🌈 Examples:

• I was happy yesterday. 😀
• She was at school. 🏫
• He was sick last night. 🤒
• You were late. ⏰
• We were in the park. 🌳
• They were friends. 👭

🧠 Remember Rule:

• One person/thing → WAS
• Many people/things → WERE

📸 Picture Clues:

• 👩 + 🍎 → She was eating an apple yesterday.
• 👨‍👩‍👧 + 🏖️ → They were at the beach.
• 🐶 + 🛏️ → The dog was on the bed.
• 👦 + 🏀 + 🏫 → He was playing basketball at school.

✨🎉 Quick Tip: If you talk about yesterday, last night, last week → use was/were

Let’s practice!🖊️