Lesson 76 👩🏫 Basic English with Jennifer 🎓 Past Forms of BE: Was/Were
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Hi everyone. Let's study English together. What day is today?
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What day was yesterday?
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We use AM, IS, ARE for today. For now.
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We use WAS and WERE for yesterday, the past.
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We can practice using WAS and WERE, the past forms of BE.
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Practice with my students Flavia and Andreia.
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Remember we can say "there was"
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+ a singular noun.
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There was one bottle.
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We can say "there were" + a plural noun.
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Two or more things.
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There were two bottles.
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Do Flavia and Andreia remember the grammar? Let's see.
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All right. Today is Friday. Right? What was yesterday?
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Thursday. Thursday. Right. Right now it's April. What was last month?
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March. Right now it's 2019. 2019. What was last year?
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18? Two thousand eighteen.
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Or twenty-eighteen.
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Yeah. That's easier.
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Okay, so we're talking about what is today? What was yesterday?
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Or the past. The difference between IS and WAS. We're going to practice. All right, but...
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first, I want to see if you know
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all these things here. Okay?
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What's this?
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We eat with a fork.
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Fork.
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I didn't know.
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Now you know.
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Pencil. Okay. We have a pencil.
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Let's see what else we have.
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This again is a fork. So two forks.
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Spoon.
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Yes. I also have...
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Knife.
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Oh.This is different. Do you know what this is?
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I don't remember.
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Chopsticks.
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Chopsticks. Right?
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Can you eat with chopsticks?
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Yes. Yes?
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No. No.
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I try, but I can't.
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You can learn. Okay. If you're messy, what do you need?
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Napkin. Napkin. We can wipe with a napkin. Wipe our mouth with a napkin.
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What do I have here?
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Pens. Pens. Green, blue, and black pens.
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If I write, this is a small one. This is a big one.
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Eraser. Eraser. We can erase with an eraser.
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I also have...
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Do you know what these are?
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For paper?
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Paper clip. Paper paper clips. All right? A big and small paper clip.
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These are paper clips.
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They're similar, but different.
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A rubber band.
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Rubber band.
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Band. A rubber band.
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A rubber band.
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With an R. Rubber.
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Rubber.
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Rubber. Rubber band. Uh-huh. This is similar. Right? So this is for
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pencils or sticks, like for the office or for school. This is for us ladies. Right? With long hair.
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Elastic.
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Elastic. Elastic. So I can say, "Flavia, do you have an elastic?"
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Can I have an elastic? Do you have an elastic? Yes. Right? We make a ponytail with an elastic.
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Yeah. You have a ponytail. Yeah. With an elastic.
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Elastic. Elastic
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and rubber band.
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Okay.
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Okay. So you see everything. Now. Watch.
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Okay, ladies. Look. Do you see everything? Yes?
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Flavia, what was on the table?
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Eraser. Uh-huh.
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So now let's do a whole sentence. There was... There was an eraser.
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There was a napkin. Yes. There was...
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There were two...
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Forks. Two forks. There were forks. I can't remember.
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There was a napkin, two forks, and an eraser.
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The name? Napkin. Okay.
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Take a look. Okay?
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Andreia, what was on the table? There was...
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Napkin.
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There was a napkin. There was a napkin. There was...
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There were pens.
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How many?
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Two? Three?
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There were two pens.
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There was a...
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Spoon?
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spoon.
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There was... I forget.
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Flavia, do you remember? I don't know.
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Okay. You're going to learn this word.
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Fork.
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Fork. Say it five times. Fork, fork, fork, fork, fork.
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We eat with a fork. We eat noodles or spaghetti with a fork.
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We eat meat with a fork.
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Fork.
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Remember.
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Okay. Flavia, what was on the table?
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There were two pens.
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There was...
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a fork.
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There was a knife.
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There was... I don't remember the name.
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What was that? Oh.
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We practiced with the R.
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Rubber band.
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Band. Rubber band. There was a rubber band.
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Rubber band.
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There were two pens.
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There was a rubber band.
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And there was a fork, and there was a knife. Okay?
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Rubber band.
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You can ask for help.
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What was on the table? There was...there were two paper clips.
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There was... There were... There were? Mm-hmm.
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What do we eat with? You can eat with a fork or...?
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Okay. They're sticks, but chopsticks Chopsticks. Let's say that again. Chopsticks.
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Chopstick. You might be at a restaurant, and they'll say, "Would you like a fork or chopsticks?"
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Chopsticks.
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You can say, "I'll take chopsticks."
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Chopsticks. Right?
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Chopsticks.
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What was on the table?
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Whose turn? Yeah. Yours. There was a fork.
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There was an eraser.
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An eraser.
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And there was...
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Elastic.
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Elastic. An elastic. Very good. Right?
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Very good. Eraser. Elastic. You need "an."
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An eraser. An elastic.
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Very good.
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One more. Okay.
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What was on the table? There was
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a spoon.
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There were a pens...? No. There was...
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How many? There was...no. There were two pens.
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Rubber band. There was a rubber band. There was a rubber band.
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There was... I forget. You can ask for help.
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Say, "Can you help me?"
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Can you help me?
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There was a napkin.
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There was a napkin.
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Napkin. Very good.
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Napkin and rubber band. Rubber band. Good.
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There was a rubber band. Rubber bands.
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Rubber bands. Rubber band. Okay. And remember those are two new words. I know. This is a rubber band.
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And for hair, we use
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an elastic. We use an elastic.
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Elastic. With an E. Elastic.
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Good. Elastic. Not "elasticky." Elastic.
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Good.
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Review the past forms of BE. Repeat after me.
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I was
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You were
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She was
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He was
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It was
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We were
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They were
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Let's clean up. I'll put in the...
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The bag?
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I'll put everything in the bag. First, the napkin. Spoon.
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Elastic.
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Rubber band.
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Paper clips.
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Pens.
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Fork. Fork.
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Again? Fork.
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Pen. Pen and?
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Pencil. Good.
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Knife.
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Eraser.
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And?
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I forget.
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Chopsticks.
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