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BILINGUALISM PROGRAM
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IDENTIFICACION DEL APRENDIZ


NUMERO PRIMER
TIPO SEGUNDO APELLIDO NOMBRES
DOCUMENTO APELLIDO
TI 1006124647 RUIZ ZAPATA MARIA CAMILA

PAST SIMPLE OF VERB TO BE – WAS/WERE

Find here the video with the full explanation about WAS/WERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-8gWTirO1c&t=3s

ACTIVITIES

A. Fill in the blanks with: was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.

Last weekend we WERE in Sitges with Paula and John. It WAS their wedding anniversary
and there WAS a party to celebrate it on Saturday. Tom and Susan WEREN’T at the party
because Susan’s mother WAS in hospital, but they WERE… for lunch on Sunday. The
party WAS great. There WHERE a lot of people and there WAS a lot of food, too.
However, Paul and John WHERE a bit sad because their daughter WASN’T at the party.
She WAS in London on a school trip, and so WHERE we because, Tony, our son ,
WASN’T with us. He WAS in Dublin with his girlfriend. Anyway, it WAS a nice weekend
and we WERE really happy there.

B. Make affirmative (+), negative (-) or interrogative sentences (?):

1. Tony was at the cinema yesterday.


(-)TONY WASN’T AT THE CINEMA YESTERDAY
(?)WAS TONY AT THE CINEMA YESTERDAY?

2. (+)THERE WERE SOME POTATOES FOR LUNCH


(-)THERE WEREN’T ANY POTATOES FOR LUNCH
Were there any potatoes for lunch?

3. (+)OUR SISTER WAS IN CLASS LAST WEEK


Our sister wasn’t in class last week.
(?)WAS OUR SISTER IN CLASS LAST WEEK?

4. Some classmates were late last Friday.


(-)SOME SCHOOLMATES WEREN’T LATE LAST FRIDAY
(?)WERE ANY SCHOOLMATES LATE LAST FRIDAY?

5. (+)MY FRIENDS WERE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS


My friends weren’t happy with the results.
(?)WERE YOUR/MY FRIENDS HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS?

6. (+)THE CD WAS CHEAPER THAN THE DVD


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(-)THE CD WAN’T CHEAPER THAN THE DVD


Was the CD cheaper than the DVD?

C. Put the words in the correct order:

1. in/yesterday/Dr/was/Smith//hospital
Dr smith was in hospital yesterday

2. ?/Were/a lot of/people/at/mall/yesterday


Were there a lot of people at the shopping centre?
3. and/last/ill/with/Cindy/week/flu/were/Tom
.Cindy and tom were ill with flu last week

4. the/after/My/not/photography/was/school/classmate/at/club
.My classmate was not at the photograhpy club after school

1. father/two/cinema/the/I/days/was/with/ago/my/at
I was at the cinema with my father two days ago

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