Past simple 'be' and 'can

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Today's plan

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• Repeat grammar rules past simple
• Homework

Exercise 1

1. Our first lesson this morning wasn't science. It was ICT.
   
2. The weather wasn't very nice yesterday. It was wet and cold.
   
3. We weren’t at home on Saturday afternoon. We were in town.
4. They were in the school canteen. They weren’t in the hall.
   
5. My grandparents weren’t doctors. They were teachers.
   
6. Today is Friday. Yesterday was Thursday.
   
7. We were at a football match on Saturday. The match was great.
   
8. You weren’t at the leisure centre. Where were you?
   

Exercise 3

1. I couldn’t phone you because my mobile phone was broken.
2. George could swim when he was three. He was very good.
   
3. My great-grandad could speak Italian. He was from Rome.
   
4. Dad couldn’t help me with my homework because he was busy.
   
5. The TV was broken, so we couldn’t watch the news. But we could listen to the news on the radio.
   
6. I couldn’t find my schoolbag. I don’t know where it was.
   

Exercise 4

1. We couldn’t have a barbeque because the weather was bad.
   
2. Sandra couldn’t find her wallet. It wasn’t in her bag.
   
3. Martin couldn’t watch a DVD because his DVD player was broken.
   
4. Sam wasn’t hungry – he couldn’t finish his dinner.
5. I couldn’t go to school because I was ill.
   
6. We couldn’t understand Kumiko because we don’t speak Japanese.
   
7. Harry was very tired, but he couldn’t sleep.
   

Past simple (verleden tijd)

• Be (was/were) 
• Can (could)

Past simple 'be' = was/were

             Affirmative                              Negative                                 Interrogative

            (Bevestigend)                     (Ontkennend)                              (Vragend)

Past simple 'can' = could

Homework for Monday: workbook page 53 exercises 1, 2, 3 & 4

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