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I was at the cinema
Io ero al cinema
Barack Obama was a great president
Barack Obama fu un grande presidente
Examples:
Pronunciation!
Attenti alla pronuncia!
WAS /UOS/
WERE /UeR/
Roberta was at school in the afternoon
They were at a concert
Attenzione!
Non esiste la forma contratta del verbo be al Past Simple nella forma affermativa!
Examples:
I wasn't at the party last night, I was at home.
Luke and Chris weren't happy about their maths tests.
Le question words
Se non ricordi tutte le "question words", riguarda il video sul Present Simple!
Examples:
RICORDA!
Posso usare le "question words" anche con il Past Simple! La struttura è la stessa che hai sempre usato con il Present Simple e il Present Continuous!
INVERSIONE VERBO CON SOGGETTO!
Question word + was/were + soggetto
Were you sick yesterday? Yes, I was.
Was Sarah angry with me?
No, she wasn't.
A Where were you last night?
B I was home.
A Why were you home?
B I was tired.
Examples:
I had a dog when I was little.
We had our first rugby training
yesterday afternoon.
Queste espressioni di tempo si possono accompagnare ad altre espressioni temporali che già conosciamo, come si può vedere da questa tabella.
Examples:
I had a science test yesterday morning. It was difficult!
Laura was at home last Monday. She had the flu.
My teacher was in London last month.
We were in elementary school three years ago.
Roger and Michael were born both in 2009.
In inglese si usa il passato!
When were you born?
Where were you born?
I was born in Turin on 14th February 2006