General English Level 1 GELEV1 Unit 05 Topic 01.doc He She It was (not) ... You We They were (not) ... Examples 1. Read the examples. 2. Listen to your recording. 3. Practise saying each example. 1. I am at home now. I was at work two hours ago. 2. You are married. You were single three years ago. 3. He is 22 years old. He was 21 last year. 4. She is okay today. She was sick yesterday. 5. It is sunny today. It was cloudy all last week. 6. We are in class now. We were at the beach last weekend. 7. They are teachers now. They were students two years ago.  LANGUAGE FOCUS 15 The past simple tense Carmen and Amy say: Amy: …How was the lecture? Carmen: It was okay. I took a lot of notes….How are you feeling? Amy: Oh, better. I went to see your doctor. Carmen: …Do you want me to cook you something? Amy: Oh, no thanks. I cooked some chicken soup before and I ate a little. Carmen and Amy talk about the day. It is 9 o’clock at night. The day is finished. They use past simple verbs (was, took, went, cooked, ate). 209 QUESTLANGUAGE