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English for Beginners: TO BE in Past Tense

Published 14 Apr 2023

I _______ sad. They ______ working. Learn how to make basic “to be” sentences in English in the past tense. I’ll teach you how to form past tense positive and negative sentences and questions that use the verb “to be”. We will talk about past simple and past continuous. Learn how to make sentences such as “I am happy.” and “He wasn’t sleeping.” I’ll also show you when we use past simple and when we use past continuous. Test your understanding with the quiz! https://www.engvid.com/english-for-beginners-to-be-past-tense/ Need more help? Sign up for private lessons with me at https://englishwithronnie.com/ ! More of my basic English grammar lessons: Talk about the past with "I used to..." and "I would..." /watch/kuspcqL53Nt5p English Grammar: Auxiliary Verbs - be, do, have /watch/wo2aFk25tHH5a In this lesson: 00:00 Introduction 00:51 "To be" in Simple Past 02:13 Example sentences with "was" 03:34 Negative form of "was": "wasn't" 04:54 Example sentences with "were" 06:41 Question form of "to be" in the past 10:41 "To be" in Past Continuous 13:10 "To be" in Past Continuous: Negative form 15:03 "To be" in Past Continuous: Question form

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