GRAMMAR EXERCISES

English III - Unit 5.1

Write sentences using the affirmative, negative and question form of the
verb to be in the past. (10 points)

It was rainy.
It wasn't sunny.
Was it cold?
They were in Mexico.
They weren't in Italy.
Were they in Brazil?

You were very tall.

You weren't short.
Were you young?

I was at school.

Read the extract and complete it with the correct form of to be in the past.
(10 points)
Two weeks ago, it 1) was my best friend’s birthday. I went to her house which
2) was in my city, but it 3) was near my home. I remember she 4) was sad because
her parents 5) were there. They 6) were in Berlin and they had some problems to
return. The weather 7) was cloudy and rainy. She phoned her parents, but they 8)
were at the hotel. It 9) was a good moment for her and it 10) was difficult to make her
feel happy.