Álbum de fotografías

por Anabel

Future probability

Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher

Bob is eighty. He’s old and weak.Mary, his wife is seventy-nine. She’s old, too.

Fifty years ago they were young. Bob was strong.

He wasn’t weak. Mary was beautiful. She wasn’t

old.

• We form questions by putting was/were

before the subject pronoun.

She was ill yesterday.

Was she ill yesterday?

• We form negations by putting not after was/were.

She wasn’t ill yesterday.

She was not ill yesterday.

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• We use the past simple for actions which

finished at a definite stated time in the past.

They were in Berlin last month.

Example:

He was in hospital .

square

John

John was at the square.

castle

Mary and Peter

Mary and Peter were at the castle.

palace

Jill

Jill was at the palace.

souvenir shop

George and Mary

George and Mary were at the souvenir shop.

EXERCISES

• Change these sentences to negative Change these sentences to negative form and interrogative form:form and interrogative form:

museum

Nina and Rhonda

1.Nina and Rhonda were at the museum.

2.She was at the supermarket.

3.They were at the playground.

4.He was at the cinema.

5.They were at the museum.

6. We were at a restaurant.

7. She was at a train station.