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Unit 7 Past simple Unit 8 Past continuous

Affirmative Affirmative
l/you/he/she/it/we/they played I was singing
you / we / they were singing
Negative
he / she / it was singing
l/you/he/she/it/we/they didn't play
Negative
Questions
I wasn't singing
Did I / you / he / she / it / we / they play? you / we / they weren t singing
'
he / she / it wasn't singing
Short answers
Questions
Yes, I / you / he / she / it / No, I / you / he / she / it /
'
we/they did. we /they didn t . Was I singing?
Were you / we / they singing?
Was he / she / it singing?
Past simple: be Short answers

Affirmative I Yes, I was. No, I wasn't.
No,you / we/they
Yes, you / we / they were.
I / he/she/it was weren't.
Yes, he/she/it was.
No, he/she/it wasn't.
you / we / they were

For the spelling rules of the -ing form, see page 173.
Negative ¡

I / he/she/it wasn t
'
Unit 9 Present perfect
you / we / they weren't
regular irregular j
Questions J Affirmative 1

Was I/he/she/it...?
1 / you / we / they've
worked written
Were you / we /they...? he/she/it's
Short answers 1 Negative 1

No, 1 wasn't. 1 / you / we / they haven't
Yes, 1 was. worked written
No, you /we /they he / she / it hasn't
Yes, you / we / they were.
'
weren t . 1 Questions 1
Yes, he / she / it was.
No, he / she / it wasn't.
Have 1/you / we/they
worked? written?
Has he/she/it
I Short answers

Yes, 1 / you / we / they No, 1 / you / we / they
have. haven't.
Yes, he / she / it has. No, he/she/it hasn't.

Past participles of regular verbs are the same as the past
simple -ed form. For spelling rules of regular -ed forms,
see Unit 7 page 35.

There are no rules for irregular past participles.They
are often different from the past simple form. You must
learn each one individually. See the list on page 176.

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