Lia

The past.1. Talking about a PAST STATE that is NOT true anymore: WAS/WERE - When I woke up this morning, I WAS very tired. - She WAS 20 years old last year. - We lived in Australia when we WERE young. - Where WERE you yesterday? **Was: singlar — I, it, he and she.**Were: plural — you, we, and they. 2. Talking about a SINGLE ACTION at a SPECIFIC time. - Last week, we WATCHED a movie at the theatre. - He COOKED for me yesterday.- The day before yesterday, I HELPED my friend with her homework.- This morning, we FOUGHT over the ps4 controller.**Regular verbs: add “-ed” to make past tense. **Irregular verbs: memorize conjugations.3. Talking about a PAST HABIT/STATE that is NOT true anymore: USED TO + VERB- He USED TO SMOKE, but he quit a few years ago. - My mother USED TO walk to work, but now she drives there. - I USED TO LIVE with my parents, now I live with my wife. **Negative: Didn’t use to + Verb.4. Talking about something that happened at an UNSPECIFIC TIME before now: HAVE/HAS + PARTICIPLE- He HAS BEEN to Canada. - The soccer game HAS STARTED.- I HAVE STUDIED French. - We HAVE EATEN all of Julia’s candy. **usually used to “set the scene” before using (ir)regular past verbs for details. **Negative: Hasn’t / Haven’t + Participle.