{"id":802,"date":"2022-04-18T12:22:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=802"},"modified":"2025-10-03T05:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:55:19","slug":"e-pp-13-to-be-use-the-correct-past-tense-form","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-pp-13-to-be-use-the-correct-past-tense-form\/","title":{"rendered":"E- PP.13 To be: use the correct past tense form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"> <strong>To be: use the correct past tense form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-55fe803a82f37edac62fb5c52c624d60\" style=\"color:#74008b\">Key Notes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-2e883727a0a4c3c1840c29b72149e68c\"><strong>\u2728\ud83d\udcd8 To Be: Use the Correct Past Tense Form \u2728<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> What does &#8220;To be&#8221; mean?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 The verb <strong>&#8220;to be&#8221;<\/strong> helps us tell what someone <strong>was<\/strong> or <strong>how something was<\/strong> in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> Past tense forms of &#8220;To be&#8221; are:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>WAS<\/strong> \ud83e\uddd2\ud83d\udc67 (used with <strong>I, he, she, it<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>WERE<\/strong> \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67\u200d\ud83d\udc66 (used with <strong>you, we, they<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> \ud83c\udf08 <strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>was<\/strong> happy yesterday. \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>was<\/strong> at school. \ud83c\udfeb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He <strong>was<\/strong> sick last night. \ud83e\udd12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You <strong>were<\/strong> late. \u23f0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We <strong>were<\/strong> in the park. \ud83c\udf33<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They <strong>were<\/strong> friends. \ud83d\udc6d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83e\udde0 <strong>Remember Rule:<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One person\/thing \u2192 <strong>WAS<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many people\/things \u2192 <strong>WERE<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> \ud83d\udcf8 <strong>Picture Clues:<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83d\udc69 + \ud83c\udf4e \u2192 <em>She <strong>was<\/strong> eating an apple yesterday.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67 + \ud83c\udfd6\ufe0f \u2192 <em>They <strong>were<\/strong> at the beach.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udc36 + \ud83d\udecf\ufe0f \u2192 <em>The dog <strong>was<\/strong> on the bed.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udc66 + \ud83c\udfc0 + \ud83c\udfeb \u2192 <em>He <strong>was<\/strong> playing basketball at school.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2728\ud83c\udf89 <strong>Quick Tip:<\/strong> If you talk about <strong>yesterday, last night, last week<\/strong> \u2192 use <strong>was\/were<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/79297\/737\/608\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-158.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-158.png 500w, 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