SIMPLE PAST TENSE

(With the verb – to be)

To Be - Past
Tense
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A) Fill in the gap with the correct form of To Be

1. Why were you so ill yesterday?

2. When was Steve at the library last Friday?
3. We were n’t in Spain last year, we were in France.
4. Unfortunately she was n’t offered the job.
5. I was a good worker but he fired me anyway.
6. They were busy all day.
7. It was a very difficult situation.
8. Yesterday it was very cold. I hope it will be warmer today.
9. My brother was a teacher for 20 years.
10. They were really unkind to me, but I was n’t any better back.

B) Create a sentence using the words below using the correct form of To Be.
Sometimes the verb needs to appear twice and in different tenses.
1. he / fat / but / year / thin / now / last
he was fat but year thin now last
2. meeting / I / to / the / late
I was late to the meting

3. lucky / friend / very / my

my friend was very lucky

4. 21st / the / yesterday / the / today / 22nd

The today is 22 the yesterday was 21

5. cold / rainy / sunny / hot / It / It / and / and / not

it was cold and rainy not sunny and hot

6. policeman / firefighter / Bert / not / a / a

bert was policeman firefighter

C) Answer the following questions using the past form of To Be

1. Where were you last weekend? I was in my house the last weekend
2. Who were you with last weekend? I was with my family the last weekend
3. Where was your mother yesterday? My mother was in house yesterday
4. Were you a good student at school? yes i was very good student
5. How did Mike feel when he got the test
results?
6. Why was the teacher angry?

D. Chuck and Melissa are talking about their precedence. Read and complete the conversation with
was/wasn’t/were/weren’t. (5 points / 1 each)

Chuck: Where (1)_______were___ you born Melissa?

Melissa: I (2)____was______ born in Korea.
I came here in 1995.
Chuck: Hmm. You (3)_____were_____ pretty young.
Melissa: Well, I (4)___was_______ seventeen.
Chuck: Did you go to college right away?
Melissa: No. My English (5)___was_______ very good, so I took
English classes for two years first.
Chuck: Your English is really fluent now.
Melissa: Thanks. Your English is pretty good, too!
Chuck: Yeah, but I was born here!