DRA.

ANNY CENTENO ANDÍA

Forming the past tense of to be.

Affirmative and negative sentence Interrogative sentence
I was I
He was not Was he
She wasn’t at home she at home
It in hospital yesterday. it in hospital Yesterday?.
You were on holiday last week. you on holiday last week.?
We were not in London Were we in London
They weren’t they

Task 1 - Complete the sentences Task 2 – Write some true sentences with was,
with the Past Tense of “to be”. were, wasn’t, weren’t.
1) We ______
WERE in Australia. SHE WASN'T STUDIED
HE WASN'T DRANK
2) She ______
WAS in the classroom.
IT WASN'T HERE
3) It ______ my birthday last
WAS I WASN'T HAD PROBLEMS
week.
THEY WEREN'T AT ABRAHAM HOME
4) The man ______
WAS in the train.
WE WEREN'T AT SCHOOL
5) It ____
WASan apple. THEY WEREN'T ON THE DANCEFLOOR
6) You _____WERE__ in a YOU WEREN'T HERE
bookshop. THEY WERE LISTENED
7) It __WAS_____ a doll.
8) I ___WAS____ a good pupil.

Task 3 - Rewrite the sentences into the Simple Past Tense. Then
write a negative sentence. Look at the example below.
I am at home.  I was at home. I wasn’t at home.
1) He is my friend.
___________________________________________________
________he was my friend , he wasn’t my friend
2) I am a man.
I WAS A MAN , I WASN’T A
MAN________________________________________________
_______
3) It is an umbrella.
____IT WAS AN UMBRELLA , IT WASN’T UMBRELLA
___________________________________________________
__________________________
4) That is a bird.
____THAT WAS A BIRD , THAT WANT A BIRD
___________________________________________________
__________________________
5) These are your pens and pencils.
THESE WERE YOUR PENS AND PENCILS , THESE WERENT YOUR
PENS AND PENCILS
___________________________________________________
__________________________
Task 4 - Rewrite the sentences into the
Simple Past. Then write an interrogative
sentence. Look at the example below.
Mr Smith is at home. Mr Smith was at home.
Was Mr Smith at home?
1) I am a good teacher.
I WAS A GOOD TEACHER . WAS I A GOOD
TEACHER
?________________________________
2) Mickey is strong and brave.
__MICKEY WAS STRONG AND BRAVE ,
WAS MICKEY STRONG AND BRAVE
?_____________
3) My name is Susan.
SHE WAS NAME IS SUSAN . WAS SHE
NAME IS SUSAN ?
_________________________________
_______________________
4) Peter is a boy.
_HE WAS IS BOY , WAS HE IS A BOY
?________________________________
_________________________
5) She is a young woman.
__SHE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN , WAS A
SHE YOUNG WOMAN
?________________________________
__________________________
6) These are my comics.
THEE WERE MY COMICS , WERE THESE
MY COMICS
?________________________________
______________________
Task 5 - Change the following sentences into
interrogative then give short answers
according to the sign. Look at the examples.
Mr Smith was at home. Was Mr Smith at
home? Yes, he was.
Tim and Peter were in the library. Were
Tim and Peter in the library? No, they weren’t.
1) I was in the garden. 
WAS I IN THE GARDEN ? Y____NO I
WASN’T IN THE GARDEN ___
2) Mum was ill last week. 
WAS SHE ILL LAST WEEK ? YES WAS SHE
ILL LAST WEEK ___________
3) They were on holiday in May. 
_____WERE THEY ON HOLIDAY IN MAY ?
NO , THE WERENT ______
4) You were tired yesterday. 
WERE YOU TIRED YESTERDAY ? NO YOU
WERENT _____________________
5) We were in the park at 5 o’clock yesterday.

WERE WE IN THE PARK AT 5 O CLOCK
YERTEDAY ? YES , WE WERE IN TFHE PARK
….__________________________________
________

Task 6 – Write some more sentences about YOU!.

1) ______________ SHE LIVED IN LIMA LAST YEAR______

2) ______ SHE LIKED TO SIT IN THE SUN.____ _____________

3) ___________ I MARRIED MARCELO LAST YEAR.______ ____

4) ___________ I PAINTED MY HOUSE LAST WEEKEND. _

5) ___ YOU WORKED VERY HARD LAST

week________________________________
Task 7 - Look at the calendar for last week and complete the sentences with
was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

library Mandy Kim
football training Sam Tom
dance lesson Lucy Mandy
the doctor’s Tom Lucy
cinema Sam and Kim

1) Mandy __WAS _____ in the library on Monday.

2) On Thursday Lucy __WASNT _____ on a dance lesson.
3) Kim __WAS _____ in the library last week.
4) Sam ___WAS____ on football training on Thursday.
5) Tom WAS ill on Tuesday.
6) Sam and Kim ____WERE ___ in the cinema on Wednesday.
7) Tom __WAAS _____ ill on Friday, he __WAS _____ on football training.
8) Sam ___WASNT____ at the doctor’s.
9) Mandy ____WAS ___ on a dance lesson on Tuesday.
10) Lucy ____WASNT ___ at the doctor’s on Friday.
11) Tom and Sam ___WERE____ on football training last week.
12) Lucy ____WASNT __ in the library on Thursday.