⏮️ Grammar A1-25: Past simple of “to be”
A1-25 takes the verb learners already know from A1-1 and moves it into finished time, for children of about seven to ten. It opens with the picture that carries the whole topic — three words become two: am and is turn into was, are turns into were — then shows every person in one table beside its today form. Tap-and-repeat cards give the sounds, and practice is spread over five sets: eight easy gaps, a ten-card sort that separates yesterday words (yesterday, last week, an hour ago) from now words, six items on wasn’t, weren’t, questions and short answers, eight harder two-gap items around a short beach story with tappable explanations, and six items on the trap that catches everybody — I was, but you were, even for one person. Six typical errors follow, then a six-question test with a scored result band. Every answer explains itself in language simpler than the grammar being taught. Teacher notes carry a 45-minute sequence, the arrow board move, the fix for a learner stuck on “you was”, and the follow-up topics.
Lesson Plan
- The yesterday shape as a picture: person + was / were + the rest
- Four tap-to-hear model sentences
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- I / he / she / it + was · you / we / they + were
- am and is become was · are becomes were
- Negative: I wasn’t late. · They weren’t ready.
- Question: Was he here? · Were they ready?
- Short answers keep the word: Yes, he was. / No, they weren’t.
- Time words that ask for was / were: yesterday, last week, an hour ago
Prerequisites
हमारी कक्षाओं में शामिल हों!
हम मानते हैं कि सही प्रश्न सही उत्तर लाते हैं। चाहे आपके पास अपनी अंग्रेजी सीखने की यात्रा के बारे में कोई प्रश्न हो, हम हमेशा यहां हैं।