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Past Simple of the verb be Adverbs

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE Adverbs of manner describe how something happens.
I/He/She/It was I/He/She/It wasn’t (=was not) Stan is a good driver. He drives carefully.
We/You/They were We/You/They weren’t (=were not) We form most adverbs of manner quiet  quietly
by adding -ly to the adjective. careful  carefully

QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
Adjectives ending in a consonant
Yes, I/he/she/it was. + -y, drop the -y and take -ily. easy  easily
Was I/he/she/it ?
No, I/he/she/it wasn’t.
Adjectives ending in -le, drop
Yes, we/you/they were. terrible  terribly
Were we/you/they? No, we/you/they weren’t. the -e and take -y.

IRREGULAR ADVERBS
good  well
could notPublications
There was / There were fast  fast
hard  hard
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
There was There wasn’t late  late
early  early
There were There weren’t

QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
Used to
Yes, there was.
Was there? AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
No, there wasn’t.
Yes, there were. I/He/She/It used to play I/He/She/It didn’t use to play
Were there? We/You/They We/You/They
No, there weren’t.
QUESTIONS
I/he/she/it
The verb could Did we/you/they use to play?
we/you/theyMM We used to go skateboarding every afternoon when
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I/He/She/It could walk I/He/She/It walk We use used to to talk about something that
We/You/They We/You/They couldn’t happened regularly in the past, but no longer does.

we were young.
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I/he/she/it
Could QUESTIONS walk? Personal Pronouns

OBJECT
SUBJECT
SHORT ANSWERS PRONOUNS PRONOUNS
I/he/she/it I/he/she/it I me
Yes, could. No, couldn’t.
we/you/they we/you/they You you
He him
She her
Could is the past tense of can. We use it to talk about It it
ability in the past. We us
My sister couldn’t swim when she was seven. You you
They them

• We use subject personal pronouns as subjects.
They go before the verb.
Look at that girl. She’s beautiful.
• We use object pronouns as objects of verbs.
They always go after verbs or after
prepositions.
This soup is delicious. Taste it!

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