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1.4 1. Homework PDF
1.4 1. Homework PDF
1. Finish the following sentences with the past simple
a. Sara _____ (be/not) at work when you _____
(call)
b. They _____ (do) it when you _____ (be) absent
c. I _____ (be) angry when I _____ (find) out what
happened.
d. He _____ (cry) because he _____ (be) upset
e. I never _____ (ask) why it ______ (be/not) that
way.
2. Complete the sentences with was/were or
wasn’t/weren’t
a. I wasn’t / was not / was happy this morning
b. They _________ at the store last week
c. She ________ kind to me
d. You _________ the person I wanted to talk to
e. I did visit, but they _________ at home
f. It ________ on the table where I left it
g. Why ________ she late for school?
h. When _______ they supposed to be here?
Answers
1. Finish the following sentences with the past simple
i. Sara wasn’t / was not (be/not) at work when you
called (call)
j. They did (do) it when you were (be) absent
k. I was (be) angry when I found (find) out what
happened.
l. He cried (cry) because he was (be) upset
m. I never asked (ask) why it wasn’t / was not
(be) that way.
2. Complete the sentences with was/were or
wasn’t/weren’t
n. I wasn’t / was not / was happy this morning
o. They were / weren’t / were not at the store last
week
p. She was / wasn’t / was not kind to me
q. You were / weren’t / were not the person I
wanted to talk to
r. I did visit, but they were not / weren’t a
t home
i. *Because of “but”, the response is negative
s. It was / wasn’t / was not on the table where I left
it
t. Why was she late for school?
i. * It sounds strange to ask why someone
wasn’t late for school
u. When were they supposed to be here?
i. Again, to ask this in the negative would be a
strange question