Category: VERB TENSES

FORM

Affirmative form: Subject + was/were
I was
You were
He / She /It was
We were
You were
They were

Examples:

• I was in Hawaii in 2015.
• You were sick.
• He was in the park.
• She was my girlfriend.
• It was cloudy.
• We were friends.
• You were married.
• They were tired this morning.

Negative form: Subject + was not /were not

I was not
You were not
He / She /It was not
We were not
You were not
They were not
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Contractions

• was not - wasn't
• were not - weren't

Examples:

• I wasn’t invited.
• Mary was not at home.
• Susan and Leo weren’t married.
• We were not tired.
  

Interrogative form: Was / Were + Subject

The question form of simple past tense with “To be” can be made by putting the verb (was or were) before the subject.

Examples:

• Was I late? Yes, you were. / No, you were not.
• Were you happy? Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.

You can add a question word (why, where, when, who, how, etc.) before was or were to ask for more information.

Examples:

• Why was I hungry?
• Where were you?
• When was he sick?
• Who was she?
• How was the trip?
• Where were we?
• How long were you together before you were engaged?
• Why were they abandoned?

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Category: VERB TENSES

One of the most important parts of English grammar is verb tenses, and the simple present tense is the most common verb tense in English.

The simple present tense is used:

1. To describe repeated or regular actions/habits ( I work in a bank ).
2. To state general truths or facts (Water boils at 100°C).
   
3. To describe future facts or actions set by a timetable (The train leaves at 7 am).
4. To express opinions, states, feelings, possession or things that happen inside our heads (I want that red dress, I love you, etc.).

Form

Affirmative: [VERB] (+ s/es/ies in third person)
Examples:

• I work in a bank.
• You get up early every day.
• She works in a bank.
• She studies at university.
• He goes to the movies every Wednesday.
• It rains every afternoon in summer.
• We play baseball on Friday nights.
• You travel together as a happy couple.
• They pay with cash.​

Negative: do not / does not (in third person) + [VERB]
Examples:

• I do not speak Portuguese.
• She does not speak Portuguese.
• You don’t like apples.
• He doesn’t like apples.

Negative contractions:

• do not = don’t
• does not = doesn’t 

​Interrogative: Do / Does (in third person) + SUBJECT + [VERB]
Examples:

• Do you work in a bank? Yes, I do / No I don’t.
• Does she work in a bank? Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t.

 
You can add a question word (why, where, when, how long, who, how, etc.) before do or does to ask for more information.
Examples:

• What do you do?
• Where does he work?
• When does she do her homework?
• How long do tigers live?
• Who do you think you are?
• How do we hear?

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The spelling for the verb in the third person singular differs depending on the ending of the verb
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In the third person singular (he, she & it) the most of the verbs always end in -s.
Examples:

• he likes, she cooks, it costs.

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There are however some special cases. Here are the spelling rules:
​There are 3 irregular verbs form:

• have = has
• go = goes
• do = does

Verbs ending in: vowel + “y” add “-s”

• pay - pays
• play – plays
• say – says

Verbs ending in: “-y” change “-y” for “-ies”

• deny - denies
• marry = marries
• study = studies

Verbs ending in: “s”, “z”, “sh”, “tch”and “ch” add “-es”

• miss = misses
• buzz = buzzes
• wash = washes
• watch = watches
• teach = teaches

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The verb to be is the most important verb in the English language. It involves identity, expresses something about a person, thing, a state (it gives age, condition, date, position, price, size, time, weight) or refers to temporary and permanent states. “Be” is the only English verb that has three conjugations in the simple present (am, is & are).
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In the simple present tense, to be is conjugated as follows:

Affirmative forms of the verb to be

Negative forms of the verb to be

Interrogative forms of the verb to be

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