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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
‘BE’ VERB: PAST
Positives, Negatives and Questions
⚫ Write the sentences below in the past simple.

1. I am late. ____________________________________________________________

2. Are they hungry? _____________________________________________________

3. Thomas isn’t at school. _________________________________________________

4. Why is she late? _____________________________________________________

5. My brother is a doctor. _________________________________________________

6. They aren’t here. _____________________________________________________

7. Eva is a teacher. ______________________________________________________

8. Is Mr. Smith a taxi driver? _______________________________________________

9. Where are your books? ________________________________________________

10. Are you a student? ____________________________________________________

11. What is that? ________________________________________________________

12. Sue isn’t tired. ________________________________________________________

13. My holiday is nice. ____________________________________________________

14. Why are you happy? __________________________________________________

15. The pen is blue. ______________________________________________________

16. Am I the winner? _____________________________________________________

17. Is the answer correct? ________________________________________________

18. Who is sick? _________________________________________________________

19. We are hungry. _______________________________________________________

20. That is funny. ________________________________________________________

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Grammar Focus ‘Be’ Verb: Past

Level Intermediate

ANSWER KEY

1. I was late. 11. What was that?

2. Were they hungry? 12. Sue wasn’t tired.
3. Thomas wasn’t at school. 13. My holiday was nice.
4. Why was she late? 14. Why were you happy?
5. My brother was a doctor. 15. The pen was blue.
6. They weren’t here. 16. Was I the winner?
7. Eva was a teacher. 17. Was the answer correct?
8. Was Mr. Smith a taxi driver? 18. Who was sick?
9. Where were your books? 19. We were hungry.
10. Were you a student? 20. That was funny.

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